John,  Thanks for posting the podcast. Looks like I missed a good net.  In Opp, Alabama they had a lightning strike take out the police repeater about 7 weeks ago. So the Opp Ham Radio club decided to shut down there repeater and allow the Opp Police Department to use the Ham Radio Club's antenna. The Ham Radio Repeater was down for about 4 days until the police were able to get there antenna fixed.  73's Chris KI4GGH    --- On Tue, 1/5/10, John and Anne <tipsnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: John and Anne <tipsnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [TIPSdiscussion] TIPSnet Podcast online To: "TIPSdiscussion" <tipsdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 11:56 PM Hi All We put the 1/05/2010 .mp3 up tonight on Tipsnet.org in the archive area  you might want to give a listen when you get a chance. 73 John West N1IWT TIPSnet Program & Publicity Manager www.tipsnet.org Email: N1IWT@xxxxxxxxxxx 860-628-6454 Fostering International Friendship Through Amateur Radio © NOTE OUR NEW TIME -- 7:30pm EST 0030z - 0130z TIPSnet meets every Tuesday 7:30pm to 8:30pm local time (EST) / 0030z-0130z on several RF linked repeaters throughout New England, including the SPARC system, our HUB in West Haven, CT. Our main RF connection is the 147.505/146.505 input (-1 Mhz PL 77.0)  National and International connections are welcome via SPARC's EchoIRLP Node 7505 or the New England Gateway â?? EchoLink Conference *NEW-ENG* (node # 9123) and IRLP Reflector 912, Channel 3 (node # 9123) and the DODROPIN conference server Node # 355800. Streaming audio available at http://new-eng.com ================================================TIPSdiscussion welcomes messages from members please POST at: tipsdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Our Info Page and Web Portal (the easy way to get to your acct) www.freelists.org/list/tipsdiscussion Subscribe to the list send a blank email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject field: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe by sending a blank email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject to: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tell your friends about TIPSnet!!! ================================================ ================================================= TIPSdiscussion welcomes messages from members please POST at: tipsdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Our Info Page and Web Portal (the easy way to get to your acct) www.freelists.org/list/tipsdiscussion Subscribe to the list send a blank email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject field: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe by sending a blank email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject to: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tell your friends about TIPSnet!!! =================================================