Subj : Re: My Thursday Nets
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Alexander Grotewohl
Date : Thu Nov 13 2025 09:17:55

On 13 Nov 2025, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...
 
 Wv> Or at least not every day, the information in those messages hasn't
 Wv> changed in months...

 Wv> BTW: What are "nets" anyway? ;-)

imagine you lived in alaska (or wherever might be fairly remote), and at a set schedule everyone got on their radio to say hi and prove they're alive.. or perhaps to pass along information, etc

then imagine it got somewhat cumbersome with the number of people involved, so you had a "net control operator" that sort of guided the people checking in along so they didn't just transmit on top of each other

i'd say that's sufficient to understand the concept. only mostly they just throw out their callsign ("check in"), say hi, perhaps answer some sort of question. (think: "what's your favorite dinner to make on a cold night?") and then go about their lives.

i don't check in to those very often because it's BO-RING. much better talking to the people who get on every day or so and actually chat

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