Saturday, December 26 2009

Last year on 27 December, it was a very cold morning but I don't
think it made it as low as today. It was 22 when I crossed theTanque
Verde Wash. We didn't hang in the parking lot very long today.

This is the picture I snapped last year on the way home. Look at all
of the antennas up there on the Lemmon.

W1KSZ - Richard	KC9ORD - Mike	KB1EDU - Chad	WE7DOG - Stan
WB7OHF - Ray	Bright eyed and bushy tailed?		K2CRS - John
KB7CRT - Vourneen	Bright eyed and bushy tailed?		KD7UIZ - Don
NO7P - Don	KE7WIS - Bob	WA1BZQ - Bruce	WD7F - John
Lickin' her chops?	KC7JFC - Tony	KE7YTF - Bob	KF7AOL - Manny Jr.
KF7CNM - Jamie	KF7DDF - Alan Says his eyes were closed last week !		KF7AOM - Manny
Says he enjoyed breakfast this morning !	KF7DDF - Alan Says his eyes were closed last week !		Several outside
It's cool out here.	Let's get in the sun !	Big DXer.

Saturday, 19 December, 2009
Wow! Christmas is almost here. We had a great time with 26 showing up this chilly morning. We also had a couple new faces as you will see. Jeff was in good spirits and brought his faithful companion "Dog". He was a good hound and didn't make a sound the whole breakfast. Pink, however, brought Jimmy and he was much more active than Dog. I passed the this morning and collected the ARCA dues from everyone this morning so Dave won't have to hock the family jewels to pay for the BART this year. Note Dave saluting. He had a mishap and will be out of business and won't be twisting the VFO with that hand for a few weeks, I'd say. Here's hoping you all have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
KD7RPP - MIGUEL	KF7DDF - ALAN

Glad you could make it, Tom !	Bruce same position.	Ray, same as last week.	Vourneen too.
Miguel ! Nice to meet you.	Yes, I'm ready for Santa !		Here's the Deacon !
Don't mess with my hat !	Yes, I'm ready for Santa !		And John.
Stan has his red shirt on for Christmas !	Mike is gong to have a $25 enchalada !	Hello Richard !	John, you have full cache !
Jeff with "Dog"	UIZ Don made it this week.	Yes, Dog IS pretty quiet !	Only two Bobs this morning !
Hmmm...does that mean he cleans up after theim ?	A good picture of KF7FIU !		Settle down, Jeff !
Says he enjoyed breakfast this morning !	A good picture of KF7FIU !		Hey Manny Jr. !
Scotty !	Jesus was here. It's been a while !	A camouflage Santa hat?	Here's a burger for Jeff. He's on a diet.
Ray's cap !	Yes, it's a good thing it's not my RIGHT hand !		There's some of the bunch !
Reading the menu?	Yes, it's a good thing it's not my RIGHT hand !		Sitting at the BIG table !
A little discipline helps !	Baby, it's cool outside !	Better in the sun !	There's Jimmy with friends!
Ted with his road machine.	Outside	Thanks for taking my picture, Jesus !

Saturday, 12 December 2009

CHEREE IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY TOMORROW !!

Happy Birthday to our favorite person at Jerry Bobs! We should have brought her a balloon, but I
guess this one will do. We hope you have a big party tomorrow !

The table was full, as usual, even though it was pretty chilly this morning. We also had a special guest
who only makes it once in a "Blue Moon"...did you look to see if it was blue last night ?

TOM - KB7XL

Deacon Don	Bruce	Ham with the Ham Hat	Vourneen
Vee haff vays to make you TAWK !	Here comes Santa Claus.......		Mike was here !
Stan is feeling better !	Here comes Santa Claus.......		Bob
AOL is ready for SSTV	Don't know about AOM	This is my police profile.	No, I'M BOB !

OK, I'm looking now.	Up the table	Birthday girl !	I brought my VOM !
Down the table	Pink with her Christmas Cowboy hat ! Errr..sorry, that's "Cowgirl" hat !		So, I need a trim. Big deal !
Man ! Bob#1 is hungry !			Three eggs - sunny side up !
How many BOBs are there?	Right ! Brush my hair and comb my teeth !	Outside	There's Santa
Tom's profile	I could have sworn that Mike W0LTL was here this morning, but I didn't get to take his picture.		Here's your Christmas present, Don.

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Well !! I was just plain COLD this morning. Winter has set in to Tucson. It was 25 as I crossed the Tanque-Verde Wash this morning. Let's hope it warms up for Christmas. I didn't hang around this morning gabbing with everybody. I just turned on the heated seat and headed home. John - W2CRS brought in a strange looking antenna he made and the hardware cost less than twenty bucks. Says it works pretty good for the size and band...40 meters. What do you think? Looks like he's lifting weights.

Hey! Where was ? Do you suppose it was just too cold for the bicycle. Now that I think of it, didn't show up either. Oh, I forgot, was in bed with a cold. Get will soon.

PS: Checkout the new SADXA site:

W2CRS - JOHN

Who's a ham?	Ray...he's a ham !	Good morning, Vourneen.	Richard with iPhone !
Here's KC9ORD ready to go! Same position as last week.	Forgot his Santa hat...he's beginning to turn into Santa Claus !		Bruce is back !
What's up, Dennis ?			Deacon Don ! Put on your Santa hat, you're already there.
What's that hanging in your ear, Tony ?	John - ex CIV !	I actually chatted with Manny on the repeater this week !	Whoa ! Who got trimmed ?
Quick draw McGraw is ready for the throne room.	This is a wrench.	Do we need to read this book?	Hey Carol, where's your vehicle?
Wow! This symbol belongs in the Shirt Gallery !	Darn it ! This one was slightly out of focus !		Glad to see ya' !
Bob, you made it !	Darn it ! This one was slightly out of focus !		With his English sweater.

Saturday, 28 November 2009

Well, guess who was here this morning. We had our quarterly visit from

I guess they
didn't have a gig last night so they were up early. We had a good group this morning considering everybody was
out of town or full or turkey or whatever. You know the drill. Missing also was

who I thought was up
in the mountains, but Stan says he came home yesterday evening. Also

was in San Diego
according to Manny Sr. Other regulars that were missing were

,and

! Probably slept in this morning since it was a cloudy day.

Guess who had a birthday and nobody brought a balloon for him!
Happy Birthday Stan!

The "Lil Drummer Boy" Brummmm, brummm !	Good picture, Richard ! I'll put this one on SADXA.	Sorry, Vourneen. The camera was set wrong.	Hello Ray.
Here's ORD ready to go!	Here's a stranger! WB4LDS - WALT		He forgot his radio on Wednesday.
Whoops! Taking a nap!	Here's a stranger! WB4LDS - WALT		And many more, Stan!
Manny? You're alone?	Hey Don!	I got myself a new radio!	You're gonna' have to stop flashing me, Bob !
Scotty! Same hat, same glasses, same shades and the same location here on the page!	Some old guy!	Welcome back, Don !	Pink! Glad you made it!
Don't mess with me!	Motorcycle Babe		Late for breakfast.
Walt, holding court!	Motorcycle Babe		There's a bunch.

Where you going, Angie?	This looks familiar, right Chris? I've seen one like this before!	Outside	Scotty's leaving !
More outside.	What's happening, Manny?	What more could you want? A Harley and a Babe with long blonde hair on the back!	I got my radio back!

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Guess what today is! It's Tour de Tucson. The streets are full of bicycles. I'm almost afraid to go to breakfast
because Snyder will be full when I get ready to come home. Because of the race, there were several absent
since they were helping support the bicycle race, such as . We had a new face this morning...as shown. By the way....this will add a 4th Bob to the list of breakfast attendees.

W4VD - BOB

Hey Ray!	They went thataway!	Good morning, Mike!	Stan left early.
Manny Sr.	A pair of YL's!		Manny Jr.
Jeff is here!	A pair of YL's!		GV John
Where's your bike, Mike?	Pickles & Catsup anyone?	Bruce!	One for the gallery
Scotty!	Down the table!	Andrew DID make it!	So did I !
Who's Collins 75-A4 is that?	Work for the race and get the shirt!		High level talk!
	Work for the race and get the shirt!

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Well, it has that winter time feel in the air this morning with the temperature about 53 when I left the house. There's
a bit of humidity since it's very cloudy and it might rain a drop or two, who knows? There was a full table this
morning with a new face and an old one that showed up after a long absence.
This guy was missing and that's not normal for him and has been missing for two
straight breakfasts and I was looking for Jerry Bob's to fall down from the shock of his absence.

KF7FIU - JOE

Ray has a new shirt	Good morning to Ray	And to Vourneen	KSZ
Mike is back	KC9MH - Jerry attended this morning.		Bruce
Are you gonna' sneeze, Bob?	KC9MH - Jerry attended this morning.		Stan went to Sorry Vista.
John	Manny Sr.	Manny Jr.	I'm thinking of a number !
I said 21 and won a new hat.	Here's John #3.	Here's Bob #2.	Ted
Hey Scotty !	I gave the hat to this young fellow ! Manny ! Hook up that linear and try it !		A string telephone with coffee creamer cups & string.
Jamie, I forgot to give you the picture.....again!			Got my jacket on this mornng.
Jerry took this.	18 mm	200 mm	What's in the bag?
Some of the group.

Saturday, 7 November 2009

WA8VMO - CHUCK

We had a new face this morning, as you can see, and we were missing some of the regulars because there is a swap meet at Sorry Vista today. We still had about 20 show up and we a good time of it.

Bruce was 1st !	Vourneen was early!	Hey Tony, open your eyes!	Don is reading!
Bob is the first Bob!	Glad Cheree was back, right Ray?		No, I'm not bowing!
Here's a couple young ones!	Glad Cheree was back, right Ray?		Bob is the second Bob!
John	I like the shades!	Hey, Bob is the 3rd Bob!	Good morning, Carol.
Scotty!	Hard to get Ted's picture!	Do I look surprised?	Some old fart says Shirley!
Jess was very late!	Chad had to go to work this morning !		Some of the bunch.
More of the bunch.	Chad had to go to work this morning !		Yes, I am here this week!
Ted again.	Outside	More outside.	It's cool this morning.
That was funny!

Saturday, 31 October 2009

Happy Halloween, Baby !!

It's a bit warmer this morning compared to the last couple days. We had a good group this morning with a new
face as shown. For whatever reason, we are missing a few of the regulars such as

and

, , , , , , ,
, ,, and last, but definitely best ! I still have your coffee cup.

KL�UO - JAKE

He don't look much different, do he ?	Nice one, Don !	Larry's heading back to Prague.	It's me, Dennis !
Richard	What kind of head warmer is that, Dave ?		Who, me ?
Keeping my head warm !	What kind of head warmer is that, Dave ?		Dig the cool glasses ! Are those "Blue Blockers" ?
Ted	Bob is back !	Good one of Scotty !	Who took this ? He did !
Nooooo !	Got his lumber jack shirt on ! Ho, ho, ho, Red Giant ! Whoops, wrong song !	Who's a clown ?	Shades !
Hands up !	Do these guys know one another ?		Bob is thinikng ?
	Do these guys know one another ?

Saturday, 24 October 2009

It's almost Halloween and it was nice and cool this morning, about 45 degrees. Nice. We had "goodyprague"
show up this morning. He's back from Prague to see the "Whitecoats" for a week. Check out the hat. Other
than that, it was a normal group of hams that showed up. Our newest ham didn't show up this
morning. What's up with that? By the way there were 23 this morning.

KC2FMH - LARRY

Bruce never changes!	Mike doesn't either.	Richard	Vourneen
Ray	What's with the monkey?		Here's a new shirt
Good close up!	What's with the monkey?		Monkey with Cilff !
Don	Stan the man!	John is out of focus	This is me (Shirt Gallery)
Red man	Manny	Somebody is different today !	Good to see you!
UIZ Don	Hmmm...more monkey business !	I'm smiling	"Me too !", says Tom.
"I'm not!", says Jeff/	Look Ma, no braces !!!	Scotty	John
Late for breakfast !	One of the MANY Bobs !!	Overflow table.	They have to pay.
Larry	Yeah well, you'd slobber too if they locked you in the truck !!		With Jeff !
Outside.			More of outside.
It's me, again.			Nice little Mercedes!


Saturday, 17 October 2009 It was a beautiful morning. Since we had the OPRC Ham Fest & Swap Meet this morning, I had put the word out on the BART that we would not be having the regular breakfast this morning. However, three of us made it about 6 AM. You can find pictures from the swap meet when you clock on the OPRC logo.

	HAM FEST & SWAP MEET 2009

Saturday, 10 October 2009

DING-DING-DING-DING-DING !!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner ! A new
record was set this morning and not only that, the
winner turned out to be a new HAM !
Congratulations to:

KF7EZJ - ANDREW

Not only did we have Andrew as the new ham, he was the record breaking
29th
person this morning, even though Jeff was considering staying in his truck until he would be
29th. Pink, you shoulda' showed up and you would have received the KD7UIZ
30th PERSON AWARD. Now we'll have to wait to see the record gets broken any time soon.

It was a morning for new faces. Richard - W1KSZ brought a guest from San Diego to breakfast as
shown. Also, Jamie - KF7CNM brought his YL- Lin and a couple of guests as you will see. All in
all, we had a good group and filled more than half of Jerry Bob's.

I now have your coffee cup. You better come and get it. We missed
and along with but he has an excuse because Lillian is coming home today!

Here's a good one of WA1BZQ	The provider of the KD7UIZ 30th AWARD	The call is on the hat, right Ray?	Here's KB7CRT
Joan of San Diego	How am I looking? Good? Yep!		KC9ORD - Mike
N7YG - Jeff	How am I looking? Good? Yep!		W7KB - Dennis
W2CRS - John	NO7P - Deacon Don	I had a dimple there when I was a kid says AJ7EF- Jeff	KE7YTF - Bob
WE7DOG - Stan	It's me, W1KSZ - Richard	A table full	KC7JFV - Tony
Other direction	KF7AOL - Manny	K7IOU - Dave	K8IOU - Cecilia
KF7AOM - Manny Sr.	AA7HF - Ted	KB7JAQ - Scotty	Where's that wolf's nose?
KE7WIS - Bob	More of 'em!	Oh oh! Packing heat!	Yep, it's me!
Quick change artist	Look what Tony had for breakfast! WOW!		KC9MH - Jerry Didn't count officially
KB7USN - Bob	Look what Tony had for breakfast! WOW!		Everybody cheer, it's Andrew !
It's me.	Next, I'll do a demi-pil� for you.	Hey Richard!	Outside
More of the gang.	More	What are you doing, Bruce?	Three
Getting ready for a race	Ready...Set...	More controls than a motorcycle cop's bike!

Saturday, 5 October 2009

Wow! Winter has set in early. Must have been in the low 60's this morning and drizzling a bit. As you can see by
the pictures, Cliff, the professional snow-bird has returned so it must be October. I think we had twenty three this
A.M., no free breakfast! Next week it'll be warmed back up maybe and I won't have to break out the long-johns.

Adam - KC7DVF and Gracie - KC7ZDF showed up this morning and I woulda' put Adam's picture up front, but he
decided to make a face...looks good Adam !

And you better come & get your coffee cup or will toss it in the trash or put it on E-Bay !

Hey Chris, did you leave at Eddie's last night, or what?

QST: I forgot to mention that John - W3CIV is now
W2CRS
I think I will be able to remember his call because of the phonetics "CRS" Component Repair Squadron
or in Air Force vernacular "Can't Repair Sxxt" !

KD7ZBP - CLIFF

KC7ZDF - GRACIE

Looks like the WX didn't hold Ray back this morning !	Good morning, Vourneen !	It's like summer time in Boston here in Tucson today !	GM Bruce !
What's up, Don?	Glad to meet you !	UIZ is here. Same position as last week.	OK Dennis. This picture or the one taken outside?
Airman! You need to stand a bit closer to the razor !	Mike says, "I'm here!"	Back from the mountain.	"T" stands for TONY !
Hey, BOB got a haircut !!	Is he about to sneeze...whatch out for the H1N1 !	Scotty. Picture in same position as last week too. It makes it easy to label that way.	Part of the gang.
More !	Hey Manny!	Here's Chad !	And JOHN !!!!
Madam, I'm Adam !	There's Pink !	Three of 'em over there !	Hoonnnk !
Bald guy !	Smile, you're on camera !	Lad & Dad !	Hey Cliff, how long you staying?
Haven't heard much out of Pink lately.	John had to sit at the spill-over table.	That is a Collins 75-A4 that Dick is going to look at for me.	More of the gang.
Bruce & Dennis !	Lookin' good, young lady !		Manny got a new power supply for his HF !
I say you need to grow a Fu_ManChu, Jeff !	Lookin' good, young lady !		High level stuff !
Nice hat, Pink !	How about this picture, Dennis? Which do you want?	Adam all alone.	Chad doesn't want to get the H1N1 !
The final four...I'm going home.

Here's some of the bunch.	Here's a few more.	John	Who's that on the left?
High level talks.	Don't mess with Santa.	Who took this?	It ain't heavy.
Carol & Santa.	It's me...Jeff !.	On three----DRAW !	She's about this high !

YL - JOAN & W1KSZ - RICHARD (should have swapped places so it would read right)
KE7CNM - JAMIE	YL - LIN
KC9NGU - SCOTT (a cheese-head)	YL - SHELIA