{"activity_count":340,"callsign":"K4CUP","confidence":1.0,"first_seen":"2025-08-02T00:36:03+00:00","found":true,"id":4091,"is_net_control":true,"last_seen":"2026-06-30T17:35:39.517262+00:00","ncs_profile":null,"occurrence_count":210,"profile":{"confidence":0.9,"counts":{"ncs":1,"net":0,"open_qso":200,"transcript_contexts":60},"data_freshness":"generated","latest_topic":"medicinal herbal medicine","most_topic":"personal projects and hobbies","open_vs_net_bias_score":0.7,"personal_summary":"K4CUP is a friendly and engaged operator who enjoys sharing stories and projects, often contributing to the net's atmosphere with enthusiasm and a sense of humor.","scores":{"activity":0.8,"civility":0.9,"engagement":0.9,"focus":0.7,"friendly":0.9,"helpful":0.8,"serious":0.6,"technical":0.5},"source":"ai_profile","summary":"K4CUP is an active participant in various nets, often engaging in open QSOs and occasionally taking on roles such as net control. They frequently share personal anecdotes and project updates, showing a strong community presence.","topic_coverage":{"medicinal herbal medicine":0.2,"personal projects and hobbies":0.8},"updated_at":"2026-06-29T09:33:23.486384"},"qrz_status":null,"recent_transcripts":[{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9658981300890446,"created_at":"2026-06-30T17:35:22.494820+00:00","id":133257,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":133822,"text":"Net control recognized Keto 4 Charlie uniformed Papa K4 CUP. November 5, Zulu uniformed N5 ZUA."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.939154808196084,"created_at":"2026-06-30T17:34:12.835155+00:00","id":133249,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":133814,"text":"All right, well, let's start with that. We have K4WRS who was in and out. Thank you very much there. Let me check here. I think it's Robert I don't think you go by Robert But you know my memory what could I say and then we have From the bottom up Steve and 5 zua Virgil hey, I've heard you for a while on the other net. Thanks for stopping by K4 CUP K Cup, man We got to Barney just hopping up to bug me on my On the table next to my My computer table sorry and we got Roger K zero K O and we got Douglas cam for VPG now on that note I Don't think I got to worry about Barney checking in But he has got a bug me. That's cap spray, right? Leave the leaves the laptop alone, Marty. Sorry guys. We're gonna go stop to the top"},{"callsign_confidence":0.99,"confidence":0.819336575223133,"created_at":"2026-06-30T17:29:12.253245+00:00","id":133242,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":133807,"text":"and we will try to get back in here when we can and everything. So hope everyone has a blessed day and we will see everyone soon. KK7HLD from K4CUP in Hot, Kentucky. Alright, yeah, I got to say way, way, way too hot for me. We don't get that very much. I'm happy about it. And I should mention, as far as the soccer goes, I'm not, you know, like a soccer fan or anything, but the last two cities that Scotland played in. The bars and restaurants ran out of beer. So there you go. Important to know. And. Let's see. And. Let's see. There's probably something else, but I'll wait for that. Okay."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9653056987074458,"created_at":"2026-06-30T17:29:08.307942+00:00","id":133240,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":133805,"text":"And we did there is a technique this season KK 7 HLD from K4 CUP. Well, yes, I do I do recognize when when you're too busy to make it and I do appreciate it when you can so thank you very much That sounds like an excellent project you're working on And Barney no you can't get on my keyboard neither of them Or we like oh yeah So yeah, take care of man cause lots of trouble You know don't get caught all that stuff anything else for us for we go on Virgil No, just work's been really over extreme and I've been trying to work in the WWA that started and tonight at Zulu time You know you got the 13 colonies special event station that"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T18:03:34+00:00","id":12949,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":12948,"text":" Hey Dave, good to hear you my friend. I didn't get to make it to the post office this week because of the work and stuff there. But I will get that to you ASAP when I get the chance to run by the post office there. So I appreciate you Dave. And tonight's question is, what are some of your favorite hobbies or new hobbies that you enjoy? So over to you, KK7HLD from K4CUP."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T19:37:20+00:00","id":13037,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13036,"text":" Had to wait for my note ID there. So, OK, any more check-in before we go to the list here? Any other check-in for the Leavencats Happy Hour net? This is repeater station kilo, kilo seven, November, Quebec, November. All righty. OK. Thank you, everyone, for coming and joining us and checking in with us. We're always, it's always a pleasure to be part of this net. And not only this net, but all of the nets that are here on the Leavencats. So this is kind of my new stomping ground in the litter box and everything. So I do enjoy the company and the time that we share here every week on the Leavencats Happy Hour net, along with all the other nets that are hosted here. So thanks to Jeanette and Mike for doing this. And all those that are linked up with it. But I will make note, and I'm pretty sure that fireside may be connected to us. So if you are connected to that, I think they may disconnect at close to the top of the hour. So if you are on that connection, feel free to jump over to the Leavencats side if the net continues to go before your turn. So with that, this is K4 CUP. I'll take a break. And let's get tonight's ticket round happy hour started. All right, KM5Y. Hello, Mike. Glad to have you. Glad you had a good week. And you're here on tonight's Leavencats Happy Hour edition. I don't know what net number this is. But anyway, it's always fun. So KM5Y, what are some of your hobbies and some of your new hobbies that you would like to go after? So KM5Y, K4 CUP."},{"callsign_confidence":0.99,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T19:52:21+00:00","id":13041,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13040,"text":" Well, you know, hobbies and more hobbies and then more hobbies, so it's kind of like trying to have a plan for the backup for the backup for the backup. Mike, thank you so much and it's always a pleasure to, you know, help out when help is needed and things of that sort. I guess I'm kind of that guy like on the lifeguard on the beach, you know, waiting to come off my podium to run into the water and make that heroic save, you know, and so on and so forth. Mike, great hobbies, you know, and I think you made the right choice, Mike, by sticking with amateur radio and learning. That's one thing that we never get above, you know, is learning. I've learned some new recipes here tonight, you know, concerning cucumbers, so not that I'm going to be cucumber fanatic and try some of these recipes. And even sauerkraut, could you imagine, sir, kraut and chocolate cake? I just don't know. But leave it to the Germans, I guess. Appreciate you, Mike. Alright, KJ5FOX, good to hear you, Chad, and hope you're doing well. I know you've already given your weekly report and so forth, but tonight we're in the second round and there's not no knockout or anything like that. But, I mean, if you have a knockout question or knockout answer, hey, we would like to hear it. So, Chad, what are some of your hobbies and possibly new hobbies that you would like to share with the Knights Net? So, KJ5FOX, K4CUP."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T20:07:12+00:00","id":13053,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13052,"text":" Yeah, come check it out and if you have some information bring it too. And we'll have some information for you as well. So hey, it's a good thing to get into, it's a good thing to listen to. And yeah, so come and join us. And yeah, so also we will be having the Litterpock Lounge tomorrow night, be me and Mike. So we have a topic, so come and join us at 7 Eastern here on 11 Cats. And on behalf of the 11 Cats Network, we'd like to thank those that joined us tonight. And also thank those that linked their systems to us, making it possible for all others to join us, listen, and to participate in the 11 Cats Net. It's been a pleasure being your host. We look forward to seeing you here next week or tomorrow. This is KI5SSR along with K4CUP. We're returning the system back to regular use. And also don't forget the AFC, that's Kevin's Net on Sunday at 4 Eastern. Amateurs for Christ Radio. Feel free to hang around after the net and rag juice. So thank you all for joining us. And don't forget the website, 11cats.org. Sign up for our newsletters. That information that KI5CUP just gave you will be in our next email. So thank you all very much. KI5SSR, clear."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T17:54:50+00:00","id":12940,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":12939,"text":" I appreciate you Virgil, K4CUP and Richard, KFI, UCO. Have a wonderful day, Richard. Thank you for joining us. KL7FR, hello, Mickey, how are you doing today? And got anything, any kind of projects going on? Welcome to happy hour as well. And is the days getting shorter now? I'm just curious. Over to you, Mickey."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T18:41:15+00:00","id":12988,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":12987,"text":" OK, KK7HLD, K4CUP. Dave, thank you for coming and being part of tonight's happy hour net. And I just cooked up chocolate sauerkraut cake. I never could have ever imagined that there's such a dessert. Wow. We may have to have a net on some of these weird desserts being through out there tonight, there, shouldn't it? All right, Dave, appreciate you, my friend. And you have a great weekend. And enjoy the time and pleasure with the family there this weekend. And we will see you soon. So KK7HLD, this is K4CUP. Back to net control. KI5SSR, this is K4CUP. KI5SSR, this is KI5SSR."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T18:51:09+00:00","id":13000,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":12999,"text":" Well, thank you KM5Y, KI5SSR. We'll be calling for check-ins in a little bit. So, we're gonna start up at K4CUP. Mr. Fergil, you're first on the list. How you doing? You got any projects or anything you're working on? I bet you've had a long day at work today. And it's your turn. Over to you."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T20:10:20+00:00","id":13056,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13055,"text":" and everyone on the happy hour net here. Let's see, well, projects I got going, always got projects. Mom would go to the auction probably in the morning and Hunter's doing a, he's gonna be in a movie choir scene, so I gotta take him to that. He's singing in a choir in Cherokee. So that's what's happening here. It's cooler, Virgil. I mean, it's been really, really hot in the last two days. It's been just really nice out there. I think it's even in the high 70s out there. We got a little bit of rain last night, like drizzle, not really rain, I guess I should say. It didn't amount to much, but it sure cooled things off, so we're happy about that. But anyhow, that's what I got going on, and projects, I got a ton of them. I'd have to reset 10 times there, but have to do with more of the farm out there than anything, all the projects I got going. But anyhow, let me throw it back over to you. It's good to hear everybody tonight. N5-J, OJ. Thank you so much, and I think I kinda threw a ranch in the flywheel here real fast, so I do apologize to Jeanette there for jumping in here, like doing a double dutch out on the streets of Brooklyn. But anyway, Bill, thank you so much. So I'm gonna hand this back over to Jeanette real fast, and we're gonna do this the legal way. KI5-SSR, K4-CUP, back to you, Jeanette."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-02T18:11:57+00:00","id":13642,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13641,"text":" Alright, well Mickey must be gone too and let's add Virgil. Let's just go ahead and call on Virgil right quick because he's mobile. K4CUP, hello to you Virgil, how you doing this evening? And whatever you want to add, come on in. Well, good evening Jeanette and KN5Y, good evening to you also Mike. This is K4CUP Mobile and I just logged on to rank2.app here in the mobile and man they've done some updating on that website. Especially on my end, they've got dark mode on there now. So I'm going to have to figure out how to, when I get home I'm going to have to figure out the settings on how to get that off of dark mode. So, because I'm kind of looking at a blue screen but all the check-ins on the west are kind of highlighted. So that's a new feature, something that I've never seen before on the rank2.app, rank2.app, I'll set that one. But, I don't remember my very first phone contact but I do remember my first CW contact. And man I was nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs when I was sitting there in the chair and you know it was just like between. And you know I was kind of like being too shy. So let me take a break and roll some windows up here because I'm starting to get some road noise. So let me take a quick break. And I was sitting there on the radio and the radio that I was using at that time. It was kind of a drifter, and what I mean drifter. If you locked it down, see the radio didn't have any lock buttons on it or nothing. So it either drifts up or down the band or whatever. I might be sitting on that 28027.00 and well next thing I know through the transmission it might drift up to .5 or .3. Or .5 or .6 or down, even maybe go on the downside. But of course it was an old radio, it was an old Tintec and things of that sort. But it was solid state but you know it had already done its due from the other radio operator. But you know this guy was calling CQDXCQDX and I thought, now I can either respond to him by throwing my call back to him. Or we're just sitting here like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. So I kindly picked up, got up enough nerve to throw my call out there. Then it was KG4VMB. And so after I did that, this guy come back to me. You're 599 and my name is Sutton and I'm in West Virginia and so on and so forth. And the journey began there for my first CW. And I had a program called CWGDXCQDX which would copy out whatever was being sent. And to that end I still got that in my archives. I saved a copy of it, printed it out on a piece of paper. So I still got that down and that was back in 2003 and now here it is 2025. And so you know it's been nearly 22 years ago when I first made my first CW contact and I've not stopped since. But anyway thank you so much. I will travel on to the house and thank you all for doing this. And I'll be your host or co-host next week. So come join us. KI5SSR K4CUPMOVL. Thank you K4CUPMOVL. I think there's a Harley next to you and I want a ride. Just kidding K4CUPMOVL. Yes Virgil will be here next week and we'll have a really great topic to talk about. So come and join us. KI5Y over to you."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T18:58:26+00:00","id":13007,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13006,"text":" and then I'm gonna shut her down. And I do wanna remind people that tomorrow we have the litter box lounge tomorrow evening, so come and join us. But let me throw it back at you Virgil for any finals. AI5SSR K4 CUP with Jeanette, it's been a pleasure to help out here tonight. And thanks to everyone that come and checked in with us, whether you was stuck around or just in and out, we appreciate you being there. And Jeanette, you know, I'm the type of person like, you know, I can't have too many, but you know, I've got too many. I've got a room full of stacked boxes and totes and things of cards from, you know, that's old and so forth. I think the oldest one that I have is from 1939. But I've got some old ones, antique cards, you might say. But anyway, Jeanette, thank you so much. And like I said, I'm always glad to help out. And join us next week as KL7FR, the Frozen Radio up there, or searching for fire, I don't know what he said, something about firewood or something, oh, recovery or something. But anyway, come join Mickey next week on the 11th Catch Happy Hour. Mickey's always a fun net control host and always has a unique question for us to participate in. So with that, I'll hand it back to KI5SSR. This is K4CUP. It's been an honor, been a pleasure to be part of this 11 Catch Happy Hour, which it always is. KI5SSR, K4CUP. Well, hey, yeah, so Virgil, why don't you plug the topic that you're gonna have next week on Saturday for the Litter Box Lounge that we're gonna be doing, because I think it'll be some interest. Okay, next Saturday on the Litter Box Lounge, I will be in there co-hosting that part of the net, and we're gonna be talking about medicinal herbal medicine. So if you would like to find out more, come join us on that, on the next, not this Saturday, but next Saturday in the Litter Box Lounge. We're gonna be talking about medicinal medicine. So, and I did find some, find out one this week that I could've ever imagined of trying. But hey, I'm gonna try it, and I know, and I'm not gonna kinda spill the beans right now, but hey, come check us out, come join us next Saturday in the Litter Box Lounge. Medici-ful herbs, KI5SSR, K4CUP."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-01T19:18:44+00:00","id":13023,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13022,"text":" Well, thank you so much, Ermickie. And yeah, hobbies are, you know, they're, it's like the more you put into them, the more you get out of it. So it's like the more time that you put into it, the more time that it will pay off in the long run. And just a short, quick note for all of those HFers out there, hey, if you worked the 13 colony event this past July, the certificates are being printed and mailed out. I have seen a few on some social media sites where there are people who are getting them. So if you did send your log sheet in or, and things of that sort, hey, be looking forward to getting those. I know sometimes they're a little bit slow about getting them or receiving them, but hey, it takes time. One of my most exciting things that I, another hobby, you know, I love collecting QSL cards. And when I come home from work this past week, there was one of those brown or yellowish brown ombre that's laying there from the bureau that had some DS cards in it. And so I was kind of excited that I got that. And because, you know, it just keeps adding to my collection, you know, and things of that sort. I'm still looking for one that I made years back. And I haven't run across it yet, but it's here somewhere. I just got to take time to look a little bit harder for it and so forth. So with that, KI5-SSR, K4-CUP. Any hobbies, Jeanette, I know you have tons of them. And maybe some new ones that you would like to adventure into. So KI5-SSR, K4-CUP. Over to you. Thank you, Virgil. Thank you for an awesome, awesome second round. And you know, a lot of stuff that Mike gets into, he gets into it. So I was kind of a tomboy, but all girl, OK? But I grew up fishing, so love fishing. Mike got me into cycling. Don't feel bad, honey, because I did get severely hurt at it. But it took me many years before that happened, so I got to do it for like 15 years or something before it broke my femur in my head. But I still do it, but I do it inside. And I do enjoy exercise. And I can't walk right now because I was working on gardening when I had a fall on my uneven backyard back there. So I've been waiting for it to heal. There's no break, but man, I don't know what's up. But anyway, we just keep plugging on. And CW, I've been working on CW. I'm really starting to get it. So yeah, sometime I guess I just need to have Mike put a radio out here for me. I really am working on finding us a new home so I can have my own little radio room. And we can have maybe more. Maybe we could run them both, or at least let me run some CW. But yeah, so that's been it. Sure, Virgil, trying to find a home that will work for both of us. So been working on that. Kind of wish you would have made an offer on the last one we saw. Seemed like that one really was a good deal. So I mean, really probably would have worked. But anyway, that's not here nor there. And at one time, I had a whole bunch of baseball cards I could have gave you, Virgil, that my dad gave me. Tons of them. Hundreds. I think Mike's probably seen them, but hundreds of them. Anyway, thank you, Virgil. Let me reset."},{"callsign_confidence":0.94,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-02T17:56:05+00:00","id":13635,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":13634,"text":" were hosting the net. My journey's been rather short, but it was a long time coming. Similar to Scott, I joined Air Force a year out of high school, but that was back in 1968 when I joined. And I spent a lot of time at Key for myself with computers. And between keeping up with the computers and my time, 23 years in the Air Force, raising a family, I always had an interest in electronics, just trying to stay up to the times was hard enough with family and so forth. So I never really thought I had time to sit down and figure out the amateur radio stuff, so I didn't. And after I retired from the Air Force, I kept doing the same job for another, I don't know, 25, 26 years. So finally retired, and last September I ran across an audiobook that was fast track your technician license. And I quickly figured out I wasn't going to be able to do that with an audiobook, but it caught my interest. So I bought the book, started studying it, decided that wasn't going to be too bad to do. So I got the second book for your general license and started studying it. And about that time I scheduled it, my testing, for two weeks from when I started the first book. And went ahead and devoured the third book for extra, and went in and took the test two weeks after I started studying and passed all three on the same night. So that was back in, like I said, into September last year. So I'm still new at this. Like Mike, I don't talk too much on radio. I do a lot of listening, but not much talking. I'm on a break. So it's, like I say, more listening than talking. I'm trying to get into the HF side of it, but I live in an apartment complex on the third floor. And I haven't figured out yet how I really want to do that. I don't want to buy the equipment until I figure out what I'm going to do about an antenna. But DMR and All Star, I've got two All Star notes and, I don't know, five or six DMR notes, hot spots. So that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. So back to Nat. This is 82 IZ. Back to you, Nat. Well, A, D, 2, IZ. I don't think I know or heard of anyone that passed all three tests. First go. So now, man, you're a very good studier. And it took me a while. I was only going to get my check next year. And I used the Fast Track handbook as well. And I got to say, I tried the audio book, and I felt the same way. But I did get the book. And that was amazing. So I used it for all three of my tests. And I kind of broke it up. And Mike bought me a HF radio. He said, you got to get your General. And I was like, I don't want to get a General. I was having a hard enough time with the first test. And so I was like, oh, Lord, OK. So he had already done it. So I got the General. And then a year later, I talked myself into getting an extra, and I'm studying CW now. So Robert, you've had quite the journey. And we're just glad to have you here. And I'm going to throw this over to Mike right quick. And Steve is after you, Robert. Over to you, Mike. KN-5Y. OK, I'm 5, this is RK-5Y. Thank you there, Jeanette. And yeah, the testing, that's the whole, let me reset. KN-5Y returning. The testing is that's a whole other subject, isn't it? And I know I got that little study guide for the technician and got to about page three and just closed it and said, whoops, this is not for me. I have no concept of electronics. I've never understood electricity. And I just almost just put it down and I thought, well, wait a minute, let's go ahead and try this. And it's amazing. It can be intimidating, that's for sure. And I actually met a guy where I work that passed all three tests when he was 12 years old. And needless to say, I felt pretty inferior to that guy while we worked together for three days. But man, oh man, I think I have heard of one or two people doing that, and that's awesome. Sure wasn't me. I mean, I sweated through each test big time. But 82-IZ, KN-5Y. Rob, thanks for coming into the lizard lounge, lizard litter box. That's a whole other deal, the lizard lounge. There's one of those over in Dallas. The litter box lounge, welcome into the litter box lounge. I hope you'll come back. We meet every Saturday at 6 PM Central. And just a little announcement. Next week, we're going to have a guest net controller, K4 CUP Virgil. He's going to have a topic, a backup topic, because we encourage you all to bring a topic. But he's going to have a backup topic that I think that will be useful for everyone on here. So have that to look forward to for next week. So 82-IZ, KN-5Y, thank you, Rob. And we're going to go to, we have a Kilo Bravo 3 Papa Foxtrot Foxtrot. Steve, welcome into the box lounge. And don't forget, everyone, we are going to have a 73 round if you can hang around for that. That would be great. If not, we understand. But KV-3 Papa Foxtrot Foxtrot, KN-5Y. Steve, what's new with you? If you don't mind, tell us a little bit about what got you interested in amateur radio and maybe a little bit about your journey into a hobby. Over to you, Steve. Steve, good evening, Mike and everybody on the net. I started out in CB. And I thought that was kind of cool for a little while. But a lot of people were into it at that time. But I set it aside for a while and had some other things to do. And then in early 2000s, around 2004, I said, you know, I got to do something here. And I want to get back to what I, you know, something better than CB. CB, of course. And then I found the 2-meter. And I took my technician license, I believe, in 2004. First radio was an HT, a Yatesu T65. So it worked out pretty well. But that's about it. That's how I started. And hopefully, I'll work up to additional license. But right now, I'm just enjoying what I have. Mike, happy. Back to you guys. That's KB3 PFF. KB3 PFF. Well, thank you, Steve. That's a great story there. And yep, I started out with an HT and then got a Yatesu 991A and got on HF a little bit. And I've gone through several radios since then. And so what a great hobby. And we love hearing the stories. I'll tell you what. Hope you'll come and join us next week. We also have a net on Friday nights, the happy hour net. Starts at 6 PM central. It's a lot of fun. And then AFC, Amateurs for Christ net, on Sundays at 3 PM central. Speaking of which, I think the next man on the list is the main character of that net. So I'm going to turn it back over to Jeanette, KN5 SSR. Go ahead, Jeanette. Well, thank you, KN5Y. It would be my pleasure to introduce this is Hello K6KJV. How you doing, Kev? RevKev. And yeah, what's new with you? You can bring your own topic, which I know you have some. And what got you interested in amateur radio? If you want to share anything about your journey, we certainly want to hear it, Rev. So come on in. This is Kevo6KJV. That's right. Thanks very much, Mr. Knight. Appreciate you. And I really don't know where to start. Well, it was a lonely, hot May night in 1964. It was Mother's Day at about 3 o'clock in the morning when I had a never mind. I guess you don't want me to go back that far. Oh, man. Well, what got me into this, I've said it several times, but old C.E., just like everybody else. That's right. The old patriot man. Kickin' man. And oh, whatever else you want to call it. I used to have a 40 channel. Realistic, that's right. One of the best radios I ever had. Just a basic radio. I used to talk to my brother every night whenever he's coming home from work. And then I'd take him talk to some other guys. I used to, like, I was a little kid. And then I'd talk to sidebanders. And then I'd hear some guys fire up the old linears. And then hear the guy that's got the linear guy banging on his door, pounding down, say, we're going to get in there and we're going to whoop you. There was some good days. I liked them days. And I've always wanted to get my ham radio license. So I just took a long time to do it. Life, career, marriage, everything got in the way. Well, I'm doing it now. Let me reset. K6K, JV returning. And you know, I've only got my technician license right now. I'm planning to get my general. Don't know about that propeller head extra. I don't know if I could do that. But I'm having just fun being on the 11 Cats network and all the VoIP and digital modes. And like Mr. Mike says, me and him are in agreeance. Pam, church for Christ. Sunday, 4 Eastern. Same conference right here, 11 Cats conference. Oh, that's the best net around. Not because I'm involved with it, just because the good Lord raised it up. Right here on 11 Cats. So tomorrow, hey, I'll do Sheamus Plug. We got M7 POV. Mr. Josh, fine young man from over across the pond there in England. He's going to be leading the Bible study tomorrow. So if you all don't mind, stop in and support him. He'd like to have it. We'd have a lot of fun there. So with that, I will shut up and not start preaching. I'm getting ready to. I'll pass it back to Ms. Jeanette from Kix's Kid Doobie. He's bouncing down. We're rolling down that highway. We're going to do what they say can't be done. We got a long way. I better stop. Yeah, OK. I spent my singing money on something else for sure. But oh, that was a bad girl. I'm sorry. But yeah, I think a lot of people got into CB radio. You know, shortwave, I think it was rather popular. It really was too when I was growing up. And if you had a base station, oh my God, you were kind of, you had some money. I think about that. I remember asking about Amradio. They're like, we've got to have a license. So I was like, oh, I don't want that. I remember the first time I looked at the technician book when Mike showed it to me. I looked at it. I said, I can't do that. I just turned it down. Because I said, oh, that's just too much. I mean, I know a little bit about electricity, but that was really intense. And I actually did way better on the extra test. It's not as hard as you think. I did better on the extra than any of the other tests. And I scored in the 90s. So I'm proud of me. But anyway, with that, Kev, thank you for all you do for us. We're going to hand it over to KN5Y for remarks. And then over to Chuck, Mike. And after that, we'll take another check-ins and start the 73 round. So over to you, KN5Y. Sorry for the singing. K05, SSR KN5Y. Well, that wasn't bad, actually. Just don't ask me to do it. K6, KJV. Well, we meet again. Your little reset there was too quick for me, because I was going to try to find that stray cat to say something. But it was too quick. But thanks, Rev, Kev. Thanks for all you do. Looking forward to tomorrow. Yeah, CB, we probably should have a net sometime on everybody's CB radio shenanigans. Because I'm sure there's a bunch of them out there. Oh, man. That takes me back. And I actually bought a middle and CB at, I think, that same Amfest where we met Len, K05NYT. Over at Irving, the guy had a immaculate-looking middle and CB for $25. So I bought it. And my plan was just to gut it and put a Raspberry Pi in it and make an All-Star note out of it and have a retro-looking CB with an All-Star note in it. But that thing was so immaculate. And the guy that bought it from me just put the 40-channel mod in it, and I thought, oh, man, I can't do that. So I've got it in the closet. Someday I'm going to plug that thing in and hook it up and try to make a contact. I do listen to 11 meters on my HF radios off and on. There's craziness on there, that's for sure. But thank you, Rev, Kev. It's an honor to have you on this net. WB4AIZ, Chuck, great to see you here. In case you haven't noticed, you are in the Litterbox Lounge. And everyone's welcome here. We're any topic's good. We have two rounds. We're going to come back for a 73 round here in a minute for comments and 73s. But great to have you here. And what's new with you, Chuck? And if you don't mind, tell us a little bit about what got you interested in amateur radio and maybe a little bit about your journey, beginning with amateur radio. WB4AIZ, over to you, Chuck. WB4AIZ, how did you go off? And immediately started off in back in 1917, 17, 17, 17, 17, something like that. I was going to a after high school, I went to a, what, a college school up in Pittsburgh, and I got two hours from being in the, and it's a school. They had a whiskey-free Oster Zulu Echo hand station with parrot-draped twins. And so I got interested in the, so the horn code with a military box with a paper tape and a light. And that's how I did my box show. And in fact, the school took me, gave me a phone call with downstairs. I got a, I think it's 40. And the crystal, we get set. And anyway, this has to be $11 after that for a while. And for, let's see, $10 for the tube, $61.26. A two-spinner for the meter and $10 for a vertical. And that was like, you know, the stations like, I've got a queue, I've got a queue up to the cell charts. And I have to move down to Florida. I didn't have a queue. They were all in the back cells. But, and then I got my, I had done my technician class before I left Pennsylvania. And I was Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, and the stream was flawless. But I couldn't use it because I didn't have voice privileges. And then when I became a technician, I still couldn't because I was over the walker door, dauntless. So eventually, I got down to, uh, here to Florida. And eventually, I went into a VE walkway and got my general. They said the word in the pre-lock three test, they said the word is, you know, the word is, and they said a very important word. My name is, my duty is, my power is. So he used to use a listen for his, and then write down what he heard. So that's how I passed my general with a fractured little toe that day. So, yeah, it was a while before I got, I got to the junior ranks in 220. So, and now all I've done is a, and I got into the digital. Yeah, I got into the digital. And unfortunately, when I went into the, when I went into the system bearing facility, my radios got put in a box. I don't know where they are now. So anyways, I'm doing I-co-lankton, and I'm doing a lot of work on this cell phone. B4AIZ. That's my story, and I'm addicted to it. That'd be B4AIZ, KM5Y. Chuck, that is a great story. I need to dig into the history of how they used to do licensing back then, because I know it was a whole lot different, and I'm curious about how all that worked. And thanks for sticking with it. And wow, what a story. And I'm glad, thank you for Echolink. You know, it allows people in your situation to stay right on and keep talking. Echolink is just amazing what it does for people that can't, don't have the means to get on a radio. They can get in here and talk, and we get to hear what, about the history of AM radio from people like you. So that was awesome. Thank you, Chuck. I hope you'll come back next week. And all right, well, we're at the bottom of the list. If you're listening and waiting to check in, you are on the Litterbox Lounge net. You are in the Litterbox Lounge on the 11 Catch Radio Network. And we're going to take some more check-ins. Come with your call sign now."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-31T15:56:12+00:00","id":73275,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":73274,"text":" Okay, nothing heard. Well, as suspected folks, I think Virgil was coming in through the 11CATS network, which is just about to start its happy hour net. And that's of course a Ki-5 SSR that takes us to the night and an absolutely wonderful, wonderful night as well. But we do have a weekend at crossover. It starts at our end, but there we go. And Virgil was probably coming in through that way and it's had to swing across. So I'm sorry about that, but there we go. So I don't think Virgil is with us anymore. But we do have him. He's checked in and that's absolutely wonderful. With that, let's carry on down the list. Well, I'll just do a quick check just in case. K4CUP, Virgil, just let me know if you're definitely not there."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-31T15:55:08+00:00","id":73274,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":73273,"text":" Well Virgil, I suspect you cannot hear me. I think somebody has already cut it short and moved the link across. Let me just check. K4 CUP, are you still with us from GM0 UUB?"},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.9323932860046625,"created_at":"2026-06-27T01:19:14.591142+00:00","id":125463,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":125464,"text":"Thank you for joining us this weekend. Kicking off the weekend with the happy hour here on 11 camps. And now we'll go to our buddy Virgil. OK, four. CUP, Virgil. Right, socks are beating the Yankees. Five to nothing in the top of the seventh. Looks like we could beat them two days in a row, believe it or not. But let's talk about the 4th of July and America 250. I'm sure you remember the very few years younger than me. But you probably still remember the bicentennial. And what a big deal that was for the country. And does it seem any different this year? Is the hype as big as it was then? And is your community doing anything special? Are you going to do anything special for it? Over to you, Virgil. All right, KM1X, K4 or CUP. Yeah, I watched last night's game."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.903707369668957,"created_at":"2026-06-27T00:09:57.087851+00:00","id":125358,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":125359,"text":"waiting on the WWA event to get started on Sunday evening. So I'm gonna be trying to play with that. And then if the temperatures get too hot, like they're saying here for next week, that might be a good time for me to stay home, out of the sun, out of the heat, and participate in the WWA, Jeanette. So, and then the special event, 13 colonies is also gonna start next week. So I'm gonna try to be busy if I can on the HF. KI-5 is this or K-4 CUP? Well Virgil, I need to get back to HF. I have really since I've had all this medical crap going on. I haven't been back since I did that WWA-YL contest. Yeah, and I know Mike, you can't get the 13 colonies this time I could do last year. Cause..."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.6061600496371586,"created_at":"2026-06-27T00:09:50.230421+00:00","id":125355,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":125356,"text":"Josh, thank you for being here. Always good to hear you and look forward to hearing your answer for the next round. Kick 4, cut. How you doing, Virgil? One of our moderators out here and he moderates all over the place. Virgil, thank you for all you do for everybody. How you doing today and how is your week? Get that job finished? KF-5SSR, K4CUP. No, I'm four spindle shorts. So hopefully you'll have a supposed to be here Monday. So, and in the process I'm working on some rabbit cages and I got one built so they want me to build them another one. This couple they've got, come back down on the farm, they've got chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, emus, kangaroo, one kangaroo."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.9730310058221221,"created_at":"2026-06-26T02:37:25.917778+00:00","id":123637,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":123636,"text":"No, Mark, I don't do the net logger. I mean, I can operate it, but I don't run it. I just ride them down here in the little tablet and things of that sort. And things, but no, I don't run the net logger for this. And but, you know, if I do some other ones, I will mark. So thank you for being there. K4CUP going that away. Seven threes, everyone. Have a good evening. All right, yep, you, uh, too. Yeah, just don't fall off in anything. You know, stay on top of something so you don't get hurt. You know, stay in something. Nothing cushy. So, K7CUP, give me. Seven threes, K4CUP. Bye bye. Yep, seven threes."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.9147943360731006,"created_at":"2026-06-26T02:15:35.525212+00:00","id":123625,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":123624,"text":"Alright, Keto Bravo 1 or Keto Bravo 0 Mike Alpha India, Georgia 7 3's to you from my end of the world here in Kentucky I hope you have a great weekend. So if you're still around 7 3's to you Yeah, thank you, I appreciate that you haven't listed you guys sounds like you got a look in that I'll probably be back again. I can remember I'm still getting used to this daytime stuff, you know But back to neck control TB 0 ma I Alright 7 3 George and have have a good weekend KB 0 ma I K4 CUP KCA FQV mark. Did you stick around or did you go net hopping? KCA FQV from K4 CUP I'm hopping nuts, but I stayed here"},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.8152944315845767,"created_at":"2026-06-26T02:15:45.989842+00:00","id":123628,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":123627,"text":"making something, maybe not. We do have an express-home machine. At work, and some of the coworkers like to use it. But me, nah, nah, nay, I'll stick with the Herbal T for now. K4CUP73, KC4 is at YC. KC4 is at YC from K4CUP. Well, last story got reigned out from the job, so I come home and had a great big bite of coffee sitting in there, so I went around in five cans of coffee. They're a life-stirredy because it got reigned out. So it's all grounded, it's ready for the pot and everything. I drank a lot of coffee, take it to work with me and even drank it on the job and so forth. So, trying to find me a nerve to talk about next week, yeah."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.7688998745547401,"created_at":"2026-06-26T02:15:50.496991+00:00","id":123630,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":123629,"text":"in half hours but hey it's all good I'm ready for the bed and ready for work in the morning so we'll say seven threes good night come check out the let's say happy hour tomorrow evening here on the 11 caps and then I don't know if there's a litter box lounge net for Saturday or not I won't be around for it but maybe they will be so everybody have a safe weekend and get out enjoy field day and we will see everyone soon K4CUP saying seven threes from this end good night everyone hey real quick first you guys do a nutlogger screen or not I didn't see one there so I don't know what you do or not K4C8 FQV"}]}