{"activity_count":101,"callsign":"KN4KZT","confidence":1.0,"first_seen":"2026-07-25T17:47:51.952090+00:00","found":true,"id":34271,"is_net_control":true,"last_seen":"2026-11-07T01:53:37.392018+00:00","ncs_profile":null,"occurrence_count":96,"profile":{"confidence":0.9,"counts":{"ncs":1,"net":0,"open_qso":93,"transcript_contexts":60},"data_freshness":"generated","latest_topic":"Discussing the use of EchoLink and connecting to the Alaska Morning Net","most_topic":"Personal experiences and ham radio setup","open_vs_net_bias_score":0.7,"personal_summary":"KN4KZT is a regular participant in the Alaska Morning Net, showing interest in various topics and sharing personal stories. They often discuss their setup and challenges with ham radio equipment, particularly their use of EchoLink.","scores":{"activity":0.9,"civility":0.9,"engagement":0.8,"focus":0.6,"friendly":0.8,"helpful":0.7,"serious":0.5,"technical":0.6},"source":"ai_profile","summary":"KN4KZT is an active participant in the Alaska Morning Net, often contributing to discussions and sharing personal experiences. They frequently mention their location in Crane Hill, Alabama, and their use of EchoLink for connecting to the net.","topic_coverage":{"EchoLink usage":0.3,"ham radio setup":0.4,"personal stories":0.2,"weather and local events":0.1},"updated_at":"2026-11-06T01:53:09.017357"},"qrz_status":"verified","recent_transcripts":[{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.762527016715871,"created_at":"2026-11-07T01:53:27.226298+00:00","id":373462,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":398287,"text":"I'm not sure I have to readjust some things on here because I'm not sure how your audio was very, very low. When I was on EchoLink, I could hear everything just fine. So I'm not to check the input coming into this QSO1 application and I'll help to get this. I got it configured. I think everything's right, but got to get some audio levels worked out. Thanks for the check. This is KN4KZT."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9105106941782511,"created_at":"2026-11-07T00:53:55.528663+00:00","id":373290,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":398109,"text":"Hi, well, listen to this guy's going to still be here. Can for KZT Russ, hey, we'll send it over to you. Greetings to the Alaska Morning Net and Kilo India 7, Papa Kilo Lima. Roy, if you're calling a great net today, a happy Friday, everyone. And this is Kilo, November for Kilo Zulu Tango Russell in Crane Hill, Alabama, on beautiful Smith Lake. And it's a view of, let's say, 71 degrees last time I checked and about 49% humidity. We're drying out from a rain event that came through. Wednesday was pretty rainy. And yesterday dried out some, but today there's a nice breeze blowing from Northwest, about eight miles an hour. And that's a good one."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9047608062624931,"created_at":"2026-11-06T01:48:08.158053+00:00","id":371876,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396684,"text":"from our house, so it's an all-day affair. And so I'm constantly missing Irene's version of the Alaska Morning Net, but I do want you to know Irene that I enjoy hearing your segments on all of the other Net controllers days. And you sound like a very interesting person, so it's a I'm glad to meet you on the airwaves, KN4KZT, back to net."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.6328435063362121,"created_at":"2026-11-06T01:25:41.084120+00:00","id":371848,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396656,"text":"And right now, the software that comes with it is just basically control software. You can do everything on your laptop that you can on the radio face, turning the buttons and hitting the buttons and turning the dials. You can do that via your laptop computer. But I haven't researched to see if that can also be faced with these other deals. So I'm exploring it, but I do appreciate the information. It's one way that I can get back on my radio. KN4KZT, back to net. I thank you all for the info there. We'll be here with K4 and HP and KN4KZT to model somebody."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.6305686810186931,"created_at":"2026-11-06T01:25:31.167151+00:00","id":371844,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396652,"text":"Many people listening in actually have their radio connected to EchoLink rather than a laptop computer. I think of myself as kind of cheating in the ham radio field, talking through a laptop, but it's convenient. Right now with the limited reach I have on my radio, this is the only way I can reach out to nets such as the last morning net. The KN4KZT, back to you Douglas."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8287980678406629,"created_at":"2026-11-06T01:25:29.346154+00:00","id":371843,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396651,"text":"About a recheck, this is KN4KZT. Go ahead, will you recheck, please? Yes, I do appreciate it. KN4 BPG Douglas. I'm just curious. I'm sitting here talking on my laptop using EchoLink and the Alaska MorningNet, let's see, node numbers, 633-686. That's how I'm connected to EchoLink via the laptop. But I was looking at the documentation with EchoLink and it's also built to where you can connect your rig to it. I was wondering how many of you are connected to EchoLink."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7778264069929719,"created_at":"2026-11-06T00:17:44.647339+00:00","id":371774,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396579,"text":"But yeah keep going, Mandus. There's nothing like this hobby. The airwaves always amaze me. This is KN4KZT, back to net Douglas. KK7HLD comment. Yeah this is KK7HLD. Basically to do HF stuff you need to get an HF radio, not the UHF, VHF stuff like the 99% of the bell thing. And if you've got one that does some of the UHF or some of the UHF it's probably not going to be much use because of the small power and the small antenna. My recommendation if you if what I thought that's why I think you said I was in the middle of something."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8051353735583169,"created_at":"2026-11-05T19:38:00.196864+00:00","id":371480,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396284,"text":"in and yes it's going to power the trees and plots and when King Charles the first and they tried to blow him apart because he didn't do what they wanted him to do but it failed. Back to you from G1DTV. I'll make for G1DTV. Yes this is Kilo November 4, Kilo Zulu-Tango, Russell and Crane Hill and I just want to tell Irene that Wednesdays are our bays to go to Coleman, our nearest city to get groceries. It's a 30 minute ride."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8986701555550098,"created_at":"2026-11-05T19:18:20.110297+00:00","id":371444,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396248,"text":"I'm not a static, no nothing. I appreciate that, uh, KM4VPG. Uh, this is KN4KZT continuing. Uh, weekend plans. I've got plans both Saturday and Sunday. Uh, first Saturday, the Crimson Tide of Alabama travels to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to LSU Tigers. And then from, uh, I grew up in Baton Rouge and, uh, I pull for Alabama, except for one game. And that's when they play LSU. I like to see the SEC do well, but, uh, LSU's been, uh, kind of a let down. Some in a couple of games this year, but I really hope they show up Saturday. Sorry, uh,"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.6699484033243996,"created_at":"2026-11-05T19:18:16.975908+00:00","id":371443,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":396247,"text":"Do you have any plans that we can and how are you doing? Greetings to everybody on the Alaska Morning Net. I appreciate your hand off Kilomike for Victor Popogolf Douglas. This is Kilo November 4, Kilo Zulu Tango, Russell and Crane Hill, Alabama on beautiful Smith Lake. And before I continue, could I get a sound check? Because I'm changing audio levels on this laptop, trying to get FT-8 working properly and doing some fine tuning. So give me a quick audio check if you could Douglas. Paying for KZT."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7656214471374239,"created_at":"2026-11-03T01:29:33.110116+00:00","id":367901,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":392650,"text":"W9JA-Y. I was late getting in, but I sure enjoyed what I heard and just distracted right here at the end. Right now I'm running EchoLink on my laptop and looking into what it's going to take to connect it to my Kenwood TS2000, my rig, and actually talk on the radio to y'all. So it's under investigation and there's been no crowds committed. KN4KZT73 to you and have a great afternoon. Oh, I appreciate all that. You know, that sounds like a really fascinating project. When I use my radios around here, I talk to an all-star build. That's kind of easy. And when I first started the"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9791467146609317,"created_at":"2026-11-02T19:28:59.316216+00:00","id":367552,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":392300,"text":"such quite effective. That was years ago and I drove to work like that believe it or not. KN4KZT back to net I can hear you laughing. Yeah, that wasn't too hard to figure out. Did it but yes I was laughing. That sounds that that's great though. I just I'd love to see a picture of that especially somebody who took a picture of you driving to work with that on. Yeah, how did you repair work from your hands or claws? Yeah, that's a good one. I appreciate it. Now see that's the kind of story I was hoping to get us all back here. Yes, thanks Jay and as far as today what's going on in the big community of Crane Hill, Alabama. It's a much better day than yesterday. Yesterday was cold and cloudy and rainy. The day is nice and"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7083878900323595,"created_at":"2026-11-02T19:28:54.494636+00:00","id":367550,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":392298,"text":"a Yankee. This is Kilo November 4, Kilo Zulu Tango, Russell and Crane Hill, Alabama on beautiful Smith Lake. And oh, I could expound on all of those topics. For instance, I didn't dress up this year, but I remember several years ago in my working days, I worked for communications to operate a small plug-in repair. We did actual component level repairs on telecom plug-ins for the phone companies. And I dressed up as a worm wolf. And my wife applied makeup. I had jet black hair back then. And we spiked it. I had it sticking straight up. And she had a makeup thing that we bought."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.7110599213176303,"created_at":"2026-10-31T20:25:52.658941+00:00","id":364323,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":389030,"text":"video where you got out of the corner of my watering eye and it's about a young Indian brave I guess going on his dream quest I guess and turning into an eagle. But I digress and I don't want to run any longer you've got some other chickens to call so glad to be here little owl and glad to hear everybody home the Alaska morning net a day without it is a is a loss. And you're you how you missed it last couple of weeks I'll because a good fellowship everybody seven three have a great weekend KN4KZT back to net. Yeah take on me I remember that video that was a great video and went back and forth from"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8950959077248206,"created_at":"2026-10-31T20:25:40.518975+00:00","id":364318,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":389025,"text":"Oh well, I'll move on down and I got one more to go. K-N-4, K-D-T, Russell, are you there? N-6-M-O-T. Greetings, Alaska Morning Net, and thank you N-6-M-O-T. This is Kilo November 4, Kilo Zulu-Tango, Russell in Crane Hill, Alabama on beautiful Smith Lake. And it's nice and cloudy today. We don't have quite a sunny day, but we've got some rain moving in tonight. But it is a mild day, good fall weather, not too hot, not too cold. So I'm not going to trade that for anything. And I'm going to reset, and then we'll answer the question of the day. And Lil' Al, thank you for calling the net. And hardly get to log in on Saturdays, but today's the day."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9284711577571355,"created_at":"2026-10-30T20:18:07.613750+00:00","id":362773,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":387461,"text":"He is down in it, it's either a coil or something that provides 50 home resistance. I'm going to build my own and return that back to him. He'll have his dummy load back. That's all I've got going on. Paying for KZT, enjoying the net. Everybody, 7-3, have a good Friday and a great weekend. KN4KZT, back to net. Yeah, back in the day when we had to tune our transmitter, every time we changed frequency, I really wanted one of those. I was just so poor, didn't have money for much hammering, he was tough. I really, really had to pick and choose. When I had an opportunity to go to the radio store and buy something, what do I really hate the most? Is that 4-3, the dummy load back?"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7690503694117069,"created_at":"2026-10-30T20:17:50.306032+00:00","id":362766,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":387454,"text":"back to test 7PTL and the net. Hey, very cool. I don't think I knew about that text sound feature. Oh, absolutely pretty. I was going to look it up and realize that where's my phone. I found it. Anyway, always losing my phone. I love the fact that I have a watch now that it has a finds my phone feature. Yeah, I use a lot. Anyway, Hollis, you have a great day, my friend. And what was that? We'll say 73's. And yeah, speaking of Russ, K-N-4, K-E-Z-T, the mic is yours. Greetings to everyone on the Alaska Morning Net. And good afternoon to all of you in the Central Time Zone. This is K-N-4, K-Z-T, Russell and Crane Hill, Alabama on Beautiful Smith Lakes."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.46157850697636604,"created_at":"2026-10-26T18:36:21.032310+00:00","id":357293,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":381926,"text":"is accurate Roger. When we were building this house, my house in Birmingham was just on the south side of Birmingham in the edge of Shelby County, and 76 miles from that driveway to this driveway. And I drove it every day while we were building. So, and then we drove it many a time when we were moving. My wife and I moved to four bedroom house up here in a motorcycle trailer. We made probably, I think, more than two dozen trips back and forth, but we got it done. And now I'm living a life on the lake. KN4KZT, 7-3, everybody. Good to listen to all of you. Good to know you on the net. And back to you, Roger."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7743759808632044,"created_at":"2026-10-26T18:36:18.885069+00:00","id":357292,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":381925,"text":"in Oklahoma, all of a sudden I water bill, not doubled, not tripled, but four times more than there was in the past, all of a sudden. Although they fixed the well, and the water quality is better. So there's that Russell, back to you. Yes, sir. KZO, K-O-N, Roger. This is Kilo, November 4, Kilo Zulu-Tango. And this, yeah, I know about water. And good thing is I've got a lake right here in my backyard, and it's beautiful. So folks, if you ever get a chance to visit my lake in North Alabama, jump at the chance because you'll love it. The rock formations on the shorelines, that's what my wife and I fell in love with. And when your description of the location."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9486210613847814,"created_at":"2026-10-12T19:40:25.896029+00:00","id":350772,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":375336,"text":"K-G-T, it's your turn. J-W-N-J-A-Y, and you left a come running up. Thank you very much, W9J-A-Y, J, and this is K-N-4, K-Z-T, Russell and Crane Hill, Alabama, on beautiful Smith Lake, where it's a nice, warm, sunny 85 degrees with a 48% humidity, and looks like there's no rain in the forecast for the next 10 days here, so we're gonna see another dry spell. We just had one before that hurricane Isaiah's came through, so that helped all the plants out, so tomorrow I'm gonna have to get outside and knock down some weeds. And interesting question, and like Roger was saying, drop splash of ahead in high school."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9278901422565633,"created_at":"2026-10-12T19:39:23.746422+00:00","id":350753,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":375317,"text":"with radio wave propagation over here. For instance, during the hurricane, we were in the just the edge of it Saturday. I was able to hit the local repeater with my HT, which usually I just get static. So that was an improvement in propagation locally here. But one bad thing is when we get a lot of the thunderstorms that have thunder and lightning, not so much. It's like the atmosphere is energized electrically and that's not conducive to these propagation. But I do appreciate your answer Irene. Jay, you're running quite an educational net today. KN4, KZT, thanks."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8435903698205948,"created_at":"2026-10-10T19:37:48.098303+00:00","id":347630,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":372160,"text":"I'll go back to you one more time before I move on. In 6-0-T, this is K-N-4 KZ-T, Russell and Crane Hill, Alabama. And we've got a lot in common, I guess. I was shy, but also I'll set it using humor. So I wouldn't say I was the class clown, but I had a sharp wit, I guess you could say. But it's good to know you, and it sounds like you've led a very productive life. And 7-3 to you, as well as everybody on the net, this is K-N-4 KZ-T. Greetings to everybody, and have a good day. Alright, Russell, hey, thank you for checking in. I hope to hear you again next time."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.9551157034933567,"created_at":"2026-10-10T19:24:04.205372+00:00","id":347609,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":372138,"text":"almost as fun as saying in 4KZT. But I digress. I'm in Crane Hill, Alabama. That's north Alabama, about an hour north of Birmingham. And we just went through, well, it wasn't Hurricane Isaiah's when it reached us. In fact, I've hardly seen any strong winds, but we've gotten a lot of rain here, KN4KZT. And I'll answer your question after the reset. KN4KZT continuing. And what would I do differently? If I could go back and tell a younger version of myself, some sage advice. I would tell myself to be bolder, because all my life has studied hard"},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.6661546272890908,"created_at":"2026-10-10T19:10:49.769379+00:00","id":347587,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":372115,"text":"Okay, I got that. Okay, is there anyone else that wants to check in while we're here? Yes, the KZT suffix. This is Russell in Crane Hill, Alabama. Kilo, November 4. Kilo, Zulu, Tango. That's KN4KZT. Okay, thank you. Thank you. I got it. And a correction for you there in 6MOT. The mobile station in Houston did not end in Lima. Lima, Lima, Gulf, it ended in Lima, Lima, Echo. This is N5ZUA with the update. Thanks. Copy, Echo. I wrote it down right. I just said it wrong. Thanks."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9350641742348671,"created_at":"2026-10-08T19:22:15.454781+00:00","id":344804,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":369321,"text":"Yes sir, Kilo November 4, Kilo Zulu Tango. Rousled in Jasper today."}]}