{"activity_count":35,"callsign":"WE8M","confidence":1.0,"first_seen":"2025-08-14T08:13:10+00:00","found":true,"id":6064,"is_net_control":true,"last_seen":"2026-06-29T05:48:59.328435+00:00","ncs_profile":null,"occurrence_count":25,"profile":{"confidence":0.7664,"counts":{"ncs":0,"net":6,"open_qso":8},"data_freshness":"2025-12-23T01:54:17","latest_topic":"astronomy","most_topic":"astronomy","open_vs_net_bias_score":-0.246,"personal_summary":"WE8M is friendly and engaged, often acknowledging check-ins and discussing astronomy.","scores":{"civility":0.9,"focus":0.8,"friendly":0.9,"helpful":0.7,"serious":0.8,"technical":0.6},"source":"legacy_callsign_profiles","summary":"WE8M frequently acknowledges check-ins and discusses astronomy topics.","topic_coverage":{"astronomy":"1.0"},"updated_at":"2025-12-23T03:27:50"},"qrz_status":null,"recent_transcripts":[{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-14T08:12:49+00:00","id":16890,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":16889,"text":" Alright, nothing heard. Let's go ahead and take one more. This will be the last call for check-ins. So if you'd like to come and check in and recheck, come on in anytime. Let's try to get some people in here. Last call, folks. This is Casey Shutt and YFB with the Worldwide Friendship Net for August 14, 2024. So, let's see if anything else might be out there. Hang on a second, help me. I didn't know if I was too far up here. Alright, come on in slowly, phonetically and twice if you'd like to check in. This is WE8M Whiskey Echo 8 Mike, WE8M Whiskey Echo 8 Mike, David in Royal Highland County, Ohio. MEC Control, Coffee, Alpha Echo 7, Micromia, Alpha Echo 7, Micromia, Mr. T, AE7MR."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-05T10:32:01+00:00","id":32889,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":32888,"text":" Hey, why don't you go ahead and take a turn? We're kinda doing ones and twos anyway. Back to you, WE-8M."},{"callsign_confidence":0.8200000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-05T11:13:10+00:00","id":32932,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":32931,"text":" W-E-A-M, Whiskey Echo 8 Mike David in Highland County, Ohio."},{"callsign_confidence":0.8200000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-07T18:41:10+00:00","id":55527,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":55526,"text":" Okay, hearing nothing from Ruben, moving down to David. Whiskey Echo 8, Mike, are you out there, David?"},{"callsign_confidence":0.8200000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-14T18:55:52+00:00","id":60627,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":60626,"text":" David it's the same thing I hear you it's like it opens I hear it open and then it closes in silence you want to try one more time sir whiskey echo 8 Mike"},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-05T21:06:27+00:00","id":54404,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":54403,"text":" Hey David, I hope all is well tonight. W-E-8-M, Whiskey Echo 8 Mike, thank you for stopping by tonight. I hope to catch you down the log here. Okay, any more in and outs for the 9 o'clock net, please come ahead."},{"callsign_confidence":0.8200000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-07T18:10:43+00:00","id":55492,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":55491,"text":" Yeah, every other net never has an issue finding me on KeyOrizette. I do have a registered account on there for many, many years. I'll say my call sign once again there just in case you don't have it corrected. It's V as in Victor, E as in Echo, 5 as in number 5, R as in Romeo, R as in Romeo, and then J as in Juliet, J as in Juliet, and M as in Mike. That's Romeo, Juliet, Mike. The prefix, her suffix actually, prefix is Victor, Echo, 5. Victor, Echo, 5, Romeo, Juliet, Mike. That's my call sign. Over. Is that what she had? This is repeater station, Keylo, Keylo 7, November, Quebec, November. W2, JLS returning. Yeah, Randy, I've got you in there. Sorry, sir. I'm not sure. I'm sure you're valid. I'm not sure why it's not populating in my net logger. This is the first time I've run this net, so maybe I'm just not connected correctly. I got you in the log, so I've got you on the list. I did also, I had some folks online in the IM window of the Astronomy Net on net logger. I want to acknowledge Keylo Foxtrot, zero, Oscar, uniform, Sierra. I have you, sir. Good evening. I have Whiskey Echo 8, Mike, also in the log. I've got you in there. So I think that's everybody so far. Let's go after maybe one other, and anyone else out there wanting to check in, and then maybe we could start into some content."},{"callsign_confidence":0.8200000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-07T18:59:43+00:00","id":55553,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":55552,"text":" Yeah, I honestly, I'll tell you, the most impressive things I've seen in the night sky really have very little to do with the telescope. I've had some time behind the telescope and it is always amazing to me, but the naked eye observing, I guess those would be what I would define as my most fondest recollections of things that really kind of amazed me. I've had a couple of just like turning night into day, fire into darkness, and I've actually commented about those events here in the past. But yeah, being at the beach and it's like two in the morning and then suddenly a fireball comes in and it actually lights up the sky to the point where it's blue sky and you're looking at the ocean and the water's blue and then it clears and everything's back to black and it's just shocking for sure. No telescope involved. Anyway, stuff like that's what I meant. I will mention, sorry, it sounds like David, you tried to check in, you did check in effectively and then we were calling you and we didn't hear you. So let's give you another shot, David. Whiskey Echo 8, Mike, David, are you out there still? What have you got going on tonight for the Colorado Astronomy Net?"},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-14T18:30:19+00:00","id":60588,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":60587,"text":" Yeah, Whiskey 6 Romeo Delta Zulu. Ed, thank you so much, sir. Appreciate you. And yeah, that was really some exciting stuff you had in there tonight. So I think that went very well for them. Sounds like the best launch to date this year. Okay, we'll move back to any additional check-ins here. I did get WE8M. I'm going to put you into the log. And anyone else out there wanting to check in, either Echolink or otherwise."},{"callsign_confidence":0.8200000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-14T18:55:20+00:00","id":60625,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":60624,"text":" Okay, hearing no one, let me move back up to the log and make sure I haven't missed anybody. I'm going to first start with David out there in Lynchburg, Whiskey Echo 8. Mike, we missed you earlier. You checked in. You seem to be in the blue screen. I'll give you another shot here. Are you out there, David? Do you want any comments to share with the net?"},{"callsign_confidence":0.8700000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-28T21:08:10+00:00","id":71044,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":71043,"text":" All right, WE8M got your I.O., thank you so much. Anyone else, call a name, please."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-12-23T01:53:20+00:00","id":88021,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":88020,"text":"Okay, let's pause there. Got some new calls on the list. So, new calls. I want to touch base with you guys in just a sec. The question for the new check-in is your interest, background, and astronomy, whether you're just starting out or you've been doing it for decades, like I have. So, I'll call on you in just a sec. Those that are over on YouTube, If you could post over there in the chat there what's your interest back in astronomy. I'd certainly appreciate it. I'll call you out in a sec. KJ5MZJ, thanks for checking in tonight. That's a new caller on the list. StevenKA90MY, thanks for checking in tonight. MikeK0GLR, thanks for checking in tonight. David, let's see, I think that's the NTV, you're on the list, thanks for checking in tonight. Ben, over on YouTube, welcome to the Colorado Astronomy Net, so thanks for that. And Michael, up in New York, we've got you on the list, KE2FTG, that's a new call, so welcome to the Net. For those of you who are new, and Chad, we got you KF0UUC, thanks for checking in tonight. And who else we got? We got David, WE8M, thanks for checking in tonight. So thanks for that. Again, hopefully the new calls heard me there. We'll go back up to John up in Austin. Just to let you guys know, the name here is Burnest, it's Bravo, Uniform, Romeo, November, Echo, Sierra, Sierra, Nicole, Fine, Kilowatt, India, Zero, Alpha, Romeo, and you have found the Colorado Astronomy Net. So I do appreciate the new people checking in tonight. I've been doing this for almost 30 years. I've been on the Skyhub link for a little over three and YouTube just this year started doing YouTube just this year, so I appreciate that. I'm going to let the repeater system reset and I'll touch base with the new call slayers."},{"callsign_confidence":0.8700000000000001,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-12-24T22:14:47+00:00","id":96806,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":96805,"text":"Okay, those that have checked in via net longer, Dave, AN0AS, thanks for checking in tonight. Roy, KI7PKL, thanks for checking in tonight. Thomas, KN4EWT, thanks for checking in tonight. Moi, N5ZIQ, thanks for checking in tonight. Dave, David, WE8M, thanks for checking in tonight. Ken, NB7SS, thanks for checking in tonight. And Chad, KF0UUC, thanks for checking in tonight. I do appreciate you checking in that way. It makes it real easy to get your call signs correct. I don't see any activity over on YouTube, but if we've got any viewers over on YouTube, say hey in the chat window. Your check-in does count, so I do appreciate it. not for YouTube, but for me personally, they do count actually for JPL. So if you don't have a call, that's fine, too. A first name and a location would be great to see over there in YouTube. So welcome, YouTube viewers, tonight. All right. I'll go ahead and open up the net for check-ins. Anyone wishing to check in to tonight's Colorado astronomy net please call with your callsign phonetically twice This is repeater station kilo kilo seven kilo. I'm Eric dying Oscar Mike Yankee kilo America 9 Oscar Yankee"},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-12-24T22:14:32+00:00","id":96805,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":96804,"text":"All right, well, thank you, Mel, for coming in and joining us. And so with that, we'll clear with, and you take care of yourself. And you and Linda Lou, KC7YTD, make sure you guys take care of yourselves. We'd like to hear from you again. And we'd love to hear from Linda Lou once in a while. Beep"},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-12-23T01:52:55+00:00","id":88020,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":88019,"text":"Dang, I looked at the clock and that's still timed out. That's awful Anyhow, uh, yeah, so we wrapped it up real nice and easy last year And so we could so it'd be easy to put up again this year Yeah, that didn't work out at all It took to the better part of three hours to untangle all the lights so we have to do something different At the end of this year, that's for sure. All right. Well, there's a little over three minutes that I ate up I'm gonna pass it to Daryl, but I am looking forward to graves next over because I want to hear about this this big easy Yes, I do KJ5ILQ calling out to V01 UKZ. I'm passing the mic to you. All right. Thank you, Josh That's a great great message you there. I saw yesterday. I Didn't watch the IGN one yesterday, but I did watch digital foundries one I did watch Linus Tech. It's on the market a steam deck a couple of years ago And held gaming computer chugging away for years now with no issues whatsoever No battery had a flawless continues to play attempt at a steam"},{"callsign_confidence":0.9199999999999999,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-28T18:09:13+00:00","id":70989,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":70988,"text":" I also take them over the air of course. Now I am going to acknowledge the first eight check-ins tonight. Let's see we have Ken, NV7SS thanks for checking in tonight. Roy, KI7PKL thanks for checking in tonight. Jack, KE0V8 thanks for checking in tonight. Moi, N5ZIQ thanks for checking in tonight. Cole, KF0URC thanks for checking in tonight. David, WE8M thanks for checking in tonight. John, W2JLS thanks for checking in tonight. And Rip, K3XO thanks for checking in tonight. I am going to go back to Cole, Missouri. KF0URC, good evening to you. Welcome to the Colorado Astronomy Net and welcome. I like to touch base with my first time check-ins and find out a little background on you. If you are just starting an astronomy or you have been doing it for decades or somewhere in between. I always like to find out a little bit more about the new check-ins and what kind of experience we have. We have all levels of experience. Beginners to those of us who have been doing it for decades one way or another. We have got various interests as well so hopefully you can stick around. I started this almost 30 years ago. I have got some announcements coming up, some local astronomical news, some bulletins, a rocket report if you are interested in various launches around the world. And then I like to go down the list and talk with everybody especially if they are out looking at the skies for observation reports. In fact, I have an observation report this evening myself so I will be sharing that a little bit later. Right now, Cole, I want to officially walk you in and find out what is your background interest in astronomy. Go ahead please. KF0URC, go ahead."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-14T18:55:32+00:00","id":60626,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":60625,"text":" Thank you."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-14T18:54:55+00:00","id":60624,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":60623,"text":" Thank you."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-07T18:58:12+00:00","id":55552,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":55551,"text":" Well, to be honest with you, I'm not into real life astronomy, although we have a telescope. Kids used to use it. I know my youngest set up his iPhone on the telescope and got a picture of Saturn actually one evening. I couldn't believe it. He was up at some crazy hour, 2 or 3 in the morning, middle of winter, freezing cold out there. But you know what an astronomer is like. They don't tell the cold. Anyway, set up his camera on the end of the telescope and got some nice pictures of Saturn. Of course everything in the skies on the opposite side can use skies. It's all hunky dory or vice versa down here, isn't it, in the southern hemisphere. But apart from that, yeah, not really an astronomer at all. I just look out there and go, you know, what's the weather conditions? That's about all it grabs my fancy. But thanks for the question anyway. Vic, go to edge. Thank you."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-07T18:40:51+00:00","id":55526,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":55525,"text":" Okay, I've got nothing from Mark. I'm pretty sure that was somebody I might know from our REIO community, but I'm not picking you up. Mark, you might want to check your equipment and then check in maybe next round. Okay, so maybe we take a moment to swing back up to the top of my log here. I apologize for those of you that are monitoring on NetLogger. I'm doing this for myself and it's my first time actually hosting and running on NetLogger. I'm sure it shows. I apologize for deviating from what you're accustomed to. So, going back up to the list where we left off, I don't think we got as far as Reuben. I think we tried reaching Reuben and maybe didn't get him. We'll try one more time here to reach Kilo Foxtrot, zero, Oscar uniform, Sierra. Do you have any comments from Colorado? Did I get you earlier and I'm forgetting because I didn't close you out of my ... As having had a chance to speak yet."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-05T21:06:10+00:00","id":54403,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":54402,"text":" I will be on tinterhooks waiting for you to come back there. I hope you do there. But if not, you have a great night there Matt. KJ7WQI. Thanks for stopping by tonight. More iOS please."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-05T11:12:47+00:00","id":32931,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":32930,"text":" Thank you."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-01T12:50:21+00:00","id":29896,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":29895,"text":" W-E-A-M whiskey echo eight mike."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-19T18:07:16+00:00","id":19707,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":19706,"text":" OK, this is KI0AR, Net Control for the Colorado astronomy net. This net meets every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Mountain time, 0100 Zulu, on the Sky Hub Link system of repeaters to discuss topics of an astronomical night for the night skies for the week any other special event that may be of interest to the amateur radio astronomy enthusiasts around the world. Also this is one of the few nets where your check-in does count. I tally up the numbers and send them off to JPL at the end of each month, because it's part of their outreach to the general public, of which we are a part. So all check-ins are definitely appreciated. I take check-ins several ways. If you have NetLogger, I will see your call sign pop up in the AIM window and you can consider yourself checked in. I'll definitely acknowledge you when I go down the list. Take them over the air, of course. You can also send me an email if you're unable to transmit one way or another. And I will take them over email, my email address, KI0AR at KI0AR.com. Just let me know your first name and your location and if you have a call sign, I'll definitely put that on the list as well. I am also broadcasting on YouTube this evening. Anyone that has YouTube, I will take check-ins over that medium. I have recorded quite a few of my sessions, my past sessions as well on YouTube if you want to go back and listen to any of them. Several ways to get checked in tonight. Right now, I want you people to acknowledge over on NetLogger, Brian, W4BJB, thanks for checking in tonight. Roy, KI7PKL, thanks for checking in tonight. David, WE8M, thanks for checking in tonight. Ken, NV7SS, thanks for checking in tonight. Rip, K3XO, thanks for checking in tonight. Dave, KF0AS, thanks for checking in tonight. D. Michael, AF0SF, thanks for checking in tonight. I have not seen anybody over on YouTube yet and nothing in the email, so I will go ahead and begin taking check-ins."},{"callsign_confidence":0.85,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-14T08:12:07+00:00","id":16889,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":16888,"text":" All right, we got two so far. W-E-A-M. I didn't catch your name, but welcome to the net. 87MR. Terry, we're glad you're here. Okay, one more time. Anybody else?"}]}