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Opening Preamble
“Good evening everyone and welcome to the TGIF Amateur Radio Net — Thank God It’s Friday! 
This is Steve, W2SHR, coming to you from the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina, where the sand is white, the water is cold, and the antennas are always swaying in the breeze.

We’re all here on the Mothership, Talk Group 31665, the best little corner of DMR on the planet, thanks to the hard work of Ty, Andy, Robert the Godfather, Phil, Vic, Glenn, and a whole army of volunteers who keep this network humming 24/7.

A few quick reminders before we get rolling: 
- This net is open to everyone — licensed amateurs only, please. 
- Keep your transmissions short and courteous so everybody gets a chance. 
- When you check in, please give your call sign phonetically and your first name. 
- If you’re short on time, we’ll have short-time check-ins first. 
- And most important — have fun! That’s what this is all about.

We usually run about an hour or a little more. We’ll do check-ins by suffix groups, short-time first, then a marketplace, a round-table topic, Q&A, late check-ins, and wrap it up with some thank-yous.

So grab your coffee, your adult beverage, or whatever keeps you going on a Friday night, settle in, and let’s get this party started!

K4WZV, Godfather, it’s all yours for announcements… or back to net control if we’re ready to roll.”

Network Announcement – K4WZV (Robert, the Godfather)
“All righty, good evening, everybody on the net.
I wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving and all that turkey day coming up,
and appreciate you doing the net, Steve, and you always do a fantastic job.

Important note to make note, as far as I know, the upgrade is done and complete.
On our server, it went pretty flawlessly.
There was one time where it went down for four or five hours for the main part of it,
and there was one other time that it went down for them doing little final tune-ups
and little final switching of the network to the new server.
So everything should be done.
They said it's gonna be through the 14th.
So it is possible the server might pop just for a little bit while they do some of the final stuff.
So the 14th, which is today, is supposed to be the last day,
and they should have everything 100%.
So back to net control, and everybody enjoy our new server farm.
Everything's gonna work just beautifully there.
So everything's faster, more efficient, and things are gonna work great.
Back to net control.
This is K4WZV.”

Short-Time Check-ins (3 rounds)
KA7BLB Sharon • KF8CQB Michael • NY2S Thomas • WB3IHY Joe • KX4XR Robert • AC4VT Michael • K7DCE Douglas • N6CZE Gary • WB3GCK Craig • K9FEH Chester • KA3NGT Bruce • KE8PCQ David • KZ4ID Donald • N3TJK Tim • KB3JQQ Scott • KB3PTP John • KB4QCE Paul • N5ZKF Phil & Brian • KE4PLC Paul • KF5MG Mark • K8LR Robert • W0MWI Michael • KE8APO David • K2OZ Daniel • N4ZWR Simon • KC5LAA John • NT9Q Andrew • VE5RS Ron • WE8M David • KE5MSQ Harold • KC1LKO Miguel • N8MME David • KB7BYI David • AE4TC James

0-1-2-3 Suffix
KE2KL Angel • N1XQX Dennis • WB3GTM Mike • W1GSK Glenn • K4YGD Miriam & Phil • VE3RD Phil • K1WMP William

4-5-6 Suffix
K4WZV Robert • KA5OUG Charles • WA4CLA Steven • KD4BJA Kirk • KF5KHS Michael (+ proxy K5GU Leland) • KC4EXO Richard • NG5NJ

7-8-9 Suffix
KC8USA Fred • WD8KOB Rodney • KV8KES Mike • W7NEE Jeff • KV8DVR Johnny • NY2S Thomas • WD9HGO • NS8G Jeffrey • KV9LIQ Ben • KV8PFL Edward • KV9LOR Douglas • VE7BTE Richard (Butch) • KV9Q Michael • NT9Q Gary • AF7FS Donald • KC9EOD John • N9BYO Herbert • N9PMR Richard

Marketplace
KF5MG Mark – For sale or trade:
• Connect Systems CS3000 UHF
• Connect Systems CS710 UHF DMR/analog (Part 90)
• Connect Systems CS811 VHF
• Cisco SPA504G VoIP phone
Looking primarily for a Motorola remote-head VHF mobile (or reasonable cash offers). Extra batteries & chargers included with most items. Good on QRZ.

Round-Table Topic: Portable Operations
KC8USA Fred – From hunting blind with Nextion hotspot. Now uses SharkRF M1KE tethered to phone everywhere – perfect audio, zero problems.
K4WZV Robert – Build a solid go-kit with spares. Anywhere but the shack is fair game (backyard, porch, park, beach). QRP, wires, push-up poles, or go big. Just have fun.
W2SHR Steve – Drives onto the beach, hamsticks or sand dipoles + Xiegu G90 + 5 Ah SLA battery. Recent road trip: hotspot + Anytone 878 + 50 Ah power bank.
KD8DVR Johnny – “Hamilcan” (ammo-can station) with VHF/UHF radio, battery, charger, roll-up Slim Jim. Instant mini-shack in hotel rooms or anywhere.

Q&A Segment
No questions asked – very quiet night.

Late Check-ins
K2YED Angel • KO5C Carlton • KC3YGS Jeffrey • KX4XR (proxy NY2S) • WA1WQC David • N4HYK Doc • KC9SIO Steven

Closing & Extended Thanks (Steve W2SHR)
- Ty Weaver KG5RKI – core coder
- Andy Nielsen G7LRR – dashboard master
- Glenn N3MEL – forum founder
- Forum team: 82CH Mark, KE5CDK Doug, WB3IHY Joe
- Vic VE3JAR – documentation
- Phil VE3RD – recordings, Nextion work, net archive
- Robert K4WZV – the Godfather, 24/7 chief engineer
- Every single station that checked in

Net closed approximately 9:45 PM Eastern with “73 and remember — Thank God It’s Friday!”

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