That time of year is once again approaching and Santa and a cast of characters will be making their way across the night skies of Middle Tennessee.

This year the Santa Net will be running across most of Middle Tennessee on the 145.21 (PL 173.8) system of linked repeaters (If there is no weather emergency) and new this year, by many requests of those traveling , Santa will be answering QSO from the Echolink system (Node Number 258417 - Franklin Tennessee) and also on the EchoLink New York Starrs System (Node Number 344336)

If you participate in the Old Codger's Net, you probably have noticed our new preamble. Since the OCN is all about fun, we've thrown in a few taglines for the reason you should be checking into the Net. We want to change these taglines each week if we can collect enough of them. If you have a good reason why the OCN should be THE Net to check in on leave it in the comments below.

The ones we're using at present are:

Article taken off the Feed from ARRL:

11/22/2013

The digital age is killing AM radio, an American institution that brought the nation fireside chats, Casey Kasem’s Top 40 and scratchy broadcasts of the World Series. Long surpassed by FM and more recently cast aside by satellite radio and Pandora, AM is now under siege from a new threat: rising interference from smartphones and consumer electronics that reduce many AM stations to little more than static.