2017-05-02 Net Minutes

Check-ins (20)

  • KG5LYE
  • KG5OOE
  • KM5TW
  • KG5EYV
  • N5GQB
  • N5WKY
  • WB5CKO
  • K5ZY
  • KA5HIA
  • N7ALM
  • W5GC
  • W5RYC
  • WA5PMO
  • NC5R
  • KG5SDE
  • KF5WGJ
  • KA8WEP
  • WW5OBA
  • W5DZ
  • AG5JH

Officer Reports

President KF5WGJ

  • ARES net 443.450 20:30
  • ARES meeting 2017-05-08 18:30 red cross
  • Club meeting 2017-05-20
    • field day prep

Vice-President KG5EYV

  • Next meeting 2017-05-20
    • W5XTT is presenting follow-up antenna talk

Secretary KG5LYE

  • Sorry couldn’t make it last week
    • Thanks KG5EYV and K5ZY for covering
    • Flew to David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (KDWH) in Spring, TX
    • Read back takeoff clearance for runway 37 (not a valid number)
    • "Only Chuck Norris can take off on that runway"

Treasurer N5GQB

  • busy time of year
  • PO box empty
  • email from IRS
    • Need to get with KG5EYV
  • April meeting (2017-04-08)
    • Came out ahead in donut/kolache fund!
    • for first time ever

Announcements / Comments

K5ZY

  • this morning replaced antenna on 147.160 repeater
    • back on the air

KG5EYV

  • also got email from IRS
    • old tax id; will look into it

N5GQB

  • Skyline communications tower (KD5DLW) is being replaced
    • Hosts this repeater 146.480 and 445.450
    • unanimously approved despite moratorium on tower building

Information Exchange

KG5EYV

  • ARRL has new book with 35 projects for Arduino ($35)
    • any idea with what might be in it?
    • W5DZ
      • arduino ($35) and pickaxe ($3) programmable controllers
      • some projects:
        • APRS data logger
        • Transmitter board
        • receive-only APRS gateway
        • Solar tracker
    • KF5WGJ
      • Get 10 of them

Closed

20:23

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