Check-ins (23)

• KG5LYE
• KG5OOE
• Kf5TYX
• KM5TW
• WB5CKO
• KG5EYV
• K5ZY
• W5DZ
• KG5JDJ
• N5GQB
• N5BLW
• W5GC
• WW5OBA
• W5RYC
• NC5R
• KG5SDE
• WA5PMO
• W4OOP
• KF5WGJ
• KA8WEP
• KX8V
• N5ZKF
• KG5RYL

Officer Reports

President KF5WGJ

• Antenna Trailer
  • Collecting parts to fix problems
  • $200 of cables, winches, and pulleys
  • get through field day
• Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
  • Scheduled Saturday 2017-05-13
  • Listen to Military Stations and read back
  • more details on ARRL website
  • Practice sessions Wednesday and Friday
• Texas Emergency Drill for Hurricane Evacuation
  • 2016-06-06
  • Port Arthur
  • ARES will activate 10am-2pm
  • Contact KF5WGJ or N5SBN
  • Any and all volunteers welcome!

Vice-President KG5EYV

• Presentation for meeting
  • 2017-05-20
  • W5XTT on antenna design
• 501(c)(3)
  • issue with tax ID: no tax id for club
  • apply for new tax number
  • wait and reapply for 501(c)(3)
  • coordinate with N5GQB
  • timeline extended to mid-August

Secretary KG5LYE

• Hurricane ARES exercise (2017-06-06)
  • Red Cross building
  • Volunteers to help with communications
    • FM Simplex & Repeater (KD5DLW)
    • 800 MHz trunked simplex & Skyline repeater net
    • VSAT (satellite data)
    • Winlink
    • Echolink?

Treasurer N5GQB

• PO box and bank account all quiet

Announcements / Comments

N5ZKF

• Field day
  • Mike KA5HIA provided with material for media outreach

WB5CKO

• trailer was in Grimes Co, for a while. Is it back in our possession?
  • A: Now in W5XTT’s yard

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