Date

2017-10-17

Opened

20:00

Closed

20:24

Check-ins (22)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Scott Rodkey (N5WKY)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Kerry Miller (WD5ABC)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Andrew Byorth (KG5JDJ)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Philip Gates (N5ZKF)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• Poncho Smith (W5EWS)
• Michael Tilton (KG5UKJ)

Officer Reports

President KF5WGJ

• Meeting 2017-10-21
  • VE Test Session
• Radio in the Park / Jamboree on the Air after meeting
  • 12:30pm
  • Tanglewood Park
  • Announced to local BSA troops

Vice-President KG5EYV

• Club Meeting Presentation: Ty Weaver (KG5RKI) on DMR
  • Backup: Mike Wisby (KA5HIA) on visit to ARRL HQ
• Radio in the Park
  • might get some rain
  • will bring extension cords, etc.
  • bring your mobile radios for the scouts

Secretary KG5LYE

• ARES exercise 2017-10-14
  • Went well, but some areas could’ve operated more smoothly
  • More info in Info Exchange below

Treasurer N5GQB

• Still trying to get $15 service charge waived
  • no money in or out
  • no new members
  • nothing in PO Box
• Radio in the Park after presentation
  • weather might not cooperate
  • even bring HT’s to help out scouts
  • Tanglewood Park on the East end (concrete table)
• Meeting 2017-10-24
  • bring a few bucks to put in the donut/kolache tip jar!
  • After presentation, Ty Weaver (KG5RKI) will probably be able to program radios
• Hazardous waste collection 2017-10-21 07:00 to 14:00
  • Old TI building off Hwy 30 next to Veterans Park

Announcements / Comments

KG5EYV

• Questions for Sly:
  • tax exemption from State of Texas might
  • 20m/40m antenna?
• Sly will bring HF and buddipole
  • support for 40m/20m/17m/15m

N5ZKF

• Officer elections in December; Get your nominations in!
  • send to Phil Gates N5ZKF or Mike Wisby KA5HIA
• It should be possible to make hazardous waste collection and club meeting

Information Exchange

• ARES Emergency Exercise 2017-10-14: When operating a repeater for emergency purposes, what should happen when repeater becomes unusable?
  1. “Use reverse mode: transmit on repeater output frequency” … But who needs to do this? Only net control (or person relaying) needs to do this; everyone else remain on normal mode to listen on repeater output frequency.
  2. Establish alternate frequency(-ies) at the start in case repeater frequency becomes congested with interference (which makes first option impossible).