- Date
- 2017-11-18
- Convened
- 09:36
- Adjourned
- 11:06
Officers
- President: Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) present
- Vice President: Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV) absent
- Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) present
- Treasurer: Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB) present
Attendees (26)
- Ernie Pyle (KI5WG)
- Kathy Pyle (KB5QWS)
- James Worster (NV5S)
- Marty Nau (W5MHN)
- Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
- Vic Pears (KX8V)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Jonathan Graham (KD5TEF)
- Kevin Phillips (W5TTY)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Tom Small (N1TOV)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
- Marvin Lowman (KG5MCN)
- Clark Pennington (KC5BHM)
- Jim Laird (KF5YY)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Jerry Golub (KF5HUY)
- Gerald Golub (W5VUI)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Dwayne Walters (KG5LYG)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
Officer Reports
President KF5WGJ
- Elections next month’s meeting
- 2017-12-16
Nominations (N5ZKF)
- Not enough nominations, but here’s what we have so far:
- President
- Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
- Vice-President
- (no nominations)
- Secretary
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Treasurer
- Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB) (wishes to step down)
Vice President KG5EYV
- Excused for a wedding in Tennessee
Secretary KG5LYE
- Will not be able to make next meeting (retreat)
Approval of Minutes
- Amendent to change “voting at next meeting” to “December”
- Motion by KG5LYE to amend as described
- Seconded by N5ZKF
- Passes unanimously
- Motion to accept as amended by N5ZKF
- Seconded by KD5TEF
- Passes Unanimously
Treasurer N5GQB
- Account Report
- end september: $6316.93
- 2 checks cleared
- $69.99 – TLS certificate renewal
- $28.42 – donut fund shortage
- 67.93 spent
- 39.51 in tip jar
- 2 checks cleared
- end october: $6233.53
- no deposits
- end september: $6316.93
-
Bill Fisher (W5WMF) card
- W5BCS call sign renewal
- 2018-02-28
- ARRL handles renewals
- Elections
- Only full members can vote (not associate or sub-members under family membership)
- Membership Renewals
- Starting next meeting 2017-12-16
- Online payment? (absorb PayPal fee or raise price)
New Business
Repeater Updates
- KD5DLW Repeater Frequency Change
- New frequency: 443.425
- Everything else (offset, PL tone) stays the same
- Frequencies of other things on tower are same (as far as we know)
- W5BCS Repeater
- Need new coax and antenna
- Position on new tower will be at the top!
- Saltgrass Repeater languishing
Full Report W5DZ
- Current Club repeater info
- Skyline Communications Tower (KD5DLW) at Texas Ave and Mitchell St
- Current Height 200 ft on east side
- New Tower will be built next to current tower
- our antenna will be at top (330 ft)
- Feedline requirements
- 450 ft in length
- 7/8 in Hardline Eupen ECS-50-A
- Attenuation at 150 MHz is 0.429 dB / 100 ft (2 db loss for the whole line)
- cost: $2.40 / ft
- connectors: $30 ea
- Antenna requirements
- Old antenna:
- 29 yr old Decible Products DB224E
- SWR looked okay, but intermittent short in phasing harness (unrepairable)
- Decible Products now out of business
- Need new (commercial-grade) antenna
- Not cheap, but will last
- Telewave, Inc. ANT140F2
- Ham pricing: significant discount
- $594, 5 yr warranty
- Wide bandwidth, low SWR
- 3.0 dBd
- Radio Mobile program propagation coverage
- 25 mi radius
- Old antenna:
- Approximate cost: $3834
- $1080 – feedline
- $60 – Connectors
- $594 – Antenna
- $1800 – Installation
- $300 – Shipping
- Motion by W5VUI to allocate $4000 (not to exceed)
- Seconded by N5ZKF
- Passes
Christmas Parade (N5SBN)
- 2017-12-03 morning and afternoon
- TAMU lots 50, 51 near Polo Rd (intersection of S College and University Dr)
- Meet at 08:30
- Breakfast at McDonalds at 07:30
- Lots of help needed! (esp. between 12:00 and 15:00)
- Logistics and line-up preparation
- Communications
- Simplex 145.465 MHz FM
- Putting up barricades and signs
- Lining up floats at positions in lots
- Floats dismiss at 14:00
- info meeting 2017-11-27 18:30 (Monday) at Red Cross on Boonville Rd
- Smaller parade this year (expecting 75 floats) than last year (had about 100 floats)
Closing
- Motion by N5ZKF to adjourn
- seconded by W5VUI
- passes unanimously