Date

2017-12-12

Opened

20:00

Closed

20:33

Check-ins (25)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Wyatt Stevens (KG5OOE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Poncho Smith (W5EWS)
• Scott Rodkey (N5WKY)
• Douglas Cummings (KG5UDT)
• Roy Wiggins (KR5W)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Justin Groce (W5JDG)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Jim Snell (WA5PMO)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• John Kliewer (AC5NB)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• Vic Pears (KX8V)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• David Barry (Dad) (KG5UZA)
• John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Ken Hall (AE5EO)

Officer Reports

President KF5WGJ

• out of town last couple weeks
  • dealing with sick family members
• Meeting this Saturday 2017-12-16
  • Elections!
• C&J’s reserved for January Meeting 2018-01-20

Vice-President KG5EYV

• Elections 2017-12-16
  • Quorum required, pleas come out
  • KA5HIA to present about his visit to the ARRL headquarters

Secretary KG5LYE

• Sorry for not being able to call previous net
  • shout-out to KG5EYV for the last-minute sub
• Elections this weekend 2017-12-16
  • I will be out of town on retreat

Treasurer N5GQB

• “Money is in the bank”
• Quorum required for elections
  • 76 paid members; need 1/4 (19 members) for quorum
• Must be paid (ham) member to vote
  • Family memberships: only main holder of membership is allowed to vote
• Membership Fees coming due
  • Will take early memberships at elections meeting
  • $15 individual / associate
  • $20 family
  • $5 student

Announcements / Comments

KG5EYV

• at Field Day: Several people bought $100 raffles (which includes membership)
  • N5GQB still needs form, but membership is paid

KX8V

• Last MHz 10m net for the year on 28.450 MHz
  • Next will be 2017-01-09

N5ZKF

• DMR get-together on local talk group on the N1WP repeater

W5DZ

• wondered if dues payments are tax-deductible
  • KG5EYV will look into it

KG5WIV

• New ham… Welcome!
• name is Richard
• Passed Tech / General in November

Buy / Sell

N5GQB

• Technician Training Guide book for $10 (normally $25–$30)
  • materials ood until Summer 2018
  • Contact n5gqb@arrl.net if interested
• Next VE session 2017-02-17 08:00

WD5ABC

• wants to give away Coaxial Cable and Power Supplies
  • contact 979-204-8057 if interested

Info Exchange

KG5LYE

• Trying out a new antenna from WD5ABC
  • center-fed half-wave 40 m dipole with twin lead to a 4:1 balun
  • also called a “Zepp” antenna
  • analyzer reads high SWR, but low-loss line and balun make for a good impedance match
    • impedance match is really all that matters in this case
  • my radio can tune it on most bands between 40 m and 10 m
  • featured in article of QRZ

N5ZKF

• DMRTrack online
  • Ty Weaver (KG5RKI) has new release of beta / hacked TYT MD-380 firmware
  • Fixed bugs and updated DMR-MARC database