- Date
- 2018-02-27
- Opened
- 20:00
- Closed
- 20:36
Check-ins (26)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
- John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
- Marvin Lowman (KG5MCN)
- David Barry (Dad) (KG5UZA)
- John Walker (W1JCW)
- Poncho Smith (W5EWS)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Bob Henglein (W5GC)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Wyatt Stevens (KG5OOE)
- Jim Snell (WA5PMO)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Vic Pears (KX8V)
- Scott Rodkey (N5WKY)
- Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
- Tom Small (N1TOV)
- Daniel Fowler (KG5WUO)
- Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
- Doug Kingman (K5FTA)
- Lucas Hastings (KG5LYQ)
Officer Reports
President KG5EYV
Upcoming events:
- 2018-03-17 Next meeting
- St. Patrick’s day: wear green ham radio shirt
- No VE test session
- 2018-03-24 pancake breakfast at IHOP
- The one off of Boonville Rd: 758 N Earl Rudder Fwy, Bryan, TX 77802
- Time? 07:30? 08:30?
- 2018-04-07 Belton Hamfest
- 2018-04-14 Radio in the Park
- 2018-04-24 April meeting
- VE Test Session; this will be the next one
Vice-President N5ZKF
- (did not check in)
Secretary KG5LYE
- Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers
- Grandma fell and is in the hospital
Treasurer N5GQB
- (did not check in)
Announcements / Comments
KX8V
- 10m net on 28.450 USB
- SkyWarn story:
- In Huntsville: “get in car and go west”
- spotted a tornado and called it in
- later that evening: tornado touched down behind KBTX
W5DZ
- SkyWarn class this Thursday, 2018-03-01 at Brazos CEOC
- 110 N Main St, Bryan, TX 77803
- (in the basement)
- Two sessions:
- 13:30-16:00
- 18:00-20:30
- KG5EYV: “SkyWarn is one of the best weather classes I’ve seen. Highly recommended.”
Buy / Sell
W5EWS
- Yaesu FT-7900
- dual-band Mobile unit
- Missing mic
- only hooked up once to make sure it works
- open to any offers (price for a new one is between $270 and $300)
- phone is 979-828-1772
Info Exchange
KG5EYV
- 6m hexbeam
- gets better reception when deployed up rather than down
- could monitor 10m very well
- poor impedance match, so didn’t transmit much
- WD5ABC via KG5LYE: SWR isn’t everything:
- ref: Hallas, Joel R., W1ZR. “One Balun is Usually Enough.” QST Dec. 2017: 57–58. Print.
WA5PMO
- Any experience with Collins 32S1 35S1?
- (no response)
KG5WIV
- Opportunity to tune into “Brazos Valley Area Radio Club” in Sugarland
- Club that put on Greater Houston Hamfest
- Very clear despite distance; phenomenon?
- KG5LYE: yes — sporadic E layer, tropospheric ducting, or scatter propagation
- K5ZY: 2 contacts in Mexico City!
- KX8V: knows someone who worked all states on 2m band!
- W5DZ: websites for logging propagation:
