Date

2018-04-10

Opened

20:00

Closed

20:30

Check-ins (23)

• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Wyatt Stevens (KG5OOE)
• Jonathan Graham (KD5TEF)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• David Barry (Dad) (KG5UZA)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Kevin Phillips (W5TTY)
• Vic Pears (KX8V)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)
• John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Tom Small (N1TOV)
• Scott Rodkey (N5WKY)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Max Witek (KG5YRW)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• Upcoming Events
  • 2018-04-14 Radio in the park
    • Good forecast, but might be windy
    • Bring your gear
    • Set up around 10:00
  • 2018-04-21 Monthly meeting
    • start planning for Field Day (74 days until)
    • prizes, contact officials and guests
    • documents submitted for donations
  • 2018-04-28 ARRL Convention
    • Irving, TX
    • Hamfest to go with it

Vice-President N5ZKF

• Belton Hamfest
• Next meeting presentation:
  • Dr. Don Conlee from TAMU Meteorology
• Congrats to
  • KG5WIV for getting on HF
  • KG5LYG now W5DPW, general license
• Special event stations:
  • New Zealand
    • ZM50GW – through end of month – commemorating the loss of TEV Wahine
    • ZM50LA – June 2018 – commemorating the loss of the MV Maranaui
    • ZM50MAQ – August 2018 – commemorating the fire onboard the SS Gothic.
  • This weekend:
    • K4S – Sharks Tooth Festival, Venice, FL – <www.qrz.com/db/k4s>
    • NI6IW – USS Midway Museum Ship Special Event: Doolittle Raid
    • K5P – 100th Anniversary, Payne Field – WW1 training facility and first airport in Mississippi.
• Get-together on local talk group

Secretary KG5LYE

• Nothing to report

Treasurer N5GQB

• Not much to say
• couple checks made to pay for tower
• More details at next meetings
• Good time at Belton
  • Sold lots of donated items
  • Leftover things (coax, various connectors/adapters, books, etc.) will go to the club
• Repeater still on order
  • hopefully get an update from Yaesu this week
  • May or may not solve interference issue

Announcements / Comments

KX8V

• 10m net on 28.450 MHz USB
  • Talking about lightning

KG5WIV

• Got on HF about 2 weeks ago on used Kenwood TS440
  • Get your General!

Buy / Sell

N5GQB

• Kenwood TS-590S
  • Desktop HF Rig
  • Like New
  • All upgrades installed
  • Asking price is $800
  • Contact n5gqb@arrl.net if interested

Info Exchange

N5ZKF

• Still have open request from homeschool
  • Would like to learn morse code