date

2018-09-18

opened

20:00

closed

20:19

Check-ins (21)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Jim Worster (NV5S)
• Karsten Pearce (KG5YRX)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Andrew Byorth (KG5JDJ)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• John "Pocat" Walpole (K5ZY)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• Jim Laird (KF5YY)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• Upcoming Hamfests
  • 2018-09-29 – Shreveport Hamfest
  • 2018-10-06 – Belton Hamfest
• 2019-09-22 – Tour de cure Diabetes run
  • Need Ham Radio Operators to help
  • Contact KE5FGA if interested
• 2019-09-29 Texas QSO party 2018-09-29
  • No official club event
  • Everyone still encouraged to participate
• 2018-10-20 – Next meeting

Vice-President N5ZKF

• Antenna build postponed!
  • Cannot reproduce prototype
  • Will reschedule once everything is worked out
• Shout-out to N1TOV
  • Deployed with Team Rubicon to support relief in Carolinas

Secretary KG5LYE

• Nothing to report

Treasurer N5GQB

• 2 New members at meeting
  • 75 total members now
• 2018-10-13 – Radio in the Park
  • Tanglewood park
  • Starting around 10:00
  • Backup date on 2018-10-20 after meeting
• Blue bag of stickers has been returned!
  • accidentally got mixed in with someone else’s stuff

Lessons-Learned

KG5LYE

• J-Pole has several tuning points:
  • Large element (base resonance)
  • Small Element (band resonance; add more of these for multiband operation)
  • Feedpoint