2018-09-18 Net Minutes

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

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