date

2018-11-27

opened

20:00

closed

20:35

Check-ins (27)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Dwayne Walters (W5DPW)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Marvin Lowman (KG5MCN)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Kevin Phillips (W5TTY)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Michael Narcowich (KI5BPO)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Andrew Byorth (KG5JDJ)
• Jim Worster (NV5S)
• Jim Snell (WA5PMO)
• Michael Mertes (KZ5M)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• John "Pocat" Walpole (K5ZY)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Trent Owens (AG1TX)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Connor Farrell (WG1GEM)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• WB2RVM hosts 40m net on 7.163 MHz 7pm
• Jim YV1FPT from France
  • 3rd around-the-world sailing trip
  • Oldest woman to circumnavigate (at 70 yrs)
• Call from Doug N5DMC
  • putting up some antennas on Thursday
  • offering radio shack and workshop off 209 Ranchette Ct, Bryan, TX 77808 FM 1179
• Meeting on 2018-12-15
  • Elections
  • Internet (remote) votes will be allowed

Vice-President N5ZKF

• Election meeting on 2018-12-15
  • will send out remote voting instructions
• Thanks WD5ABC for surplus power supplies
  • old power supply bit the dust
• John Walker (W1JCW)
  • Been in the area for about a year
  • Engineer with Viasat
  • Put up a tower and radio shack on Hwy 6 S in Bryan
    • might need some help getting set up

Secretary KG5LYE

• Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!
  • Special thank-you to KG5JDJ and other emergency and essential personnel for offering Thanksgiving to keep us safe

Treasurer N5GQB

• “Money is in the bank”
• Renewals available at next meeting
  • Also available at annual meeting at C&J Barbeque in January
  • $15 standard, $5 student, $20 family (1 vote)
• B/CS Christmas Parade this Sunday
  • 2018-12-02
  • W5BCS has helped with communications in the past
  • College Station Firefighters have taken over that role

Announcements / Comments

KG5JDJ

• Thanks KG5LYE for coming to visit over Thanksgiving

KG5SDE

• Question: Repeater has System Fusion
  • Any way for radio to automatically squelch digital sounds when receiving analog?
  • K5ZY: set tone squelch (RX PL tone) 88.5 Hz since digital doesn’t output the PL tone
    • This only works for Benchley repeater; W5BCS tone squelch output is disabled due to noise/feedback problem

N5ZKF

• Put up post last week with websites for purchasing components
• Mouser has really neat component finder which narrowed several thousand down to a few

WG1GEM

• W5AC repeater is open for us to use in event of noise

Buy / Sell

N5ZKF

• Rod Hotz (KG5BGB)
• looking to part with Arrow Antenna Open stub J-Pole
• Like new, all metal