2018-11-27 Net Minutes
- 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
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
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