2019-01-29 Net Minutes
- date
- 2019-01-29
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:30
Check-ins (22)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Michael Narcowich (KI5BPO)
- Bob Henglein (W5GC)
- Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
- Jared Hazlett (KI5AUV)
- Connor Farrell (WG1GEM)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Michael Mertes (KZ5M)
- John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
- Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
- Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
- Jim Laird (KF5YY)
Officer Reports
President KG5EYV
- Next meeting 2019-02-16
- USDA building on F&B Rd… unless weird things happen
- Alternate meeting place TBD
- Bills due
- Radio in the Park / Field Day park deposit(s)
- Insurance
- Field Day Raffle
- Games
- Presentation (see report from N5ZKF)
- VE Session 08:00
Vice-President N5ZKF
- Meeting 2019-02-16
- Presentation by KG5JDJ: Digital Radio Hotspots
- Flurry of activity on all the digital modes (DMR, D-STAR, System Fusion)
- Internet gateway hosted from small device at home
Secretary KG5LYE
- Grandmother in hospital
- not breathing deeply enough without machine
- Anyone want my job?
- Secretary doesn’t have to call the net (and vice versa) 🙂
- All notes and materials available upon request
- I’ll also be happy to teach anyone
Treasurer N5GQB
- Lots of cold weather, but thankful it’s not as cold as up north!
- Membership renewals due (https://bryanarc.org/join-barc)
- $15 individual
- $20 family
- $5 family
- Mail in or bring to next club meeting
- Attn: ARRL members (incl. wannabe members)
- W5BCS is ARRL-affiliated
- Can join/renew through club, and club get perks!
- Will update website with renewed members
KG5EYV
- 20m looked good last weekend
- Contacted FL, CA, and PA!
- Check it out when you get a chance
N5ZKF
- Winter Field Day
- Lots of people on the air!
- copied stations in Costa Rica and North Japan (with much signal variability)
WG1GEM
- Invite to W5AC net
- Weekly Net: Mon 20:00
- Morning Reveille: Tue Thu Sat 07:30
Buy / Sell
Info Exchange
N5ZKF
- Tips for radio equipment programmed via computer software
- Go ahead and get software with new radio
- Capture factory configuration (base config to go back to; for base config and if selling)
- Back up your own configuration (if it gets corrupt)
- Programming software can be really powerful!
- Reason: Started having trouble with Whistler Scanner
- base config really helped to fix fatal error
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