date

2019-05-28

opened

20:00

closed

20:39

Check-ins (24)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Michael Narcowich (KI5BPO)
• Dwayne Walters (W5DPW)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Jim Snell (WA5PMO)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Trent Owens (AG1TX)
• Ernie Pyle (KI5WG)
• Andrew Byorth (KG5JDJ)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• Meeting last Saturday
  • Everything coming together
  • Talking with N5ZKF about officer get-together
    • Discuss 5-year plan for club
    • Will hear more within next 2 months
    • Need input from everyone we can get

Vice-President N5ZKF

• Don’t forget next meeting 2019-06-15
  • Red Cross Building 4244 Boonville Rd, Bryan, TX 77802
• Field Day 2019-06-22 and 2019-06-23
  • Brian Bachmann Park
  • Will send out survey link to sign up for radio operating times
  • Need all hands on deck to help set up Saturday morning and tear down Sunday afternoon
• Public outreach with KG5EYV
  • First responders
  • Elected officials

Secretary KG5LYE

• Sorry I was absent for the start of the net
  • Eating dinner and lost track of time
  • Recording now; will type up and send minutes from recording

Treasurer N5GQB

did not check in

Announcements / Comments

KG5EYV

• Club will be okay, Matt!

WB5CKO

• 2019-06-08
  • Camp Hearne (reconstructed POW camp)
  • Celebrating D-Day, when allies invaded Japan
  • Free show 11:00 to 16:00
    • demonstrations
    • vehicles
    • food? food!

N5ZKF

• Congrats to Mitchell Barry, KG5LYE’s brother, for graduating last week
• Special events
  • 2019-06-01 Museum Ships on the air
    • USS Nautilus (1st nuclear submarine) among other amazing vessels on the air!

Buy / Sell

W5DPW

• Look up National Donut Day on Wikipedia
  • Started by Salvation Army
  • Red Cross and others keeping it going!
• Need capacitor marked “471”; 470 pF
• Free giveaway: Verizon router/modem (9100EM)

KG5EYV

• Raffle Tickets! Great prizes at Field Day!

KI5WG

• 150 W suitcase

Info Exchange

N5ZKF

• May have seen Dish Network antennas on side of road
  • Grabbed a large one, and it makes a great mount for other (even homebrew) antennas
  • Can also mount on wall
  • Dish can double as highly directional antenna; just swap out receiver horn

WB5CKO

• Did same thing as N5ZKF with antenna
• High winds inbound!

W5DPW

• Put on Anderson Powerpole connectors
  • Make sure you get your orientation correct!
• Directed to get 30A powerpoles
  • 15 A, 30 A, 45 A variants; are these same housing?
  • KI5WG: same housing and interchangeable

KI5DUJ

• Any info on TENTAC Jupiter 538 Transceiver
  • KI5WG: might need special modules hard to find so you can use it for Scout model