date

2021-04-06

opened

20:00

closed

20:32

Check-ins (21)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• David Cook (KI5GDX)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Randy Field (K5RLF)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Tom Small (N1TOV)
• Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Final Call: Joyce Menefee (KA5IZB) Silent Key
• Worked Cook Islands on HF!
• NI6IW on the air this Saturday to commemoriate Doolittle raid on Japan
• QSO parties for NE, NM, GA, and SD
• Club meeting 2021-04-17 09:30

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)

• Field Day
  • 2021-06-26 and 2021-06-27
  • Plan to have list of raffle prizes by next meeting
  • Remember to keep an eye out for door prizes
• Keep ideas coming in for presentations!

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out at conclusion of net
• Got first vaccination

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Bank Statement
  • Balance at end of February: $5986.09
  • Income from dues: $195.00
  • Disbursement for Field Day park Reservation: $200
  • Balance at end of March: $5981.09
  • Thanks to all who have renewed their memberships!
    • If you haven’t yet, please do so. 🙂
• Support Bryan Amateur Radio Club on Amazon Smile

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Do you use an antenna tuner?

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• ARES Net tonight
  • at conclusion of W5BCS net or 20:30, whichever happens later
  • on 443.425 (KD5DLW) repeater
• MS150 (150-mile bike ride for multiple sclerosis awareness)
  • starts in 3 locations, ends at Kyle Field
  • they could use some ham radio operators

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• Use tuners on all bands
• work very well: saves on antennas and radios, but not so much on radiation 🙂
• $40 Nano VNA antenna analyzer
  • does SWR, smith charts, and just about 50,000 other things
  • can’t beat the price for what it does!

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• LDG AT-200ProII tuner

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• MFJ-939 tuner
  • very fast, iterative tuning
  • lightweight

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• Propagation
  • Heard station from Australia on 20m last night
  • S5 when antenna was pointing East (long path)
  • less than S1 when pointing West (short path)

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• (to N5ZKF) What antenna?
  • N5ZKF: Vintage vertical with ground plane

Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)

• Using LDG IT-100 auto-tuner
• Antenna is ladder-line to doublet
  • tunes on every band

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• built-in ICOM IC-7300
  • will match 3:1 SWR on full power
  • emergency mode 10:1 match on half power
  • trick: turn down power, and tuner might have an easier time matching