- date
- 2021-06-29
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:39
Check-ins (22)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
- Chris MacCannell (K5WTX)
- Andrew Byorth (KG5JDJ)
- Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Robert Carter (NC5R)
- Jim Laird (KF5YY)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- David Barry (KG5UZA)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Jack Lester (K5JWL), silent key
- Passed away during Field Day
- Field Day Report
- Operating 3A this year
- Visit from ARRL director for the area and section manager
- Over 60 people signed in
- 212 contacts via CW, digital, and phone across 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m bands
- Thanks to all who helped out!
- Teardown went an hour quicker than usual
- Especially Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ) for the meal, and others who brought sides and desserts!
- Gerald Golub (W5VUI) for successful VE session!
- W5AC GOTA station
- Special Event Station
- 4th of July
- Canada July 1
- Italy on July 3
- Ukraine is on the air right now: 14.215 MHz
- Scoring will be calculated soon
- If you want to submit your own contacts to the club, you can do so on our website
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Thank you, everyone for your help at Field Day!
- Hope to see y’all next year!
- Get your requests for “after-meeting presentation material” in
- Meeting in-person from now on
- Congrats to our Raffle winners (don’t have notes right now)
- N5ZKF:
- Ken Reeves: $500 HRO gift
- Perry WA5RXO: custom-made knife
- N5ZKF:
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- It was great to see everyone at Field Day
- I had a lot of fun doing CW, even if I was “cheating” a little bit using software to decode 🙂
- It was nice to see and hear from others who also enjoy CW
- cf. Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Special “users group” for D-STAR and other digital modes
- It would be nice to have occasional CW exchanges as well
- Congrats to all the new hams on the air, including some of my friends:
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR) — “I’m approaching my point of no return”
- Michael Atkinson (KI5QNT) — “I request permission to leave the net for … minutes”
- I had a lot of fun doing CW, even if I was “cheating” a little bit using software to decode 🙂
- Minutes will be sent out at the end of the net
- I now own a house!
- Happy 4th of July!
- Plan to present on how to use NetLogger
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Raffle Prize Winner
- Ken Reeves ($500 HRO)
- Rick Perry (knife)
- Brad Snyder (ht)
- Joshua Scmidt (shotgun)
- Financials:
- $299 donations for dinner
- $1,770 raffle tickets
- total income: $2,069
- net income: $933
- 64 members
- current balance: $6,602.30
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: What is your favorite part of Field Day?
Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- ARES net next Tuesday, 2021-07-06
- Next meeting will have to be rescheduled
- Great to show off SSTV setup at Field Day!
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Happy Birthday, Don Ling (WB5CKO)!
- N5ZKF: sang a raucous “happy birthday” to Jonathan Graham at Field Day
Robert Carter (NC5R)
- Favorite Field Day experience
- About 20 years ago with Jack Lester
- Did all-night shift together and made a lot of contacts
Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- used HRO winnings to buy a brand new Yaeso G1000 controller!
Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Had a very safe weekend!
- My favorite part: a lot of teamwork and cooperation from everyone involved
- Veteran hams getting new hams on the air
- People working together to get set up
- Jack Lester: very active in Masonic Lodge and large supporter of Shriner Children’s Hospital
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- proxy N5SBN: Digital Modes Users Group
- D-STAR, DMR, RTTY, CW, FT8, etc.
- Meet every once in a while to swap info and play around with new modes
- More info to come
