- date
- 2021-07-13
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:19
Check-ins (16)
- Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
- Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Jim Laird (KF5YY)
- Chris MacCannell (K5WTX)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
unable to attend tonight
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Meeting 2021-07-17 09:30
- American Legion at 101 Waco St. (Corner of Hwy 21 and Waco St.) in Bryan
- Come early for coffee, donuts, fellowship
- Ideas for presentations?
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Minutes will be sent out as usual at the conclusion of the net
- Will be presenting on NetLogger after the meeting this weekend
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Current balance 6802.30
- 65 members
- Reminders:
- ARRL membership can be renewed through the club, and we get a small income from that
- Amazon Smile also gives us a little income
- If you have moved, update your information in the FCC database
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: What interesting fact do you know about the club or Ham Radio in general?
Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Very first meeting of the Bryan Amateur Radio Club was 1954-09-08 according to The Eagle
Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Club was founded before my time, but I do know
- first clubhouse was at what is currently Skyline Communications
- Owned by Henry Menefee
- old building is still there!
- He would be the one to interview about club history
Buy / Sell
Information Exchange
Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- New W5BCS antenna is working quite well:
- No intermod and no light noise
- Will turn output code back on at some point this week
Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- If you got your QST magazine today
- “What’s old is new and what’s new is old”
- “Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it”
- man soldered a buch of steel coffee cans together into a vertical antenna
- Has been done a few times before (even by myself)