date

2021-08-03

opened

20:00

closed

20:28

Check-ins (17)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Chris MacCannell (K5WTX)
• James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Tom Small (N1TOV)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Roy Wiggins (KR5W)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• July meeting:
  • Club logo for use on QSL cards, merchandise, etc.
    • Have a few suggestions already
    • Any ideas, please send them to president@bryanarc.org
  • Special thanks to the American Legion for hosting us last time
  • Next meeting 2021-08-21 will be back at the American Legion
    • We’ll be in the back room this time
• Get on the air
  • Some propagation 20m
  • Contests this weekend
    • 10-10 Int’l SSB contest
    • North American CW QSO party
  • ARRL 220+ MHz distance contest
  • Tomorrow is the 231st Birthday of the US Coast Guard
  • Special Event station for Hedy Lamarr: Famous Movie Star and Spread-Spectrum variant inventor

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• New vanity call sign!
• remember to send your ideas for meeting presentations

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• minutes will be sent out at the conclusion of the net

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

via KG5LYE

• July Statement:
  • Starting balance: $6,602.30
  • Dues
  • Refund for Field Day park deposit
  • Antenna replacement expenses and donation/reimbursement (Thank you!)
  • Closing balance: $6,817.30
• 65 members
• Just renewed ARRL membership through the club
  • You can do the same! 🙂

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Did you travel this summer?

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• ARES Net on 443.425 MHz FM (KD5DLW) repeater at conclusion of net or 20:30, whichever is later
• ARES Meeting 2021-08-09 19:30 at American Red Cross on Boonville Rd
  • Red Cross wants everyone to wear a mask while in building
• Traveled to Alaska this summer
  • brought my D-STAR/DV dongle and connected back to the repeater via reflector through the Internet

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Went to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee
  • Brought my HT, operated simplex with my dad, but didn’t hear from anyone else

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Supposed to go to Turkey soon, but we’ll se how that works out
• Went to the Dallas Metroplex in July
  • Managed to stay out of HRO in Plano 😀

Roy Wiggins (KR5W)

• 2021-10-01/02 weekend TX Traffic Net in Rockdale, TX
  • George H. Patterson Community Center
    609 Mill Ave.
    Rockdale, TX 76567
  • Hopefully see some of the W5BCS club there!
• N5ZKF: other things coming up in October:
  • Belton Hamfest… indoor spaces have sold out already
  • Hazardous Waste collection at old TI plant off University Dr. E
• Used to work in oil field, now working at NAPA Auto Supply in Caldwell
  • Wife is not doing well