- date
- 2021-08-24
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:23
Check-ins (20)
- John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Marshall Walpole (KG5IQY)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- David Bailey (KI5RJG)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Hurricane watch net
- 14.325 MHz USB
- 7.268 MHz LSB
- Meeting Saturday, 2021-08-21 09:30, at American Legion Post 159;
- 26 in attendance
- 5 New techs from VE sessions
- Welcome, esp. to David Bailey (KI5RJG), who is joining us today!
- Congrats!
- Presentation by Ron Hambric (N5SBN) and Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- notes have been posted to club website
- Get on the air!
- 31 US States
- 40 m is a bit noisy, but still able to get all the way to South America, Europe, etc.
- HI QSO Party this weekend
- Islands on the Air for US and CA this weekend
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Have been travelling last weekend
- Send me any ideas you might have for presentations
- Consider volunteering for Field Day Committee
- We’d like to have the members assembled by December
- KG5LYE: Gerald Golub (W5VUI) has offered to give a demo/tutorial of some of the features on the club website
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Net minutes will be sent out as usual
- Corrections to meeting minutes will be sent out as well
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Current bank balance: $6,819.30
- 65 members
- Membership application on the club website if any of our new technicians want to join
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: Have you ever used Winlink messaging?
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Winlink was my first digital mode
- Introduced to Winlink by Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Have used Winlink for ARES in the past
- ICS forms built-in to software
- Asynchronous service, so the other person doesn’t have to be actively listening
Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Red Cross Winlink exercise this Thursday
- Was very excited to be able to use Winlink to send text messages
Buy / Sell
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Used, like new, Ringo Ranger 2B 2m antenna
- Lowered Ground Plane variant
- I’ll take $40 or $50
- Contact me at n5zkf@arrl.net if interested