date

2021-11-09

opened

20:00

closed

20:37

Check-ins (24)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Bob Christian (KE5GHM)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Glenn Connor (KB5ZFN)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Special Event Saturday
  • Bryan 150th
  • 2021-11-13 08:00/12:00
  • Brazos Valley Farmer’s Market, just north of downtown Bryan
  • Station is up on ARRL search tool
  • Casual, fun event
  • single HF transceiver
  • VHF transceiver (talk-in)
    • Will need people monitoring: KG5LYE, NC5R, KICES
    • Let me know: n5zkf@arrl.net
  • antenna trailer
  • Would be good to have logger and operator
  • more details on club website
  • Doodle poll sent out: let us know if you’ll be there
  • No food provided from the club, but there will be other vendors with lots to check out
• Activities of interest
  • from prior poll:
    • Kit build (did one last month)
    • Special event station (about to have one)
  • archetypes for other fun events
  • ideas for any other activities?
• Next club meeting
  • 2021-11-20 09:30
  • American Legion Post 159

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• Send in your ideas for after-meeting presentations
  • Presentation idea from Ron Hambric (N5SBN): 3D printing
  • Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) might be the person for that topic

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Expect net minutes as usual
• If you have some equipment to bring that might be helpful, go ahead and bring it just to be prepared
  • There might be something we forgot in our planning…

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 71 members
• Current balance: $6,934.28
• Looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday!

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Have you ever built an electronics project inside an Altoids box or something similar?

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• built many “projects-in-a-tin”
  • 80 m Pixie
  • 7 MHz transmitter
  • 40 m transceiver
• Lot of fun, but a lot of little parts!

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• may or may not have put together “illegal” TV pre-tuners

Buy / Sell

John Walpole (K5ZY)

• Have some equipment from Jim Snell
  • 72 ft, 4-section US tower, including base, layover, mast, thrust bearing, etc.
  • asking $15K for entire setup (was $22K new, minus shipping/hauling)
• Good on QRZ

Information Exchange

Robert Carter (NC5R)

• retiring from TAMU in December
• trying to get station up-to-date
• currently have a 40 m trapped inverted-V dipole
  • Works on 40 m, 80 m, and 17 m
  • Need help to get it working again
• blind operator; need at least a pair of eyes and hands
• not a rush, but would prefer before the weather gets cold
• if anyone’s interested, contact me at nc5r@arrl.net