- date
- 2021-11-30
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:48
Check-ins (22)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
- Jeff French (KM5TW)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
- Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
- Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Lee Lance (KK5QO)
- Chris MacCannell (W5FN)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Robert Carter (NC5R)
- Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- First net after Thanksgiving
- Thankful for all of your support of amateur radio
- Local (external) interference on repeater is being taken care of
- Next Meeting
- 2021-12-18 09:30
- at American Legion Post 159
- need at least 18 people to have quorum for club business; please plan to be there
- officer nominations need to be approved and elections need to take place
- amendments to constitution and by-laws for your approval
- Presentation by Don Hutchcraft (KE5ADX) about transmission/feed line behavior
- Annual January Meeting / Annual Luncheon
- 2022-01-15
- food at 11:00, meeting at 12:00
- C&J Barbecue in Bryan
- more details to come
- Contests this weekend
- Romanian Pro CW
- FT Roundup
- W5AC mentioned on Ham Nation podcast
- play-by-play sports broadcasting started 100 years ago
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Let us know if you have ideas for after-meeting presentations
- Please get involved with our committees
- Field Day
- Web Steering
- By-Laws Revision
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Expect net minutes as usual
- Looking forward to seeing everyone at the December meeting
- If you’re interested in reviewing By-laws revisions and providing input before they get sent out to everyone, let me know
- will be distributing them via
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- 71 members; 58 voting
- Current balance: $7,043.88
- Be sure to set W5BCS as your Amazon Smile charity for your Christmas shopping
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: Do you use any spotting networks?
Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- news from AD5RN, an electrical engineering professor at Texas A&M:
- extra credit opportunity for students to get their amateur radio license
- help from W5AC club and Connor Farrell (WG1GEM)
- 25 new student ham radio operators!
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
Lee Lance (KK5QO)
- shout-out to my lovely wife
- last day of 50th year; 51st anniversary tomorrow
Information Exchange
Robert Carter (NC5R)
- Enjoying inverted-V after it was fixed
- Thanks to those who got it working again!
- Worked Costa Rica
- Retiring at end of December
- Plan to make a DMR hotspot using Raspberry Pi
Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- request for help
- noise floor on HF rig went very high recently
- wideband rhythmic pulsing
- no new electronic devices in the house
- any suggestions?
- N5ZKF: I’ve seen lots of noise as well. Solar activity?
- issue with power lines or power transformer?
- K5WTR: had similar issue at some point, and realized the gain/squelch setting had been changed
- twist ladder line about once every foot or so
- KK5QO: what about christmas lights?
- W5DZ: day, night, both? what’s the frequency of the pulsing?
- could be something in the radio itself, try another radio?
- W5CYN:
- in a rural area, nearest lights are far away and not flashing
- feedline is twisted already
- 1 sec interval
- not as prominent on 30 m and 15 m band
- seems to be same behavior day and night
David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Any VE sessions coming up?
- N5ZKF: usually test on even-numbered months, so we’re due for one in December
- contact Gerald Golub (W5VUI) w5vui@w5vui.com and let him know you’re interested