date

2022-04-05

opened

20:00

closed

20:21

Check-ins (17)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Propagation has been very good
  • all on 20 m: Bulgaria, Brazil, Slovenia, and others
• Special events this week
  • NI6IW – USS Midway commemorating Doolittle raid
  • Lots of QSO parties: NE, NM, GA, ND
  • ARRL Rookie Roundup
• Club meeting this next weekend
  • 2022-04-16 09:30
  • American Legion Post 159
• Radio in the Park coming up
  • 2022-04-23
  • Mid-morning until whenever
  • Tanglewood Park
  • Bring your own gear
  • Backup date: 2022-04-30

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• Field Day
  • keep an eye out for door prize items
  • Raffle tickets available to buy and sell
• Send me any ideas for after-meeting presentations

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Expect minutes at conclusion of net
• Looking forward to meeting and Radio in the Park!

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Current balance: $5,847.02
• 40 members so far
  • if you haven’t renewed your membership yet, you can do so at the meeting
  • or send in by mail

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Have you had problems with lightning? Do you have any lightning protection?

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• I’ve been hit 4 times… directly!
• I disconnect my antennas and power every night before I go in
• Dropped an antenna 10 ft
• Put all your grounding stuff outside
• Insulate any coax that you have coming in: dangling coax burned a hole in my table once

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• ARES net tonight
  • 20:30 or after this net, whichever is later
  • 443.425 MHz FM (KD5DLW) repeater
• Lightning protection:
  • I have 11 grounding rods around the tower
  • 7 polyphasers on the inside
  • disconnect all radios from coax when I hear thunder
  • Haven’t had any issues yet!

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Not much to add to lightning protection
• lots of cool stuff to learn about lightning
  • different exotic types: especially “elves” and “sprites” going into the upper atmosphere
  • spectacular phenomena to watch