date

2022-06-28

opened

20:00

closed

20:31

Check-ins (20)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
• Lee Lance (KK5QO)
• Jason Shutt (KI5LGO)
• Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Last call: Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
  • Passed away 2022-06-19
  • Amateur Extra
  • Club member
  • Class of ‘84
  • Hospital lab tech
  • Outdoorsman
• Field Day
  • Great time!
  • Thanks to W5AC for being there!
  • 356 points (not incl. bonus; those will come later)
  • 252 contacts
    • 104 CW contacts between Kerry Miller (WD5ABC) and
    • 148 phone contacts
    • 10, 15, and 40 m bands
    • contacted all but 8 of the ARRL sections
    • 3 provinces in CA
    • more detailed report to come
  • Special thanks to Garrett Martin (W5HVS) for donating his contacts from New Jersey
    • 510 points
    • 115 contacts
  • VE exam session
    • 4 new techs
    • 4 upgraded generals
    • 1 extra
  • Congrats to all our door prize and raffle drawing winners
  • 52 people signed in (probably more actually in attendance)
  • all cleaned up by around 2022-06-26 14:00
• Keep an eye on the tropics this hurricane season
  • stay safe and prepared
• Special events this week

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• Thanks to all who came out to Field Day!
• Keep your ideas coming in for after-meetin presentations

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Returned from vacation to visit family in California and Hawaii:
  • Lake Berryessa
  • San Francisco
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Oahu – West and North shores
• Minutes will be sent at conclusion of net
  • if anyone has any notes, I can get them typed up and sent out
• Hope everyone had a great Field Day!

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 54 members
• Current balance: $6,605.98
  • Field Day income has not yet been finalized and entered into the books

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: If you operate CW, do you prefer a straight key or paddle?

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• ARES net next week 2022-07-05 08:30 on KD5DLW
• Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable 4th of July!

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• I enjoy using both:
  • straight key for the “fist” and for sending slowly
  • iambic paddles for longer and faster
• also using fldigi for decoding (or operating really fast)

Lee Lance (KK5QO)

• prefer straight key – J38
• not as practiced with the paddles; tend to send too many symbols

KI5LQO

• thanks to everyone who helped out at Field Day
• first Field Day and first chance to make HF contact
  • brought the family out and they enjoyed it too
  • my son Cyrus made his first radio contact!