date

2022-07-12

opened

20:00

closed

20:30

Check-ins (17)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Joshua Wenger (W5AML)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• It has been very hot!
  • records being broken
• club meeting this weekend
  • 2022-07-16 09:30
  • American Post Legion 159
  • Discussing upcoming club activities
  • Presentation by Phil Gates (N5ZKF) about local repeaters
• Special events this week
  • W8B – 80th anniversary of founding of Bird Corp.
    • if you have any “Bird” test equipment

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Keep your ideas coming in for after-meeting presentations

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Net minutes will be sent out at conclusion of net
  • assembling minutes from when I was on vacation
• See you on Saturday!

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 54 members
• Current balance: $8,620.98
• Remember to set the Bryan Amateur Radio Club as your Amazon Smile charity of choice

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Have you made your own antenna?

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• Tidelands Hamfest in Texas City
  • Small turnout this year
  • ARES / ARRL STX presence
  • Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB) won first place in fox hunt!
• (via Kevin Walton (N4RMF)): ISS will be broadcasting tonight
  • 21:38 to 21:44
  • passing SW to NE, overhead at 21:41

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Regarding ISS: Maximum height at will be 79° elevation (almost straight overhead)
• built a 2 m / 70 cm dual-band dipole

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• Tried building a few antennas
• Instructions for anyone interested:
  1. make your calculations
  2. go cut the wire to length
  3. put it up
  4. tune it (if resonates too high, then add wire; if it’s too low, just bend the wire back)
  5. don’t worry about the theory, just use the thing!

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• I love building antennas!
• started with 2m ground plane vertical antenna
• 2m J-pole
• 40m off-center-fed dipole
• 20m center-fed Zepp/doublet (balun, 300-ohm ladder-line, and just a regular dipole)

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• built a dual-band J-pole out of copper pipe
• 40 m off-center-fed dipole
• “Supermoon” tonight

Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)

• made all of my antennas
• dual-band J-pole from copper pipe
• 10 m to 40 m fan dipole
• designed with that free antenna simulating software

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• W3FF home-brew Buddipole
  • works 6 m to 40 m
• 80 m delta-loop