- date
- 2022-08-09
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:35
Check-ins (20)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
- Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Phil Alexander (N5RXJ)
- Lee Lance (AA5AG)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Surprise! Still here; travel has been delayed
- departing Thursday now
- Will be out of pocket for the next 2 nets and the club meeting
- Special events this week
- N7C Navajo Code Talkers (on until 2022-08-19)
- MD and DC QSO Party this week
- Parks on the Air is growing:
- KY state-wide parks on the air
- North American Meteor Scatter Sprint
- Next club meeting
- 2022-08-20 09:30
- American Legion Post 159
- plan to discuss upcoming club events
- Sent out an email with some proposed future activities
- Please let us know what you’re interested in.
- If you didn’t get it, please contact me at n5zkf@arrl.org and I’ll send you a link to the form
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Please send any ideas for after-meeting presentations
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Net minutes will be sent out at conclusion of net
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- 58 members
- If you’d like to renew or join,
- you can download the application from the club website
- can also send PayPal invoice if desired
- send email to treasurer@bryanarc.org
- If you’d like to renew or join,
- Consider setting the Bryan Amateur Radio Club as your charity on Amazon Smile
- Current balance: $8,819.98
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: Do you have “radio operator” license plates? Why?
Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Monthly ARES Meeting
- 2022-08-15 18:30
- will be at CEOC this Fri 2022-08-12 09:30
- Have plates b/c I’m proud of my call letters
David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Got in touch with Gerald Golub (W5VUI)
- there will be a VE test at the next meeting
- Don’t have plates
Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- two good reasons to get plates
- advertises the hobby
- in times of emergency, plates identify vehicle as an “emergency comms vehicle” that can go places the general public cannot
Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- I have plates
- Proud to be a Ham radio operator!
- Starts conversations: “Is your husband a Ham?” “No, I’m the Ham!” 🙂
Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Robertson County ARES weekly meeting
- Thu 2022-08-11 20:00
- W5KVN repeater in Franklin
- Do not have plates, but considering getting them!
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- have plates
- easy to remember and able to recognize them when they are announced
Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Wanted to encourage the hobby; a lot of people who know be immediately
- Proxy check-in for Dr. Phil Alexander (N5RXJ)
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- I have plates
- Gift from my Dad (KG5UZA)
- Plates were free, but he got me the radio inside
- Makes it easy to remember my license plate number if I have to give it out
- Easy to recognize fellow operators on the road (so drive friendly!)
- Gift from my Dad (KG5UZA)
Information Exchange
Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Need some help with AllStar node
- ClearNode will connect to the local node (443.475 WA5AIR repeater), but gets kicked off automatically
- Not having this issue with other nodes
- W5DZ: I have Charlie’s phone number and will send it to you
Lee Lance (AA5AG)
- Looking for slides for General Class licensing course