date

2022-11-29

opened

20:00

closed

20:41

Check-ins (17)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• We’d welcome anyone interested in calling the nets
  • don’t let us hog all the fun
  • we can get you the script
• Events
  • 2022-12-17 Next meeting / “Election day”
  • 2023-01-21 January Luncheon
    • C&J is not looking so great, but will get you location details shortly
  • 2023-01-28/29 Winter Field Day
    • American Legion Post 159
    • Presentations, chili contest, contacts, lots of fun!
• Special events this week
  • ARRL 160 m Contest
  • Pearl Harbor Day Commemorations
  • Civil Air Patrol Birthday
  • 2022-12-04 Skywarn Recognition Day
• Officer Nominations
  • Thanks to Mike Wisby (KA5HIA) and Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) for helping with nominations
    • contact either or both of them if interested in running for a position
  • Current state of the ballot:
    • President: David Bailey (K5DKB)
    • Vice President: Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
    • Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
    • Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• On-the-Air
  • VHF is opening up as weather has changed
  • made SSB contact on 40 m all the way to South Africa

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Please send any ideas for after-meeting presentations
  • Something you’d like to present —OR— would like to see presented

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Will send out minutes after net as usual
• Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 59 members
• Current bank balance: $8,191.48
• Remember to shop Amazon Smile with W5BCS set as your charity of choice 🙂
• Winter Field Day: “Dust off your chili cauldron, fine-tune that recipe, and prepare to compete to be #1 prime chili cook-off winner!”

Announcements / Comments

Question #105 for conversation via John Walpole (K5ZY): What radio do you use when mobile/portable?

John Walpole (K5ZY)

• TS-2000 in my camper; Chameleon Antenna
• ‘857 in my truck, Ataz 120

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Baofeng UV-5R handheld
  • 2 m / 70 cm FM simplex and repeater
• Icom ID-5100A in my Prius
  • 2 m / 70 cm FM, D-STAR
  • can listen on air band
  • dual simultaneous receiver

Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)

• Yaesu 450D with MFJ power supply in motor home
• mag-mount antenna
• have another 75 m to 2 m multiband antenna

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• use Yaesu FT-1D
• hope to install FT-8800 in car eventually

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Yaesu FT-350AR and TDR-6100
• No HF mobile operations
  • Took entire home radio station to do a Parks on the Air activation

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• I put my FT-891 in the front seat of the car
• six fiberglass mast sections

Information Exchange

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• “I get by with a little (maybe a lotta) help from my friends”
• Antarctica has been on the air:
  • 14.130 MHz a few days ago
  • 7.049 MHz on CW
• “When in doubt, change it out” (in reference to old vacuum tubes)
  • same goes for coax cables these days…
  • might look fine from the outside, BUT:
    • conductor or dielectric can crack
    • it can get water in it
  • replaced a 25 ft section of coax with 100 ft and got a 300% increase in signal at the other end
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE):
  • same goes for Internet/TV/Cable coax feeds
  • just had ours replaced today: Internet got a lot faster and seems to be more reliable now

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Suddenlink is sunsetting their email service
• If you have an @suddenlink.net email address, move to another email provider