2019-04-09 Net Minutes

date
2019-04-09
opened
20:00
closed
20:31

Check-ins (25)

  • Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
  • Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
  • John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
  • Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
  • James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
  • Michael Narcowich (KI5BPO)
  • Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
  • Tom Small (N1TOV)
  • Bill Rose (K5WTR)
  • Jeff French (KM5TW)
  • David Barry (KG5UZA)
  • Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
  • Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
  • Doug Cummings (KG5UDT)
  • Don Ling (WB5CKO)
  • Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
  • Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
  • Bob Henglein (W5GC)
  • Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
  • Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
  • Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
  • Jim Snell (WA5PMO)
  • Trent Owens (AG1TX)
  • Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
  • Dwayne Walters (W5DPW)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

  • Schedule
    • Radio in the Park 2019-04-13
      • Forecast calling for rain
      • Might have to push it back to 2019-04-27
    • Meeting 2019-04-20
      • New Location: at Salvation Army in Bryan

Vice-President N5ZKF

  • Meeting 2019-04-20 09:30
  • Special Event Stations
    • 2019-04-13 USS Midway on the air to commemorate Doolittle Raid
      • 14.320 MHz (20m band)
  • Spread the good news and keep the hobby alive! 🙂

Secretary KG5LYE

  • ARES communications exercise tomorrow
    • CEOC and DDC should be active
    • Winlink operations

Treasurer N5GQB

  • BARC membership
    • Currently 56 members
    • Can renew/join ARRL membership through club
      • We get some money back
  • Belton Hamfest went well last weekend!
    • Club made a little bit of money.
  • May or may not be at meeting
    • Easter that weekend
  • Radio in the park is not cancelled yet
    • We’ll know by Friday whether the weather will cooperate.

Announcements / Comments

WB5CKO

KG5EYV

  • Social?
    • Cracker Barrel suggested, but may be too loud
    • Open to suggestions: write down and bring to Radio in the Park, next week’s net, and/or meeting on 20th
  • Radio Games
    • Presentation sometime in the future
    • Relay / Protocol with scouts and CEOC ops
  • Border conditions are getting worse
    • Radio Operators needed to help!
    • May not be at meeting.

N5GQB

  • Parents’ Weekend this weekend: be on lookout for traffic

KG5UDT

  • Welcome to the club!

Buy / Sell

N5GQB

  • Kenwood TS-590S Base Station rig
    • 100 W
    • 160m thru 6m
    • Built-in antenna tuner
    • About 10 yrs old
    • Clean and well-taken-care-of
    • Price is flexible
    • Get in touch if interested: n5gqb@arrl.net

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