July 2018 Monthly Meeting Minutes

date
2018-07-21
convened
09:38
adjourned
10:45

Officers

  • President:
    Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV) present
  • Vice President:
    Phil Gates (N5ZKF) present
  • Secretary:
    Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) present
  • Treasurer:
    Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB) present

Attendees (25)

  • Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
  • Gerald Golub (W5VUI)
  • Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
  • Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
  • Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
  • Jonathan Graham (KD5GG)
  • Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
  • David Snyder
  • Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
  • Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
  • Kerry Miller (WD5ABC)
  • Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
  • Vic Pears (KX8V)
  • Jim Worster (NV5S)
  • Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
  • Nicholas Lowman (KG5UDO)
  • Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
  • Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
  • Marty Nau (W5MHN)
  • Trent Owens (AG1TX)
  • Jim Laird (KF5YY)
  • Tom Small (N1TOV)
  • Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
  • Richard Condie (KG5ZUA)
  • James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)

Health and Welfare

  • Happy Birthday, Jim (NV5S)!

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

  • Stolen radio causing trouble for Gilmer Fire Dept
    • setting off alarms
  • Club project: direction-finding array

Vice President N5ZKF

  • Great job at Field Day!
    • Lots of officials
    • CS Fire Dept
    • KBTX News slot
  • have elevator pitch for Amateur Radio; get the word out
  • Presentations wanted!

Secretary KG5LYE

Approval of Meeting Minutes

  • Motion to approve as read by KF5WGJ
    • Seconded by N5ZKF
    • Passes

Treasurer N5GQB

June Statement

  • starting balance $2303.13
  • checks out
    • PO box renewal $102
    • Donut shortage: $32.42
  • ending balance: $2168.71

Field Day Report

Scores

  • 1356 total
  • 950 Bonus Points
    • No GOTA station
    • 2A station (simultaneously two HF, one VHF)
    • Generator
    • Media publicity + signature
    • public location
    • info table
    • w1aw broadcast
    • visited by elected official (need copy of invite)
      • Mayor of College Station
    • Officers from local agency
      • College Station Fire Dept
    • Web submission
    • Safety report
  • 406 Contact Points
    • 127 Contacts
    • No CW contacts
    • 1 Digital
  • versus 2017
    • fewer contacts
    • 1428 total points
      • 950 bonus points

Income & Expenditures

  • Raffle Tickets
    • sales: 9×$5 + 16×$25 + 3×$50 + 7×$100 = $1295
    • prize cost: $1350
    • net: −$55 (ouch)
  • Meal Tickets
    • sales: 33x$10 = $330
    • cost: $315.75
    • net: +$14.25
  • No silent auction
  • 1 new membership

Prizes

  • Free raffle ticket to KG5OOE for license upgrade
  • baofeng to all newly licensed techs KI5AVM
  • major prizes
    • W5MHN – $50 Sam’s Club
    • KF5RHF – $50 Academy
    • WW5OBA – TYT dual band HT
    • K5SOU – Ant. Analyzer
    • W5VUI – Yaesu FT-450
  • door prize winner
    • KG5SDG – “Mr. Lucky” (won about 10 of 25)

Old Business

New Business

Pancake Social

Club Project

  • Started on 10m net
  • Options
    • (WD5ABC) 40m $6 Pixie CW transceiver
    • (WD5ABC) Funk Antenna Analyzer / SWR plotter $125
    • (WD5ABC) Rebuild Amplifier
    • (µ-)BITX radio
    • (W5DZ) 10 min timer for station ID
    • (KF5WGJ) low voltage cutoff; custom-printed circuit boards
    • (N5SBN) Antenna, maybe dual-band trap
  • When and where?
    • Red Cross on a Saturday in September?
  • Cost limit?
    • keep around $20 for starters
  • Motion to delegate to committee by N5ZKF
    • Seconded by N5SBN
    • passes

Next Meeting

  • 2018-08-18
  • VE Test Session

Closing

  • Motion to adjourn by N5ZKF
    • Seconded by W5VUI
    • Passes

Presentation by KG5LYE on Signal Processing

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