date

2017-10-21

convened

09:35

adjourned

10:30

Officers

• President: Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) absent
• Vice President: Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV) present
• Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) present
• Treasurer: Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB) present

Attendees (25)

• Marty Nau (W5MHN)
• Marvin Lowman (KG5MCN)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Sam Labarbera (K5AOO)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Gerald Golub (W5VUI)
• Jonathan Graham (KD5TEF)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Wyatt Stevens (KG5OOE)
• Jady Stevens (KE5LQY)
• Kevin Phillips (W5TTY)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Ty Weaver (KG5RKI)
• Jerry Golub (KF5HUY)
• Beau Hicks (KD5TBP)
• Jim Laird (KF5YY)
• Kyle Flaherty (KF5TZN)
• Jace Nelson (KE0MXN)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

Officer Reports

President KF5WGJ

• W5BCS repeater going to KD5DLW’s new tower

  • 320 ft in the air!
  • Need a replacement antenna and cabling
  • W5DZ is putting numbers together (4 figures)
  • D-STAR upgrade on the agenda
  • 443.450 MHz repeater frequency will change

• DMR Presentation after meeting by KG5RKI

• Radio in the Park

  • Tanglewood Park after the presentation
  • and Jamboree on the Air (W5BCS is an official JOTA station)

Vice President KG5EYV

• Pat Lynch (W5JPL) passed away
• We are now officially 501(c)(3) and now state sales tax exempt!

Secretary KG5LYE

Approval of Minutes

• amendments

  • balance has to remain less than $50K before 501(c)(3) becomes problematic

• Motion by W5VUI to accept as amended

  • Seconded by N5ZKF
  • Passes unanimously

Treasurer N5GQB

• starting balance: $6347.55

• deposits:

  • $15 membership

• 3 checks to be cashed

  • $4.26 to KG5EYV for 501(c)(3) certified mail
  • $5.90 to N5GQB for August donut shortage (cost $50.15, $44.25 in tip jar)
  • $20.46 to N5GQB for September donut shortage ($50.46, $30.00 in tip jar)

• $15 service charge for deposit-gone-wrong

  • error on bank’s part
  • reversed

• $69.99 to W5VUI for SSL renewal

• if average monthly balance drops below $1500, then we get $15 service charge

• ending balance: $6316.93

• 76 members

  • 1 new last month

• Astros playing for world series this afternoon vs. Yankees

New Business

VE Test Session (W5VUI)

• 5 candidates

  • 3 passed tech
  • 1 passed tech and general

• Special test session 2017-11-03 18:00 (Friday)

  • USDA Conference Room
  • Texas A&M Sounding Rocket Team

• Next regularly scheduled VE session will be 2018-02-13

Nominating Committee (N5ZKF)

• Officer elections next month December!
• Four positions:
  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
• contact Phil (N5ZKF) or Mike (KA5HIA)

Christmas Parade

• currently in planning stage
• scheduled for 2017-12-03
• logitsics planned by ARES
  • meets 2nd Monday of each month at 18:30
  • next meeting: 2017-11-13
  • need not be an ARES member to help

Closing

• Motion by N5ZKF to adjourn
  • seconded by W5VUI
  • passes unanimously

DMR

• KG5RKI Brandmeister repeater 441.350 MHz +5 MHz
• http://kg5rki.com
• recommend TYT MD-380 or MD-390
  • http://www.va3xpr.net for firmware

Tiers:

1. Single channel simplex (radio-to-radio)
2. Repeater operations
3. Trunking (multiple repeaters on site)