date

2021-07-17

convened

09:37

adjourned

10:49

Officers

• President: Phil Gates (N5ZKF) present
• Vice President: Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ) present
• Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) present
• Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ) present

Attendees (23)

• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Connor Farrell (WG1GEM)
• Josh Bell (KI5JQD)
• Lee Lance (KK5QO)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• David Cook (KI5GDX)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Kerry Miller (WD5ABC)
• Jace Nelson (KE0MXN)
• Wayne Pecena (N1WP)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• Henry Menefee (W5RAS)
• Bill Preston (KZ3G)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Thanks to Lee Lance (KK5QO) for arranging our meeting place
  • at the American Legion Post 159!
• Opportunity to meet here in the future
• can still also meet at the Red Cross
• Shoutout to members present:
  • Wayne Pecena (N1WP) - KAMU communications engineer, DMR repeater maintainer
  • Henry Menefee (W5RAS) - one of original founding club members

New Antenna

• Photos
• Thanks to all who helped us figure out the problem and come up with a solution
• Thanks to Charlie for being able to host us all these years!
• Thanks to Craig Lang for being our Antenna Jack!
• Thanks to the ground crew:
  • Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
  • Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
  • WA5JOT
  • Charlie Culver (KD5DLW)
• Most importantly, thanks to the club benefactors have already paid for everything!
• W5DZ: spoke with manufacturer of old antenna, and it’s being redesigned because of this exact issue

Bryan Sesquicentennial

• W5BCS offered to host an event for the celebration
• Set up a Special Event Station on the air in downtown Bryan
• No confirmation/approval yet
• Where might we set up?
  • La Salle Hotel
  • CEOC
  • Sale Park
  • North end open space

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)

Field Day Updates

• No totals on contacts or points yet

  • Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB) is still gathering that… Thanks!

• A few hiccups in the early morning, but no more problems for the rest of the weekend

• Need a 3- or 4-person committee for next year

  • KI5DUJ will not be able to do it again next year
  • This is not a one-person task
  • Will ask for volunteers around December
  • Need to ask businesses for donations by January

• Got our $200 deposit back

• Any ideas for presentations now that we’re meeting in-person again?

  • Send it to any (or all) of the officers
  • N5ZKF: on Saturday of FD, someone (probably from Iola) who works for a cell company said they’d like to give a presentation on transmission lines… Anyone know who?

• Raffle Prize Winners

  • Ken Reeves: $500 HR
  • Brad Snyder: Yaesu HT
  • Frank Perry: Knife
  • Joshua Schmidt: Shotgun

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 65 members
• Usual reminders:
  • ARRL membership through club gives us some income
  • Amazon Smile charity
• Update address in the FCC database

Bank Balance

• starting balance: $4773.93
• expenses:
  • insurance: $300
• income:
  • dues
  • Field Day: $2069
• available balance for the month: $6902.30
• ending balance: $6602.30
• Since then:
  • Received $200 back for
  • current: $6802.30

Club History

• Did some research at the Carnegie Library
  • Found Newspaper Articles from 1955 when club was founded
• Especially applicable with the 150 year celebration going on
• Historian position?
• N5SBN: scan and post on website?

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Reading of last month’s minutes
• motion to approve by Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
  • seconded by KG5DSF
  • passes unanimously

Special Interest Groups

with Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• lots of local club interest in D-STAR and CW
• Maybe monthly after Tuesday evening nets

Other Business

Club Branding

• Logo, shirts, QSL cards
• Brad Snyder’s wife was “voluntold” to help
• No word, but they are dealing with health issues
• Nice polo or button-up shirt helps with soliciting donations
• Send in any ideas before next meeting
• Website could use some work

EMCOMM Opportunities?

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• We’ve done stuff like that in the past
  • Bike rides,
  • March of Dimes,
  • 4th of July Fireworks
  • Christmas Parade
• KD5DLW has 800 MHz trunked system
  • stored at CEOC
  • loaned out to local groups
  • ARES maintains those radios
• Communications for local hospitals
  • ARES maintains radios at each of the local hospitals

ARES Meeting

• Usually 2nd monday of the Month
• N5SBN was out of town last week
• meeting this upcoming Monday, 2021-07-19

Antenna Modeling Software

WD5ABC

• NEC Antenna Modeling
• EZNEC Antenna Software developer will be retiring
  • Software will be made freely available at some point

Club Project

W5DZ and KF5WGJ

• Simple $15 microprocessor/soldering project
• Station ID timer
• Contact the officers if interested in building one
  • We’ll get a list and organize a build party

Possible Permanent Station?

KI5DUJ

• American Legion Post 159 charter permits a permanent ham radio station at this building

Door Prize

• Copy of the ARRL Grounding and Bonding textbook.
• Congrats to David Cook (KI5GDX)!

Next VE Session

• Possibly next month
• Need to coordinate with Gerald Golub (W5VUI)
• W5AC also administers exams, coordinate with them

Health and Welfare / Good of the Order

• Joy Painter, wife of John H. Painter (W5LQS), passed away this week
  • W5LQS is currently in assisted living at the Carriage Inn
• Jack Lester was a big proponent of D-STAR
  • Let’s have a D-STAR party on the new local repeater Ki5MMC
  • After W5BCS Tuesday net
• If anyone needs help with anything please reach out to the club. You can contact any of the officers at:
  • officers@bryanarc.org
  • Phil Gates directly: n5zkf@arrl.net

Closing

• Motion to adjourn by Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
  • Seconded by Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
  • passes unanimously

Presentation

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) on NetLogger

• W5BCS Club Profile

August Meeting

Next Meeting: 2021-08-21 09:30, location TBD