date

2025-12-20

convened

09:32

adjourned

10:35 (approx)

Officers

• President: David Bailey (K5DKB) present
• Vice President: Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG) present
• Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) present
• Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ) present

Attendees (25)

Quorum attained!

• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Michael Bobinski (N5NYL)
• Roseanne Cunningham (KC5FGG)
• Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• Jim Laird (KF5YY)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Shawn McGee (KJ5HBA)
• Bob O'Connell (KC5DWB)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Bill Preston (KZ3G)
• Larry Shiver (KJ5KFU)
• Elizabeth Shutt (KJ5IDP)
• Jason Shutt (KI5LGO)
• Brad Snyder (W5BLS)
• Mike Streiff (KJ5EEV)
• John Walker (W1JCW)
• Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Kimber Pfeil 🐾

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Game watch party in the front room
• Elections today!
• Update on teacher request for gave presentation on amateur radio
  • Tom Talley (W5XTT) offered to do so
  • Yesterday, Friday 2025-12-19
  • Reported that it went very well
  • Potential opportunity for amateur radio club at the school
• Next meeting will be our January luncheon
  • 2026-01-17 11:00
  • Cooper’s Old Time Pit BBQ, 3055 Earl Rudder Fwy S, College Station [Google Maps]
  • Llano room

Vice-President

Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)

• Field Day committee meetings underway
• Still have room for volunteers if anyone would like to help out
• Tentative schedule to be finalized before next meeting
• License exam on Sunday this time
• We’ll be starting operations Saturday 13:00 and wrapping up Sunday 13:00
  • Even though official hours go Saturday 10:00 to Sunday 16:00
• Lorna’s holiday party was great!

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Apologies for the trouble with Listserv
  • Working on it

Approval of Minutes

• Hearing no corrections, minutes stand approved as sent out
• Minutes from this meeting will be sent out later today

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

Last Month’s Statement

• Starting balance: $11,932.66
• Income: $396.48
  • Club build: $261.25
  • Donations: $875.00
  • Dues: $30.00
  • Interest Income: $36.48
  • VE fees: $60.00
• Disbursements: $590.16
  • Club build: $356.57
  • Club swag: $43.49
  • SK sales (postage): $130.10
  • VE fees to ARRL: $60
• Ending balance: $11,738.98

Club Merchandise

• Winter Field Day 2026 stickers: $2
• Club logo pins (limited): $3
• Club logo stickers: $2
• Club logo window clings: $2
• Club logo patches: $5
• Club logo keychains: $2

Membership Renewals

Many folks have membership renewals coming up

Membership can be renewed in any of the following ways:

• online at Ham Club Online
• request PayPal invoice via email
• mail in cash or check (PO Box 4442, Bryan, TX 77805–4442)
• bring cash or check in-person at a meeting

Dues are still:

• $15 normally
• $20 family
• $5 student

Other Business

Brazos County ARES

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• Friday CEOC visits suspended until after New Year’s

Robertson County ARES

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Jan 10 09:30
• Fire station in Franklin
• Don’t have to be ARES member to attend
• Previous meeting via Zoom
  • Presentation by Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
• Nets Thursdays at 20:00 on W5KVN
  • Visitors welcome!

Madison/Leon County ARES

• Planning to move Leon County HQ from one annex to the new annex
• Sometimes counties can be slow

SKYWARN

Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)

• Working out VARA Winlink issues
  • N5BRZ-12 machine is down
  • N5BRZ-10 is still up (145.090 MHz)

RACES

Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

• CEOC
  • Building on what KJ5EFO said, the power surge took out a bunch of other equipment
  • Damaged equipment is being replaced, but we hope there isn’t anything we don’t know about
• RELLIS updates
  • New ICOM IC-7100 online, on roof-mounted folded dipole
  • Yaesu DX-10 out there
  • 2 m & 440 MHz capability
  • 900 MHz repeater (range 8–9 mi) linked across the state

Congratulations, Phil!

Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

• Phil Gates (N5ZKF) is now officially retired!
• 50 years of paid employment
• It’s a big change!

CB Radio for Sale

Jim Laird (KF5YY)

• Contact me if interested

Officer Elections

And now, the event we’ve all been waiting for

Results are unanimous:

• President: David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Vice President: Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

Congratulations to our “new” officers.

Kolaches for Veteran’s Coffee and Donuts

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• About once a quarter (every 5th Thursday), we buy kolaches for the Veteran’s Coffee and Donuts event
• Last year we approved the budget for doing so, and we’d like to continue doing that this year
• Approved Amount ($150 per event; $600 for the year) is still sufficient for projected cost

• The American Legion doesn’t change us for meetings
• This is something nice we do for the Legion!

Winter Field Day

Bill Preston (KZ3G)

• David Espinoza at the Whataburger on Rock Prairie is a great benefactor of the club
• We’ll have breakfast sandwiches for folks setting up Winter Field Day!
• K5DKB has a “73” whataburger table tent

Health and Welfare / Good of the Order

• If anyone needs help with anything please reach out to the club. You can contact any of the officers at:
  • officers@w5bcs.radio
• Visit us online at w5bcs.radio

Closing

Next Meeting

2026-01-17 11:00 at Cooper’s Old Time Pit BBQ

After-Meeting Show and Tell

2 m CW operations with an HT radio by David Bailey (K5DKB)