opened

20:00

closed

20:18

Check-ins (15)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Scott Rodkey (N5WKY)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)

Officer Reports

President KF5WGJ

• hamfest season
• online survey: please fill out
• meeting Saturday 2017-03-18 at 9:30am
  • no test session
  • presentation by n5zkf

Vice President KG5EYV

• April meeting scheduled for the day before easter
  • Move up a week will be 2 weeks after previous meeting
  • Suggest we move back will be later
• 501(c)(3) paperwork filled out
  • retainer check

Secretary KG5LYE

• Fidgeting with NetLogger software

Treasurer N5GQB

• PO Box empty
  • 1 renewal last night
• Wrote $300 check to 501(c)(3) lawyers
• Club insurance coming due; reimburse KG5EYV
• Several new hams: send us your call signs n5gqb@arrl.net
• Radio in the Park
  • Potential dates:
    • 2017-04-01 tentative
    • 2017-04-08 make-up day
    • 2017-04-22 (potentially a meeting; ARES exercise with Grimes County)

Announcements and Comments

N5ZKF

• Speak about radio monitoring
• Modes, frequencies
• in light of modern digital receiver

WB5CKO

• Photos missing on BARC website
• Sent message via contact form… Who receives?
  • Should be Officers
  • Not sure where this is set up; need to dig in on website backend

KG5EYV

• New stuff seldom works as expected
  • I’ll get NetLogger figured out before next time :)