opened

20:00

closed

20:24

Check-ins (25)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Wyatt Stevens (KG5OOE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Ken Hall (AE5EO)
• Pancho Smith (W5EWS)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Jonathan Graham (KD5TEF)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• John Walker (W1JCW)
• Brian Walpole (N5BLW)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Jim Snell (W0PMO)
• Marvin Lowman (KG5MCN)
• John Kliewer (AC5NB)
• Tom Small (N1TOV)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• Appointment for board: KA5HIA
• Meeting on 2018-02-17
  • Nothing from ARES
  • VE Test session 08:00

Vice-President N5ZKF

• Bouvet Island expedition still underway
• Will give presentation on Mobile radio installation at next meeting
  • Send ideas for future presentations!
• Field Day preparation
  • Already on the books for College Station Parks & Rec
• DMR get-together on local talk group

Secretary KG5LYE

• IFR checkride on Thursday 2018-02-01

Treasurer N5GQB

• Memberships due
  • 46 members presently
  • We had close to 75–80 members last year
  • Forms available online at https://bryanarc.org/join-barc
  • Bring to next meeting or mail to PO Box
  • Subscribe to Listserv at https://www.bryanarc.org/mailing-list/
• Upcoming Hamfests
  • Orange Hamfest 2018-02-24
  • Greater Houston Hamfest 2018-03-17
  • Belton Hamfest 2018-04-06
• Super Blue Blood moon tonight
  • peaks early morning before dawn tomorrow (05:45)

Announcements / Comments

N5ZKF

• Listening to KG5LYE on clearance at KCLL
• Meaning of the “moon convergence”
  • Blue moon: rare two full moons in a single calendar month
  • Super moon: moon’s orbit comes close to the Earth
  • Blood moon: lunar eclipse when earth’s shadow turns the moon red

KG5EYV

• Heads-up for Sly:
  • Bachmann park reservation; $200 refundable deposit
  • Will be reimbursed 2 weeks after field day
• ARES announcements (from N5GQB)
  • ARES net 2018-02-03
  • ARES meeting 2018-02-12 18:30 at Red Cross

Info Exchange

KG5LYE

• Helped W5RYC with some signal strength and noise issues last week
  • watch power supply: power strips and surge protectors can be very noisy
  • watch antenna position and direction