date

2018-07-24

opened

20:00

closed

20:28

Check-ins (22)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Joshua Shaffer (AG5JH)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Nicholas Lowman (KG5UDO)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Trent Owens (AG1TX)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Brandon Bartlett (KG5LYN)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• Great meeting on 2018-06-
  • Field Day Stats (Thanks, N5GQB!)
    • Need to increase the “bus factor” a little for next year!
• Austin Hamfest 2018-08-04
• Pancake Breakfast Social 2018-08-11 07:30
  • IHOP in Bryan: 758 N Earl Rudder Fwy, Bryan, TX 77802
  • All hams welcome (not just club members)
• Club project
  • Committee
    • Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
    • Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
    • Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
  • Ideas
    • Twin-lead Antenna ($cheap)
    • HF radio kit ($59)
    • Vector analyzer ($189)
  • Club provides supplies, participating members reimburse
• Next meeting 2018-08-18
  • VE test session

Vice-President N5ZKF

• great meeting!
  • Almost 30 in attendance
  • Lots of show-and-tell
  • great presentation by KG5LYE (aww, shucks, guys…) on Signal Processing
• Upcoming Presentations
  • Next meeting
    • Presentation by BTU representatives
      • electrical interference
      • how we can identify and report it
      • Maybe have presentation first to accommodate
  • September Meeting
    • SDR presentation by Kerry Miller (WD5ABC)
• Belton Hamfest 2018-10-05 and 2018-10-06
• Photos and posting on website from meeting: https://www.bryanarc.org/july-2018-club-meeting/

Secretary KG5LYE

• Nothing to report

Treasurer N5GQB

• Notes still at home, but I’m at work

Announcements / Comments

N5ZKF

• Will be absent next Tuesday, 2018-07-31

KG5SDF

• Handling of supplies for building
  • KG5EYV: club provides supplies, but members reimburse

KG5EYV

• How to poll for interested members?
  • N5ZKF: will send out details
• Nikola Tesla’s birthday was on 2018-07-10
  • Credited with inventing the radio
  • Interesting presentation on who did what in radio

Info Exchange

K5WTR

• Getting APRS signal on 146.090 MHz or nearby…
  • Any ideas of where and what it is?
  • Notify WB5CKO or K5WTR