2019-05-28 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:39
Check-ins (24)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Jeff French (KM5TW)
- Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
- Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
- Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Michael Narcowich (KI5BPO)
- Dwayne Walters (W5DPW)
- David Barry (KG5UZA)
- Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Bob Henglein (W5GC)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
- Jim Snell (W0PMO)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
- Trent Owens (AG1TX)
- Ernie Pyle (KI5WG)
- Andrew Byorth (KG5JDJ)
Officer Reports
President KG5EYV
- Meeting last Saturday
- Everything coming together
- Talking with N5ZKF about officer get-together
- Discuss 5-year plan for club
- Will hear more within next 2 months
- Need input from everyone we can get
Vice-President N5ZKF
- Don’t forget next meeting 2019-06-15
- Red Cross Building 4244 Boonville Rd, Bryan, TX 77802
- Field Day 2019-06-22 and 2019-06-23
- Brian Bachmann Park
- Will send out survey link to sign up for radio operating times
- Need all hands on deck to help set up Saturday morning and tear down Sunday afternoon
- Public outreach with KG5EYV
- First responders
- Elected officials
Secretary KG5LYE
- Sorry I was absent for the start of the net
- Eating dinner and lost track of time
- Recording now; will type up and send minutes from recording
Treasurer N5GQB
did not check in
Announcements / Comments
KG5EYV
- Club will be okay, Matt!
WB5CKO
- 2019-06-08
- Camp Hearne (reconstructed POW camp)
- Celebrating D-Day, when allies invaded Japan
- Free show 11:00 to 16:00
- demonstrations
- vehicles
- food? food!
N5ZKF
- Congrats to Mitchell Barry, KG5LYE’s brother, for graduating last week
- Special events
- 2019-06-01 Museum Ships on the air
- USS Nautilus (1st nuclear submarine) among other amazing vessels on the air!
- 2019-06-01 Museum Ships on the air
Buy / Sell
W5DPW
- Look up National Donut Day on Wikipedia
- Started by Salvation Army
- Red Cross and others keeping it going!
- Need capacitor marked “471”; 470 pF
- Free giveaway: Verizon router/modem (9100EM)
KG5EYV
- Raffle Tickets! Great prizes at Field Day!
KI5WG
- 150 W suitcase
Info Exchange
N5ZKF
- May have seen Dish Network antennas on side of road
- Grabbed a large one, and it makes a great mount for other (even homebrew) antennas
- Can also mount on wall
- Dish can double as highly directional antenna; just swap out receiver horn
WB5CKO
- Did same thing as N5ZKF with antenna
- High winds inbound!
W5DPW
- Put on Anderson Powerpole connectors
- Make sure you get your orientation correct!
- Directed to get 30A powerpoles
- 15 A, 30 A, 45 A variants; are these same housing?
- KI5WG: same housing and interchangeable
KI5DUJ
- Any info on TENTAC Jupiter 538 Transceiver
- KI5WG:
might need special modules hard to find so you can use itfor Scout model
- KI5WG: