2020-03-03 Net Minutes

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Field Day:
- Need ideas for raffle prizes other than radios and firearms.
- There will be a box for door prizes at the next meeting. I encourage you to bring a variety of door prizes for Field Day.

If anyone is interested in controlling a net, please let me know! I can set you up to run the net similarly to how David is tonight where I do all the back end data entry and all you need to do is concentrate on the script and the flow of the net.
- Will possibly need someone to control the NET on 3/10 as Myself or David Cook (KI5GDX) may be out of town that week.
Excellent opportunity to exercise your HF Privileges!
- South Orkney 2020 DXpedition to the South Orkney Island which are located East-Southeast off the tip of South America near Antarctica. They have been heard on the air and are concentrating on CW and FT8.
  - Feb. 21, 2020 - Mar. 6, 2020 CQ Zone: 13 IOTA: AN-008 Locator: GC-79eh
There is a SKYWARN class on March 24th. Click the link for more information.
A server at a drive through restaurant asked me about my antennas and I had the opportunity to share our radio hobby and pass out a HAM Radio business card. I encourage you to have your radio “elevator speech” ready for any opportunity to share our hobby.

If you haven’t paid your membership, it’s time! $15 for the whole year.
Greater Houston Ham Fest in Rosenburg, TX is this Saturday. I will try to go, hope to see you down there.
Belton Ham Fest: is next weekend 3-13 through 3-14 and I am planning on going to that one also.

ARES Net this evening 443.425 Repeater
Looking into the noise on our repeater, “off-on” every second. Our transmitter gets into the beacon light on top of the antenna and produces hash on the input frequency. The fix is fairly expensive.