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Check-ins (26)

• Trent Owens (AG1TX)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Rick Swaims (W5RTF)
• David Cook (KI5GDX)
• Loyd Rowe, Jr. (KA5LXK)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Jeremy Carter (KF5YAA)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Gina Miller (K5GKM)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Brian Walpole (N5BLW)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Jim Snell (W0PMO)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Ernie Pyle (KI5WG)

Officer Reports

President N5ZKF

• A little over an inch of rain at my house today. It was nice to have!

• Sending out a Poll on possible club events. Check your email or click the link below and vote online.

  • CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE POLL

• If you are not on the club’s email list, shoot me an email and I’ll add you

  • n5zkf@arrl.net

• Due to the unsettled conditions regarding the pandemic, we are not going to have our regular, in person, monthly meeting this Saturday 05/16/20. Instead we will have an on-air, NET style, meeting at the same time.

  • Saturday - 05/16/2020 at 09:00 on the 146.680 repeater.

• Prompt: Do you use a Software Defined Radio? If you do, which one and what for?

• ARRL has a landing page for current contests and ones coming soon. Check their website HERE for a complete list.

• ARRL has several special event stations coming soon. Check their website HERE for a complete list.

  • If you are interested in a SES, please check their website to confirm that they will be on the air as many of the events are being postponed.

Vice-President KI5DUJ

• We need meeting presentations! Preferably on Contesting before Field Day, However, anything you may be interested in please let me know.

Secretary AG1TX

• If you are interested in being net control, please let me or one of the officers know.

• Contest University has canceled their “in person” course for this year and have announced a FREE online class via Zoom. Would be good for those of you interested in contesting or as a brush up for Field Day to help our club score.

Treasurer N5GQB

All quiet on the treasurer’s end.

• Debits: $130 for PO Box renewal

• No Credits

• You can renew or join the club at any time!

  • Click here for instructions
  • Join or renew ARRL through the club as we get a kickback. Not much but every little bit helps!

Announcements / Comments

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• Noise on repeater earlier sounds like our old intermod problem. Probably from the weather.
• Allstar repeater 443.475 is back up to full speed, Charlie culver changed out the antenna.

Rick Swaims (W5RTF)

• VEC Testing being done at Klien Fire Dept Station 4 at 8am on May 23rd.
  • Web Site for more information

Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)

Radio in the park went well! Made several contacts, good crowd and a lot of fun!

Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)

• Few groups dong online testing: one being GLAARG
  • CLICK for online testing info from GLAARG

Buy / Sell

Ernie Pyle (KI5WG)

• rtsystems software for the ICOM 7000 series, Free
• Wireless cable modem, needs 12V wall wart
• rotator with controls for Chameleon F-Loop
  • Contact me @ 979-575-1002

Information Exchange

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