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Check-ins (27)

• Trent Owens (AG1TX)
• David Cook (KI5GDX)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Jeremy Carter (KF5YAA)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Connor Farrell (WG1GEM)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Jim Snell (W0PMO)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Field Day 2020! This weekend.

  • Sent email to the listserv this evening with details.
  • Simplified field day.
  • Need help setting up and/or tearing down. Please bring safety gear!
  • New Rules for this year:
    • You can participate from home.
    • TX guidelines for outdoor gatherings/events.
  • Please bring your own face covering

• Comment Prompt: What advice would you give to a new Ham?

• ARRL Contest Calendar

  • Still a lot of contests and Special Event Stations happening

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)

• Hope to see as many of you at field day who are comfortable showing.

Secretary Trent Owens (AG1TX)

• If you are interested in being net control, please let me or one of the officers know.
• Work continues on the web site’s back end and I appreciate all the hard work being put into it.

Treasurer Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)

• All quiet on the treasurer’s end.

• Field day: Please sign in! If you bring a visitor, please sign them in also. We get points but need signatures on the books.

• Will have club membership forms at Field Day and we’ll get you signed up.

Announcements / Comments

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Don’t take the hobby or yourself too seriously and always ask for help.

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• Don’t be afraid to talk and don’t be afraid to let everyone know you’re a new ham. Good logging software.

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• Buy a radio amateur handbook and antenna book and read it! Pick out a project and go build it.

David Cook (KI5GDX)

• Listen and monitor even before you get your cs

Garrett Martin (W5HVS)

• What do I need to bring to the VE test session this saturday?
  • Several of our VE’s answered his question, Thank you! However, I will provide a link from the ARRL to answer his question:
  • What to Bring to an ARRL Exam Session:

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