2021-04-13 Net Minutes

Check-ins (18)

Get on the air:
- State QSO parties over the weekend
- Worked Belize, where it’s already in the 90s
- State Parks On-the-Air coming up this weekend
- 2021-04-18 is Amateur Radio Day
Club Meeting 2021-04-17 09:30
- On the 146.680 MHz FM W5BCS repeater
- Also on Zoom (link in email)
Send email to n5zkf@arrl.net if you would like to receive emails
Radio in the Park this weekend
- after the meeting
- rain in the forecast, so weather-permitting
- bring any equipment you’d like to put on the air
- work on ham radio elevator pitch for the public :-)

Field Day 2021-06-26
- Aiming for “full-blown” Field Day like in the past
- Keep an eye out for door prizes
- Get ready to sell raffle tickets
  - Aiming to get those ready by the first week of May

Current balance: $5936.09
No disbursements so far, but looking forward to paying insurance bill
50 renewals
- If you haven’t renewed yet, please look for the application online
Choose BARC as your Amazon Smile charity

Question for conversation: Do you use the stock radio microphone or a different one?

ARES meeting tomorrow evening 20:00
- via Zoom: email n5sbn@arrl.net for the link
- topic: building an HT to-go kit
- all are welcome to join!

Attempted to forward an email to the listserv
New 17m 247 DX net Sundays at 21:00Z on 18.160 USB
- Not rag chew
- website?
Only time I’ve used a non-stock radio was when I wanted to use a desk mic
- got it re-wired and it worked really well

Cybersecurity updates:
- Substantial Microsoft “patch Tuesday” today for Windows 10: update ASAP
- Chrome updates released too
N5ZKF: MacOS/iPad OS/iOS/Watch OS have also gotten substantial updates in the last few weeks

Using a Neewer NW-700 broadcast microphone
- Has its own power supply
- Hooked it up just to see if it works