2021-04-20 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:43
Check-ins (19)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
- Randy Field (K5RLF)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
- Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Great day today
- Cold front coming through
- Projected low of 41°F
- Good weekend: Radio in the Park
- three radios on the air
- some CW, SSB
- propagation left a lot to be desired, but had fun anyway
- Sunday was World Amateur Radio Day
- Worked W1AW, Barbados, and Venezuela even despite the propagation
- Field Day is starting to materialize
- Get online to check the ARRL’s posted rules
- We’ll be out at Brian Bachmann Park
- Help needed to run the radios, especially during the night
- CW is also greatly appreciated!
- Lots of upcoming events:
- K5T San Jacinto Day
- W1BSA Apr 24
- “Light Up 2m Night” event: 2021-04-25 18:00-20:00 CDT
- 10-10 Int’l spring Digital Contest
- FL QSO party this weekend
- VHF SSB 2m Sprint Classic this weekend
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Field Day
- Will be having a meal: Brisket, Sausage, Potato Salad, and Pot-Luck
- suggested $10 donation per plate
- Raffle Items have been purchased
- Get ready to sell raffle tickets
- Shotgun
- Yaesu FT-60R handheld
- Custom-made leather wallet by Richard Epting
- Door Prizes
- sign in when you get there
- hourly drawings throughout the day
- if you have something you’d like to contribute, it would be greatly appreciated
- Will be having a meal: Brisket, Sausage, Potato Salad, and Pot-Luck
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Thanks to everyone who came to Radio in the Park
- was great to see y’all there!
- Minutes will be sent out at the conclusion of the net
- Classes winding up for end of the semester
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Current balance: $5306.46
- Starting to incur Field Day expenses
- 50 members so far
- Please renew if you have not already done so
- Applications will be available at Field Day
- Select BARC as your Amazon Smile charity
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: Have you done anything with microprocessors or microcontrollers?
Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Pickaxe timer: 10 min timer for station ID
- Plan to use for a club project once we can meet in-person again
- Costs only $20
Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- When will we meet in-person again?
- Where are we planning to meet?
- Maybe at the EOC downtown?
- N5ZKF: No official meeting place yet.
- We’ve met at the Red Cross in the past
- Explored new Midtown Park
- City will not allow us to have a permanent presence
- Might be able to use meeting rooms there
- Regarding EOC,
- We do have friends there
- Not sure about availability for meeting
- Could offer to do some volunteer work there to keep things up and ready
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Miscellaneous automation and network controllers around the house
- Raspberry Pi:
- Pi-Hole DNS filter and VPN gateway
- Temperature monitor for server cabinet: turns on A/C when it gets too hot
- Raspberry Pi:
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Tinkered with Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Need some help: Had a Raspberry Pi DMR hotspot that was working fine before, but recently stopped working
- KG5LYE: try a fresh restart/setup
- N5ZKF: updated version of Pi-Star might fix it; check logs if there are any errors
- Maybe check with KG5JDJ
- Built a Pickaxe beacon
Information Exchange
Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Mars helicopter has flown!
- First flight on another planet