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20:00

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20:32

Check-ins (23)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Jeremy Carter (KF5YAA)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Vic Pears (KX8V)
• Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
• Gerald Golub (W5VUI)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• 3/4 in of rain at house; hopefully no severe weather
• Meeting this weekend
  • 2021-05-15 09:30
  • On W5BCS repeater (146.680 MHz FM)
  • Will send out Zoom link
• Get on the air
  • Mixed propagation
  • Spoke with Morocco on 20m
  • Other QSOs in Saudi Arabia, Hawaii, Martinique
  • Armed Forces cross-band exercise
• Upcoming special events
  • 2021-05-16/31: K1A, TX Memorial Day
  • 2021-05-15: WW1USA, Kansas City WW1 Commemoration
  • 2021-05-15/21: W9A, EMS week
  • until 2021-05-15: K3FBI, National Police Week

Secretary’s Note: I’ve adopted the habit of writing dates in the standard international format (ISO 8601), and the <start>/<end> format here represents a time interval. I haven’t used this interval notation much up to this point, but I might start using it more in the future.

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)

• Field Day raffle tickets need to be sold (preferably before Field Day)
• Keep ideas coming in for presentations and Field Day door prizes
• Prizes:
  • $500 HRO gift certificate
  • Benelli Nova 12 GA Shotgun
  • Yaesu FT-60R
  • Custom-made wallet from Richard Epting (KG5WIV)

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Expect minutes at the conclusion of the net as usual
• Lots of big events happening recently:
  • Sister got married this weekend
  • In process of buying a house

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• unable to read on repeater
• 58 members!
• current balance: $4734
  • disbursements for Field Day prizes

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Have you participated in the ARRL Frequency Measuring Test (FMT)?

(Most recent FMT was 2021-04-09; there will be another one in September)

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• monthly ARES meeting will be 2021-05-12 20:00
  • Zoom meeting link sent out to members
  • All welcome to attend; contact n5sbn@arrl.net if you’d like to attend.
• reminder: if you’d like to use Amateur Radio to help in an emergency, many organizations require ARES affiliation
  • consider becoming an ARES member

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• DX Engineering mast load estimator
  • Just need diameter, length, and wind load (sq. ft.)
  • Answers the question: “If I put it up, will it stay up?”

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• Participated in the 2004 frequency measuring test
• Did pretty well:
  • Off by 0.66 Hz
  • got certificate from ARRL

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• Does $100 worth of Field Day raffle tickets include next year’s dues?
  • KI5DUJ: yes!

Buy / Sell

Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)

• Not a buy/sell, but a giveaway:
  • Fair amount of RG-6 (TV) coax cable
  • maybe around 100 ft
  • not sure of shielding
  • Just call or text (979) 219-6883 if interested

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Another freebie
  • Vintage Westinghouse Radio Receiver (ca. 1930s)
  • AM band receiver
  • Could use some more work (missing some components like pointers, speaker, etc.)
  • Contact n5zkf@arrl.net if interested

Information Exchange

Chris MacCannell (KI5POS)

relay N5ZKF

• Interested in getting info about antennas
• Contact directly or through N5ZKF if able to help