2021-05-18 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:33
Check-ins (24)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- Dominick Adamo, Jr. (KG5JRA)
- Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Vic Pears (KX8V)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Randy Field (K5RLF)
- Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
- Carl Kinerd (WN4Y)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
- Gerald Golub (W5VUI)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Jeff French (KM5TW)
- Chris MacCannell (KI5POS)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Rainy week
- 1/2 in. already
- flash flood watch through Thursday
- tornado watch for next hour
- Thanks to all who attended the virtual meeting this Saturday
- Field Day is a go!
- 2021-06-26/27
- Brian Bachmann Park
- Help needed, especially overnight! Please email vice-president@w5bcs.org if you’d like to help
- Special Events
- K2CAM - this weekend commemorating Charles Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic flight
- Repeater noise has been pretty bad
- Hopefully will be fixed soon
- New antenna has been ordered
- Thanks to all who have volunteered their time and expertise to diagnose the problem
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
- Field Day Preparations
- Need to sell Raffle Tickets
- Let me know if you want to buy any or get any to sell to friends
- $100 worth of tickets includes next year’s membership
- Prizes:
- $500 HRO gift certificate
- Benelli Nova 12 GA Shotgun
- Yaesu FT-60R
- Custom-made wallet from Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
- Hope to have 4 stations operating all night
- Need help for setup, operating radios, and tearing down
- Dinner will be available (recommended $10 donations)
- Hourly door prize drawings
- Need to sell Raffle Tickets
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Expect minutes at the conclusion of the net as usual
- New battery for HT
- Getting ready for Field Day
- fldigi remote control for my ICOM IC-7300
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- current balance: $4,734.66
- 58 members
- not too late to renew (can also turn in at Field Day)
- Thanks to all who have helped us raise funds through Amazon Smile
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: Do you own a Raspberry Pi? If so, what do you use it for?
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- 3 Raspberry Pis
- DMR hotspot
- (former) web server
- still in the packaging… have big plans
- http://k5wtr.com will be going down for good at the end of the month
- Get anything you want before it’s gone!
- Too much trouble to keep up
Carl Kinerd (WN4Y)
- Antique shops? Looking for parts for ICOM 2400A dual-band mobile receiver
- N5ZKF: K5ZY and Sammy come to mind
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- A few Raspberry Pis:
- Mostly for network infrastructure
- Pi-Hole DNS filter and network-wide ad-blocker
- VPN entrypoint
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Use Raspberry Pi 3b+ for Digital voice gateway: DMR, C4FM, etc.
Buy / Sell
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Vintage Westinghouse Radio Receiver (ca. 1930s)
- AM band receiver
- Could use some more work (missing some components like pointers, speaker, etc.)
- Might also be turned into a vintage-looking Bluetooth speaker
- Contact n5zkf@arrl.net if interested