opened

20:00

closed

20:43

Check-ins (25)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Ernie Pyle (KI5WG)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
• Chris MacCannell (K5WTX)
• Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
• Vic Pears (KX8V)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lance Smith (KI5ETF)
• Lee Lance (KK5QO)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Rusty Adams (W5HII)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• working on options for in-person meeting:
  • American Legion Hall
  • Bryan Red Cross
• June Meeting: 2021-06-19 09:30
  • Doodle Poll: Would you attend a club meeting in-person on 2021-06-19?
    • Link posted on club website and sent in minutes
  • Last chance to plan before Field Day (2021-06-26/27)
• Special Events this week and weekend
  • W2W commemorating D-Day
  • 2021-06-05/06 Museum Ships weekend: lots of ships on the air
  • Radio Society of Great Britain is having their Field Day equivalent
  • Kentucky QSO party
• No new updates yet regarding the repeater antenna
  • We do have a “Tower Jack” ready to climb the tower whenever it does arrive
  • All associated costs (for the antenna and labor) have been covered by very generous donations
    • Special thank-you to those people!

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)

• Field Day
  • Raffle
    • Need to sell more tickets!
    • Contact me if you’re interested in buying raffle tickets or selling to your friends and family
      • vice-president@bryanarc.org
    • Prizes:
      • $500 HRO gift certificate
      • Benelli Nova 12 GA Shotgun
      • Yaesu FT-60R handheld
      • Custom-made wallet from Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
  • Dinner will be available
    • No tickets, but request $10 donation
    • BBQ and “primary sides” provided
    • Bring your own sides and desserts for a pot-luck!
  • Buy/Sell/Trade table: bring any items you’d like to put on the table
  • VE Test session: 2021-06-26 14:00
  • Hourly door prizes
  • Need help for overnight operations
  • If you can’t make it out to Field Day, you can still contribute your own contacts to W5BCS for points

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out as usual
• Close date on house has been delayed until mid-June

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Current Balance: $4773.93
• 60 members
• Amazon Smile gave us $19.27
• Remember you can renew your ARRL membership through the club, and the club gets a bonus

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Do you use any outboard audio processing?

Garrett Martin (W5HVS)

• Did you get my membership renewal?
  • KI5FIZ: Not sure, but I’ll look into it and get back to you

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• Hurricane season starts with the month of June
• ARES net tonight following W5BCS net on 443.425 MHz FM repeater
• Get on the air with D-STAR (local repeater: KI5MMC)

Lee Lance (KK5QO)

• We are on the calendar for our July meeting at the American Legion!

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• Reconfirm that 2021-06-19 meeting will be in-person

Vic Pears (KX8V)

• Used an audio compressor kit back in the day
  • turned it on to test it out
  • report back was “whatever that does, don’t ever get rid of it”

Rusty Adams (W5HII)

• VE Session this weekend?
  • N5ZKF: haven’t heard from Gerald Golub (W5VUI)
  • KK5QO: American Legion Hall is not available this weekend