opened

20:00

closed

20:36

Check-ins (21)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Lee Lance (KK5QO)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Andrew Byorth (KG5JDJ)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Daniel Fowler (KG5WUO)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Happy belated Independence Day!
• Remembering Jack Lester (K5JWL)
• New antenna has been installed!
  • 4 db gain over what we have before
  • No more interference problems!
• Get on the air:
  • ARRL special event stations
  • 13 Colonies Special Events
    • K2J on 20m (North Carolina) right now
    • Bonus stations in Philadelphia, Great Britain, France
    • On the air until Midnight Eastern Time
  • Some VHF band openings

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)

• We want your ideas for presentations when we meet in-person
  • NetLogger presentation scheduled for 2021-07-17 meeting (American Legion Post on Hwy 21)
  • Transmission Lines next time
• Thanks again for a successful field day!

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out as usual
• Still getting things set up in the new house, slowly but surely

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 65 members
• current balance $4,905.55
• Reminders:
  • You can renew your ARRL membership through the club
    • Club gets a little bonus
  • Can also set Amazon Smile charity to Bryan Amateur Radio Club

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: What is your longest 2m or 6m QSO? (Satellite / ISS counts, too)

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• Got 32 cans of cat food accidentally from Walmart
• Longest 2m contact: south of Mexico City back in 2013

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• Worked Tampa, FL on 2m simplex with a beam antenna
  • Ducting goes along the coast, so takes an indirect route

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• Longest contact I can remember now is Mexico City or Monterrey, whichever is farther
• On 6m:
  • 2-way, confirmed contacts in Hawaii and other Pacific Islands
  • Heard, but never confirmed Japan

John Walpole (K5ZY)

• On with K5WTR’s QSO with Mexico: 146.490 MHz
• Longest 20m SSTV was over 10,655 mi

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• ARES net at conclusion of this net or at 20:30, whichever is later.

Lee Lance (KK5QO)

• Question: Internet acting really slow or not at all (Suddenlink). Anyone else experiencing this?
  • KG5SDF: regular thing over here
  • KG5LYE/KG5UZA: consistently less than half the speed we’re paying for
  • K5WTR: appears to be working for me (North of Coulter Field)

Travis Scott (KI5TMS)

• Radio check? – Loud and clear!

Buy / Sell

John Walpole (K5ZY)

• Took down a Cushcraft ATB-34 and want to sell for $100… Anyone interested?

Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)

• Still have ICOM ID-880H dual-band VHF/UHF transceiver
  • Willing to take $140 for it
• Look me up on QRZ if interested