opened

20:00

closed

20:19

Check-ins (16)

• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Jim Laird (KF5YY)
• Chris MacCannell (K5WTX)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

unable to attend tonight

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (KI5DUJ)

• Meeting 2021-07-17 09:30
  • American Legion at 101 Waco St. (Corner of Hwy 21 and Waco St.) in Bryan
  • Come early for coffee, donuts, fellowship
  • Ideas for presentations?

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out as usual at the conclusion of the net
• Will be presenting on NetLogger after the meeting this weekend

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Current balance 6802.30
• 65 members
• Reminders:
  • ARRL membership can be renewed through the club, and we get a small income from that
  • Amazon Smile also gives us a little income
  • If you have moved, update your information in the FCC database

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: What interesting fact do you know about the club or Ham Radio in general?

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Very first meeting of the Bryan Amateur Radio Club was 1954-09-08 according to The Eagle

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• Club was founded before my time, but I do know
  • first clubhouse was at what is currently Skyline Communications
  • Owned by Henry Menefee
  • old building is still there!
  • He would be the one to interview about club history

Buy / Sell

Information Exchange

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• New W5BCS antenna is working quite well:
  • No intermod and no light noise
  • Will turn output code back on at some point this week

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• If you got your QST magazine today
  • “What’s old is new and what’s new is old”
  • “Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it”
  • man soldered a buch of steel coffee cans together into a vertical antenna
  • Has been done a few times before (even by myself)