opened

20:00

closed

20:20

Check-ins (16)

• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• CQ World-Wide SSB DX competition this weekend
  • 2021-10-30/31
• Bryan 150th Special Event Station
  • 2021-11-13
  • Farmers Market folks are really looking forward to having us
  • Setup at 06:00 please come if you can!
  • Operate 08:00 to 12:00
    • We’ll need to keep records and send out QSL cards
  • Contact me if you’d like more info n5zkf@arrl.net
• Got back about 23:30 last Thursday, 2021-10-21
  • Traveled thousands of miles across Asia Minor

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• If you have ideas for after-meeting presentations, please let me know!

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Had to deal with a near-emergency:
  • car was making a funny sound on the way home
  • found a nail in rear driver’s-side tire
  • glancing angle, did not appear to penetrate the inside
  • Removed nail, no leak that I could detect
  • very blessed that it was not worse, but pulling the wheel off was a bit… tiring :-D
• Net minutes will be sent out as usual

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 71 members
• Bank balance: $7,047.28
• Kit build
  • That was a lot of fun and would like to see more of it in the future
  • income $340 - expense $233 = net $107 funds for club

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Do you use the FT-8 weak-signal, digital operating mode?

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• for W5DZ: have some Pickaxe programmers for you if you want them
  • W5DZ: thanks, but all stocked-up for now
  • If anyone else wants them, I’m good on QRZ

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• To RACES approved members:
  • TX Dept of Emergency Management is having a RACES communications drill
  • Check-in to net Saturday morning 2021-10-30 08:30
  • on 443.425 MHz FM repeater (KD5DLW)