2021-11-02 Net Minutes

Check-ins (21)

Go ‘stros!
Very foggy this morning
Today is election day, I hope you exercised your right to vote
ARRL CW Sweepstakes contest is this weekend
Ukrainian DX contest this weekend
2021-11-13 Bryan 150th Special Event Station
Make sure you’re monitoring the local repeaters:
- Heard from many, including KK5QO, KI5BPO, N5SBN, KA5HIA, and some new operators

After-meeting presentations
Get involved with Committees
- Field Day
- Web Steering
- By-Laws Revisions
Get on the air to exercise your privileges
- All of the bands were very much alive this past weekend

Question for conversation: Do you use any outboard RF signal processors, preamplifiers, noise filters, etc.?

Monthly ARES net this evening
- 20:30 or after the club net (whichever is later)
- on 443.425 MHz FM (KD5DLW) repeater
Don’t have to be a member to check in
- Feel free to get involved and hear about emergency communications

Once upon a time, had a Motorola 2-way 2m radio
- Back in the “tube days”
There were a few (open) repeaters in Houston, but could never hear it
Called a friend, and he recommended get a preamp
- Had an old 50-800 MHz preamp laying around
- Worked great!

443.425 repeater has a preamp on top of the tower for his (and other) receivers
- Ah, so that’s why his repeater is so good.

Spent 8 hours this weekend with KG5LYE and AD5RN putting up a dipole in the attic
Was able to reach the Cayman Islands and Frankenstein, MO (W0O) on 20m

Dr. Bosshard (AD5RN) has helped with resolving intermod on the O&M building
Pondering some hardware for W5AC receiver: pre-amp, window or notch filter, diplexer for multiple bands
Steve Bosshard (NU5D), John’s father, brought D-STAR repeater here and gave Brandmeister DMR repeater
- 441.3625, +5 offset
- Color Code: 12
- Time Slot 1:
  - Talk Group 3148 – Brandmeister Texas Statewide
  - Talk Group 3167972, W5AC DMR bridge over to the other W5AC repeaters.
- Time Slot 2:
  - Talk Group 31481 – Brandmeister North Texas
  - Talk Group 31489 – DMR Track
  - Time Slot 2 also supports dynamic talk groups (user selectable)
Next W5AC Meeting 2021-11-11 19:30 O&M Building