2021-12-07 Net Minutes

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Band conditions are pretty poor
- did hear from Barcelona, Spain, with lots of noise (S8)
Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
- Battleship Oklahoma Veteran and Survivor from Oregon
Next Meeting
- 2021-12-18 09:30
- at American Legion Post 159
- Thanks to liaison Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- need at least 18 people to have quorum for club business; please plan to be there
  - officer nominations need to be approved and elections need to take place
- will be distributing proposed amendments to constitution and by-laws for your approval
VE Test session 08:00
- Contact Gerald Golub (W5VUI) w5vui@w5vui.com if you have questions
Annual January Meeting / Annual Luncheon
- 2022-01-15
- food at 11:00, meeting at 12:00
- Different venue this year: Cooper’s Barbecue in College Station
  - C&J’s was already booked
  - We’ll need quorum there too! (ratifying constutution and by-laws)
Contests this weekend
- USS Midway Aircraft Carrier
- Antique Wireless Association on CW (listen-only)
- ARRL 10m relay

proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

Presentation by Don Hutchcraft (KE5ADX) about transmission/feed line behavior after December Meeting
- Let us know if you have ideas for additional after-meeting presentations

Expect net minutes as usual
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the December meeting
By-laws amendments will be distributed in paper copy at meeting and electronically
- If you have any ideas, let me know!

71 members
Current balance: $7,064.19
Be sure to set W5BCS as your Amazon Smile charity for your Christmas shopping
- We just got a $20.31 donation from that!

Question for conversation: Do you use a pan-adapter or other spectrum display?

Monthly ARES net this evening
- 443.425 MHz FM repeater (KD5DLW)
- at 20:30 or after W5BCS net, whichever is later

Bands are pretty poor: 40m is only thing open for me
- KC4AAA (Antarctica base) was on the air about 30 mins ago
- 14.243 MHz

Thank you to all of the hams that helped stand my tower up!
- nice to have good antennas for sending and receiving

little jealous of Kenwood 590-SG
heard from someone who has a daughter here who is looking to take a VE test
- N5ZKF: VE coordinator is Gerald Golub (W5VUI) w5vui@w5vui.com

Radio for sale
- ICOM 7000
- LDG AT-200Pro II auto-tuner
- face plate extension
- Programming software cable
looking for $750 for the whole kit
Contact jeffjmcdowell@gmail.com if interested