2022-03-22 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:28
Check-ins (20)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- John Walpole (K5ZY)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Robert Carter (NC5R)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Clint Loggins (KG5OQV)
- Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
- Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
- Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
- Jason Shutt (KI5LGO)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Hope everyone is doing well after last night’s severe weather
- W5AC weather net
- KD5DLW and W5BCS repeaters in use with local activity
- Thanks to all who came to the meeting last weekend!
- Field day coming up in June
- Presentation by Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) about 3D printing
- notes will be posted on the club website
- Radio in the Park
- 2022-04-23 10:00
- 2022-04-30 backup date
- Tanglewood Park, Bryan
- 2022-04-23 10:00
- Special events this week
- W5B 100th Anniversary of Commercial broadcast station in GA
- W4LX Honoring WW2 Personnel at Bunkingham Airfield in FL
- CQ World-Wide WPX SSB contest
- There has been good propagation even into the upper bands
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Start gathering items for door prizes
- Raffle tickets are available to buy and sell
- Please send in your ideas for after-meeting presentations
- something you’re interested in presenting or hearing about
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Expect net minutes to be sent out tonight as usual
- Will be sending meeting minutes from this weekend out soon
- waiting on a few final details
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Current balance: $6,267.02
- Disbursements for Field Day raffle prizes
- 42 members so far
- add Ralph from pre-net traffic
- can renew by mail using form on the website and sending check to PO Box
- or PayPal
- Sorry I missed the meeting this weekend
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: Do you use an attenuator or amplifier?
John Walpole (K5ZY)
- On the mend
- Bands have been really good lately
- 21 DX contacts on 10, 15, and 20 m
- TS-2000 needs a preamp for VHF/UHF to be useful
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Had a great flight last week
- Special thanks to Phil Gates (N5ZKF) for running the net!
- Learned that my flight review is coming due (reminder to any pilots to verify your currency)
- Icom IC-7300 has built-in attenuator and 2 different preamps
- Great for making signals more readable
- Attenuators great for fox hunts when you get closer to the transmitter
Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- St. Thomas Aquinas has a large lot next to Hwy 6 would be available for next year if need be
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Belton Ham Expo is this weekend
- 2022-03-25/26
- “tailgating” Friday Evening
- 07:00/12:00 Saturday Morning
- Belton Expo Center
- $5 admission
- Raffle/Door prize (need not be present to win)
- 2022-03-25/26
- Don’t use preamp’s much
- Have built and used attenuators in the past
- Step attenuator
- Received a kit to build an offset attenuator