2022-04-19 Net Minutes

Check-ins (17)

Lots of interesting propagation: Asiatic Russia, Brazil, Italy
Special events this week
- 2022-04-23 “NASA on the air” commemorating Apollo 13
- ANZAC (Australia/New Zealand) day
- North American SSB sprint
Brazos Valley Solid Waste
- household hazardous waste dropof at University Services Building
Radio in the Park coming up
- 2022-04-23 09:30
- Mid-morning until whenever
- Tanglewood Park
- Bring your own gear
- Chance of rain later in the afternoon
  - Backup date: 2022-04-30
April club meeting recap
- Call for suggestions for club activities
  - Please send to n5zkf@arrl.net
Field Day is coming up
- Raffle tickets are available to purchase
- Send me an email if interested; can meet you somewhere

Proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

Field Day preparations
- Raffle tickets available to buy and sell
- keep an eye out for door prize items as well
Send ideas for after-meeting presentations
- Special thanks to Don Ling (WB5CKO) for presentation on club history

Current balance: $6,156.32
46 members so far
- sent out notices and received some responses
- if you haven’t renewed your membership yet, you can do so:
  - in-person at our next meeting,
  - online at https://hamclubonline.com via PayPal, or
  - by mail to the PO box using the form on the website
Reminder to set the Bryan Amateur Radio Club as your charity of choice on Amazon Smile

Question for conversation: What was your first transmitter/transceiver equipment?

first transmitter back in high school
- had novice license
- made CW transmitter with crystal and tubes (6AGC and 807)

Also have a GMRS license: WRNP991
First transmitter/receiver combo
- callsign was KA0CWA back then (late 1970s)
- Heathkit DX-20
- Hammarlund HQ-129X

first radio was Heathkit DX-40
- From the one who got me interested in Ham Radio: WA4SQM
- my call back then was WN4ACI
- went to college and sold the radios and tower
- got back into it recently