opened

20:00

closed

20:35

Check-ins (21)

• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Marshall Walpole (KG5IQY)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Kenneth Gray (AA5VF)
• Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Radio in the Park recap
  • It was a park, and there were radios in it
  • Couple of HF rigs
  • VARA FM Winlink
• Still getting suggestions for club activities/events to host
  • will send a poll out eventually
  • Bring them up on the net or send me an email (n5zkf@arrl.net) if you have any ideas
• Field Day is coming up
  • Raffle tickets are available to purchase $10 ea.
  • Send me an email if interested; can meet you somewhere (work at Research Park)
• W5AC, Texas A&M Amateur Radio Club
  • needs help storing a lot of their equipment
  • A&M is kicking them out of their clubhouse/ham shack
  • Contact them at clubofficers@tamu.edu
• Get on the air
  • Strong signals on 20 m even into the late evening
  • Slovenia
• Special events this week
  • NASA-related stations - 50th Anniversary of Apollo 16
  • W0ZSW - Handy Ham
  • W4M - Moonshine Heritage Month
  • FL QSO Party
• Church bell as an antenna?

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• Send ideas to myself or other officers for after-meeting presentations
• Field Day preparations
  • Get your raffle tickets (to buy and sell)
  • keep an eye out for door prize items as well

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Expect minutes at conclusion of net
• Thanks to everyone who came out to Radio in the Park
• Final exams and project deadlines coming up

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Current balance: $6,186.32
• 46 members so far
  • thanks to all who have renewed their membership!
  • 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
    • email treasurer@bryanarc.org (no private info, please)
• Had a great time at Radio in the Park… and Luca did, too! :-)

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: What’s the strangest object you’ve used as a radio antenna?

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• Prior to amateur radio, was in Air Force
• Mark 108 radio Jeep
• Took jumper cables and loaded up a Quonset hut

John Walpole (K5ZY)

• Friend loaded up his tower rather than an antenna
• Made a contact in FL

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• 5 W or 10 W incandescent light bulb
• 2 100 Ohm Resistors on the end of a 100 ft coax cable

Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)

• Finally got a mobile radio UHF/VHF
  • with Radio Operator plates!
• Thanks to AD5RN and KG5LYE
• Say hi on your morning commute!

Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

• Early 70’s doing ship stuff on tankers
• Hand-cranked radios
• Put it on the air at 500 KHz: antenna in the air, ground in the water

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Not really unique or strange, but built a copper water pipe J-Pole

Information Exchange

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• attempting to set up a USB DMR dongle
• BlueDV and DVStick 30