2022-05-31 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:40
Check-ins (25)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Robert Carter (NC5R)
- Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
- John Walpole (K5ZY)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Jason Shutt (KI5LGO)
- Michael Atkinson (KI5QNT)
- Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
- Joseph Fairchild (W5JMF)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!
- Upcoming Events
- 2022-06-18 09:30 - Next meeting
- 2022-06-25 - Field Day
- Field Day raffle tickets are still available to purchase
- Special events this week
- Radio Society of Great Britain is having their Field Day this weekend
- Museum Ships Weekend
- W2W D-Day Commemoration
- W0R Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival in Sedalia
- Salvation Army Donut Weekend
- Don’t forget that ARRL members get 4 free online journals:
- QST
- On the Air
- QEX
- National Contest Journal
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- All about Field Day:
- Get raffle tickets!
- W5AC no longer has a shack, but they still have some stuff they need to move out
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Apologies for absence from net last week; had a lot of stuff going on and lost track of time
- Minutes will be sent at conclusion of net
- Will send out last week’s minutes as well
- Will be absent next month
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Current balance: $6,458.32
- 52 members
- Received a QSO card from Daytona Beach
- Dated 2021-11-13
- Remember to select Bryan Amateur Radio Club as your charity of choice on Amazon Smile
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: What is the most memorable location for your amateur radio station?
Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- June Monthly ARES meeting will be 2022-06-06 18:30 at American Red Cross
- Note: first Monday instead of usual second Monday
- Most memorable spot: Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch
- Box canyon in West Texas
- no cell service, but made a few radio contacts and sent some Winlink emails
Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- In 1968, my license got lost in the mail
- Set up with the MARS operators in Germany near the Rhine River (Frankfurt) to get on the air
- Call sign: AE1KZ
- Club call: DL4KZ
Jason Shutt (KI5LGO)
- Most interesting station wasn’t mine
- In the Navy stationed in Adak, Alaska
- Watched one of the Petty Officers make contacts all over the world from the barracks
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Two weekends ago
- Set up radio in Galveston Island State Park
Information Exchange
Michael Atkinson (KI5QNT)
- on behalf of Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- experiencing a lot of interference on HF
- tracked it down with help from John Bosshard (AD5RN) and Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- transformer near Barron Rd
- how would one go about reporting this?
- K5WTR:
- if BTU, can send them an email. Be sure to include the pole number
- it’s in their interest to repair it
- N5ZKF:
- BTU: https://btutilities.com
- College Station Utilities: has contact link on their page at https://www.cstx.gov/departments___city_hall/csu
- personal experience: reported a few incidents, and each time it was repaired rapidly
- K5WTR: