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closed

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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:
  1. QST
  2. On the Air
  3. QEX
  4. 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 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