2022-08-02 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:36
Check-ins (20)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
- Lee Lance (AA5AG)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
- Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
Officer Reports
President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Would love to see some rain.
- Stay safe from the heat
- Next club meeting
- 2022-08-20
- American Legion Post 159
- Sent out an email with some proposed future activities
- Please let us know what you’re interested in.
- If you didn’t get it, please contact me at n5zkf@arrl.org and I’ll send you a link to the form
- Special events this week
- 2022-08-04 - K1CG: 232th Birthday of the US Coast Guard
- 10-10 int’l ssb contest
- North American CW QSO party
- ARRL 222 MHz and up DX contest
- South African Radio League (SARL) HF phone contest
- MD0CCE from the Isle of Man is on 20 m right now
- Will be out of pocket for the next 3 nets
Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Please send any ideas for after-meeting presentations
Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Net minutes will be sent out at conclusion of net
- Finished minutes for June meeting and will include those in the email as well
Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- 58 members
- can send PayPal invoice if desired
- send email to treasurer@bryanarc.org
- Current balance: $8,819.98
- Consider setting the Bryan Amateur Radio Club as your charity on Amazon Smile
Announcements / Comments
Question for conversation: Do you use a balun, unun, or other transformer in your setup? How? Did you buy it or make it?
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Use a 4:1 ferrite core balun for impedance matching from 50 Ohm unbalanced coax to 300-ish Ohm balanced ladder line
Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Reminder: ARES net tonight
- 443.425 MHz FM (KD5DLW) repeater
- 20:30 or after W5BCS net
- Interesting email from TX RACES
- Civil Air Patrol has been circling over KY and TN to provide comms for those on the ground there with the flooding
Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- Balun from Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) does indeed work very well!
- Definitely worth the pizza and bottle of wine… I think I came out ahead on that deal!
Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Use 2 baluns
- 4:1 that was purchased; on my base doublet antenna
- 49:1 that I made; end-fed “random wire” antenna
- Very satisfying to build one yourself, and they work very well
- Robertson County ARES has begun their weekly nets
- Thursday nights at 20:00
- W5KVN repeater (Franklin)
- Anyone interested is welcome to attend
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- 49:1 is an interesting ratio
- have one that came with my beam antenna
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Have a 4:1 air-core balun on my off-center-fed dipole
Buy / Sell
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Still have a West Mountain Radio CLRdsp ClearSpeech noise reduction processor
- sells for $200, now asking $80
- send me an email at n5zkf@arrl.net if interested
Information Exchange
Dwayne Walters (W5DPW)
proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- having problems with a Yaesu FT-70D
- Does anyone have one? Would like to compare notes.
- Something wrong with config or a broken radio?
- David Bailey (K5DKB): I have one. Not sure if I would be of much help, but I would be willing to try.
Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
- Made my 49:1 balun from a YouTube video by Steve Ellington (N4LQ)