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Check-ins (19)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
• Vic Pears (KX8V)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Strong weather around us lately
• Geminids Meteor Shower
  • Maybe meteor scatter
• Calendar events
  • 2022-12-17 09:30 Club Meeting
    • Usual place: American Legion, Post 159
    • Officer Elections / “Election day”
      • Current state of the ballot:
        • President: David Bailey (K5DKB)
        • Vice President: Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
        • Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
        • Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
      • Club nametags
      • Winter Field Day planning
  • 2023-01-21 January Luncheon
    • will likely be at Cooper’s BBQ, Llano room
• Special events this week
  • RAC Winter Contest
  • ARRL Rookie Roundup: CW Edition
  • Santa Net thru 2022-12-04

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• Please send any ideas for after-meeting presentations
• Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting on Saturday

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Will send out minutes after net as usual
• Still taking names for club nametags
• Final exam tomorrow morning
  • Studying; apologies for sparse minutes

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 59 members
• Current bank balance: $8,219.42
  • We’ve received $98.62 from Amazon Smile to date this year

Announcements / Comments

Question #107 for conversation: Have you used a trapped antenna?

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• What is the range of the new antenna on the repeater?
  • N5ZKF: not sure on current antenna
    • probably to central Robertson Co., maybe not as far as Leon Co.
    • slight “shadowing” to the South

Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

• Dec. 12 marks anniversary of first trans-atlantic wireless transmission (1902)

Vic Pears (KX8V)

• Any discussion of 6m activity from prior club meeting’s discussion?
  • KG5LYE: not in minutes
  • N5ZKF: rings a bell, but can’t remember
• have inverted-V dipole for 6m if anyone wants to chat