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20:00

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Check-ins (28)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Brian Gaskamp (KA5BKG)
• Vic Pears (KX8V)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• David Vickers (KI5WEH)
• Travis Scott (KI5TMS)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
• Kevin Walton (K5BTX)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Mike Mertes (KZ5M)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Jim Laird (KF5YY)
• Shawn Whitley (KI5VTP)
• Caden Glick (KI5STA)

Officer Reports

President David Bailey (K5DKB)

• 2023-01-21 11:30
  • January Meeting at Cooper’s BBQ
  • Bring ideas for presentations:
    • things that you would like to hear about
    • would like some help brainstorming

Vice-President Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

• No announcements tonight
• Looking forward to the new year!

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Net minutes will be sent out as usual
• See you at Cooper’s

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• current account balance: $1058.98
• 14 renewals so far this year
  • 60 members last year
  • can renew at Cooper’s on 2023-01-21
    • check, cash, email (PayPal invoice), [HamClubOnline.com]
• 2023-01-28/29 Winter Field Day
  • 09:00 - setup
  • 13:00 - start radio operations (24 hours, starting 19:00Z)
  • 12:00 - workshops start
  • 17:00 - final chili contest submissions
  • 17:30 - chili contest tasting

Announcements / Comments

Question #110 for conversation: Have you ever provided emergency (EMCOMM) or auxiliary (AUXCOMM) communication service?

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• Noise on repeater is due to some real big openings right now
  • someone else on a repeater somewhere else with a different tone
• N5ZKF: agreed, some spectacular openings recently

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• 2023-01-16 18:30 ARES meeting (third Monday this month)
• CEOC visit Friday 09:00
  • 110 N Main
  • call us on KD5DLW or call phone number on wall
• regarding EMCOMM and AUXCOMM:
  • good to be prepared: never know when or where you will need to step in
  • can be assigned to conduct traffic handling on other frequencies (if authorized), not just amateur bands

Kevin Walton (K5BTX)

• weekly EMCOMM training for WinLink on Thursdays
  • Compose draft to send to the area
• have signed up for AUXCOMM training (TDEM; 2023-02-24/26), but on a waitlist

Vic Pears (KX8V)

• worked EMCOMMs in Pennsylvania
  • conducted several drills
  • district coordinator, Northwest PA
  • continuing to do so here in TX

Buy / Sell

Jim Laird (KF5YY)

• Still have a TYT TH-9800 4-band VHF/UHF radio for sale
  • if interested, call 832-655-6197

Information Exchange

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• I know there are a lot of very knowledgeable people listening
• Have only recently picked up a Ham Radio myself
  • Interesting “side effects” of playing on 20m and 10m band:
  • Washing Machine un-/locks its lid
  • Dishwasher starts cycle
  • How can this interference be prevented

K5WTR

• RF in the house… Check that SWR is flat
• snap-on ferrite chokes on Appliance A/C line or on feed line at antenna

N5ZKF

• check out Palomar Engineering
• proper grounding

KG5SDF

• 6 or so feed line turns through a ferrite toroid

K5ZY

• make an air choke (just wrap coax around PVC or something)
  • K5WTR: if you use a conductive item to make the choke, be sure to take it out
• does roof have metal lining? that might reflect RF into the house
  • K5DKB: negative; signal is getting out just fine; air choke worked somewhat, but did not eliminate the problem

KX8V

• MFJ-915 RF line isolator (1:1 balun)
• contact me at 936-203-1444 if you’d like to try

KG5LYE

• power circuit isolation
• turn down the TX power