opened

20:00

closed

20:36

Check-ins (24)

• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Brian Gaskamp (KA5BKG)
• Kevin Walton (K5BTX)
• Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• David Vickers (KI5WEH)
• Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Jon Edwards (KI5YZR)
• Skip Glueck (K5ZUA)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Becky Miller (K5BEC)

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Thanks for being here
• Thanks to N5ZKF for calling the net
• Getting close to meeting on 2023-05-20 09:30
  • Hope everyone can make it
  • After-meeting presentation by David Wisby: POTA
  • VE Session 11:00 after meeting

Vice-President

Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

• This Saturday, 2023-05-13 is Armed Forces Crossband test
  • QSL card or acknowledgement
• Field Day is approaching rapidly
  • Bring donations for door prizes to the meeting next weekend
  • Raffle tickets will be available
  • Still looking for members to volunteer

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

absent

• Minutes will be sent out after the net.

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 59 members
• Bank balance: $6722.59
  • $28.50 Amazon Smile donation
• For Field Day Raffle: Purchase 10 or more tickets and you get next year’s membership
• Ham License Exam 2023-05-20 11:00, after meeting
• Field Day Committee Zoom meeting

Announcements / Comments

Question #126 for conversation: Have you ever used an end-fed antenna?

(If interested in submitting a weekly question, email n5zkf@arrl.net)

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Robertson County ARES meeting
  • Saturday, 2023-05-13 09:30
  • Franklin Methodist Church
  • VARA AC
• Have an end-fed antenna
  • Last big storm took it down; need to put it back up

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Built a kit from YouTuber, K6ARK
  • End-fed half-wave antenna
  • https://k6ark.com/kitsandparts/
  • Tuned now
  • Would like to be able to hook it up to an antenna tuner.

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• Ultimax, 56 ft non-resonant end-fed
  • Used it at 20 ft up
  • Worked well on 40 m
  • Other bands, not so good
• Now looking at different antenna
  • Might consider a Tenntenna
  • <https://www.ebay.com/b/End-Fed-Antenna/4672/bn_7023374015

Buy / Sell

Skip Glueck (K5ZUA)

• Copper Clad steel bale wire
• Will send document with list
• glueck@suddenlink.net

Information Exchange

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Would someone be able to meet at club meeting with an antenna analyzer?
• k5dkb@outlook.com

Skip Glueck (K5ZUA)

• IBM convertible power supplies 15 V, 2.7 A, modified to 13.8 V
  • Schematic and instructions
• glueck@suddenlink.net