opened

20:00

closed

20:33

Check-ins (20)

• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Thomas Sanborn (KJ5DAA)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• David Vickers (KI5WEH)
• Jon Edwards (KI5YZR)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Thank-you to:
  • KF5WGJ for coordinating pancake breakfast
  • 1JCW for presentation
  • KI5FIZ for VE test session after
• My team won
• Happy Thanksgiving!

Vice-President

Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

excused

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out after the net.
• Sorry I’m late this evening
  • Professor decided to have a longer lecture this evening since we won’t have lecture on Thursday.
  • Only 2 lectures, a project, and a final exam remaining in this class
• Happy Thanksgiving!

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 73 members
• Bank balance: $8,450.06
• VE license session:
  • 1 new Technician
  • Next will be 2023-12-16 11:00 (after December meeting)
• Happy Thanksgiving!

Announcements / Comments

Question #152 for conversation: What are you thankful for?

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

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• Thankful for my wife!

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• Thankful for wife and for the marvelsof modern medicine!

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Thankful for my existence, for the world in which we live and the joy that it brings
• Thankful for my faith and to live in a country in which I can allows me to practice it freely
• Thankful for family and friends, hobbies (including Amateur Radio)
• Thankful for my job and what it affords me: not having to worry about where my next meal comes from, and being able to provide for others.

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Robertson County ARES Thursday 20:00
• Still on KD5DLW Tabor Repeater
• Thankful for all the Ham Radio operators who have helped me over the years!

Robert Carter (NC5R)

• Thankful for all of the friends I’ve made in Ham Radio!
  • All over the country and the world!
  • Much more preferable over social media
    • N5ZKF: Ham Radio once called the original social network

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Thankful for my family: much better than I could ever deserver
• Thankful for all who have helped me over the years
• Thankful for the local community and its volunteers (including you on this net)

Information Exchange

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF) having trouble getting into repeater (missing sub-audible tone?)
• Suggestion: put a “side channel” that allows you to flip to repeater input frequency (or other simplex frequency)