2024-02-27 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:29
Check-ins (27)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Brian Gaskamp (KA5BKG)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
- Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
- Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Lee Lance (NO5B)
- John Graesser (KC5DWD)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Brandon Bartlett (KG5LYN)
- Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
- Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
- David Vickers (KI5WEH)
- Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
- Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
- John Walpole (K5ZY)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Jon Edwards (KI5YZR)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
Officer Reports
President
David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Under the weather; tested positive for COVID
Vice-President
Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
- We have a Live Feed on Broadcastify!
- About a 30 second delay
- Link on the website
Secretary
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Minutes will be sent out after the net.
- Found last week’s email containing the minutes in my outbox
- Will be sent out with this week’s minutes
Treasurer
Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- 59 members
- Bank balance: $9,086.14
- Reminder: Next Ham license exam is 2023-03-16 11:00 after club meeting
- 2023-02-29 is 5th Thursday: W5BCS is sponsoring American Legion Post 159 Coffee and Kolaches with Veterans
Announcements / Comments
Question #166 for conversation: Do you plan on attending the Greater Houston Area Hamfest? (Fri/Sat 2024-03-01/02)
(If interested in submitting a weekly question, email n5zkf@arrl.net)
Lee Lance (NO5B)
- Won’t be at Hamfest this weekend
- My son is finishing airline pilot training at Southwest this weekend, and we’ll be celebrating!
- Left aluminum clipboard at Winter Field Day. Did anyone pick it up?
- N5ZKF: Might be at American Legion’s lost & found?
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Intend to go on Saturday
- Lots of stuff to see and do:
- Model rocket launch
- Balloon launch
- Presentations, classes, lectures, demos… lots of learning!
- Swap meet, of course
- Tailgating
Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- Wildfires in the Panhandle
- People being evacuated
- Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers
- Net running on 40 m: 7.260 MHz
- N5ZKF: yes, lots of winds from a front that just blew through