2024-03-19 Net Minutes

Check-ins (28)

David Bailey (K5DKB)

Special thank-you to everyone who attended our meeting this Saturday
- 31 sign-ins, but there were probably more in the room!
- Great time with show & tell; it was cool to see everyone’s gadgets!

Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

excused

proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF):

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

Minutes will be sent out after the net.
Yaesu repeater promotion came up at the meeting
- Club voted to take advantage of this offer
- Order has been submitted and approved by Yaesu
- Should be coming in the next year or so

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

63 members
Bank balance: $9,113.46 (does not include purchase on new repeater)
Next ham license exam 2024-04-20 11:00 at American Legion Post 159
- Reminder: You must have a FCC Registration Number (FRN)

Question #169 for conversation: Have you ever received data from a weather satellite?

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

Had a weather satellite decoder box a long time ago
- Satellites transmit on 137.62, 137.92, and 138.10
- They beam back pictures of the ground
N5ZKF: capture audio and can use WXSat software to demodulate

Had a lightning strike a while back, and it took out a lot of network equipment around the house
- Was thinking about it due to the recent storms
- Probably came in through the Internet cable
- Any thoughts for protection against lightning strikes from cable transients?
KC5DWD: unplugging during lightning storm is the safest option
W5XTT/N5ZKF: try to get a lightning arrester from ISP Supplies