2024-06-11 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:39
Check-ins (31)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Brian Gaskamp (KA5BKG)
- Curtis Pool (KD5HEY)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
- Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
- Lee Kuty (KJ5GAB)
- Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
- Bill Preston (KZ3G)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Brandon Bartlett (KG5LYN)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Michael Bobinski (N5NYL)
- Rich Rychetsky (W5SON)
- Robert Carter (NC5R)
- Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
- Russ McDonald (KL2PB)
- Jonathan Graham (KD5GG)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Richard Aikman (KZ5E)
- Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
- Jon Edwards (KI5YZR)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- John Graesser (KC5DWD)
Officer Reports
President
David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Meeting this Saturday
- 2024-06-15 09:30
- American Legion Post 159
- Last meeting before Field Day!
- final prep
- need volunteers
Vice-President
Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
excused
Secretary
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Minutes will be sent out after the net.
- I will have to miss the meeting this month (again)
- Friend is getting married (different from the one who got ordained last month)
- I do plan to be at Field Day, however!
Treasurer
Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Paul’s wife was scheduled for Surgery today
- We may not see him at Thursday’s Field Day Committee Meeting
- Hoping he’ll make it to the meeting on Saturday
- Bank balance: $8,960.22
- 76 members
- Next Ham License Exam(s)
- 2024-06-15 11:00 - After club meeting
- ARRL website has not been updated to remove this date, so we’ll hold a test session anyway, just in case
- 2024-06-22 13:00 - Saturday of Field Day
- 2024-06-15 11:00 - After club meeting
- Field Day updates:
- Committee Zoom Meeting 2024-06-13 18:30
- N5ZKF: Salsa tasting contest at Field Day
Announcements / Comments
Question #181 for conversation: have you ever used JS8Call?
(If interested in submitting a weekly question, email n5zkf@arrl.net)
Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- CEOC visit Friday, 2024-08-14 09:00
- Meet at 08:50
- If you’re late, call in on the KD5DLW 443.425 MHz FM repeater or (979) 821-1012
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Never heard of JS8Call before. What is it? How does it work?
- Official website: https://js8call.com
- It’s been around for a while, but it’s still considered experimental
- Developed by Jordan Sherer, KN4CRD, a software developer
- Uses FT8 encode/decode and protocol
- Contains a payload on top of the usual FT8 protocol
- Slow digital mode, but robust against high noise
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- What callsign should you ask for when calling the CEOC on the repeater to get in?
- N5ZKF: Call Ron, N5SBN, directly or use N5BRZ, Brazos County ARES callsign.
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Definitely some band openings tonight
- Made contact all the way to Junction, TX (200 mi) on KD5DLW repeater!
Buy / Sell
Jonathan Graham (KD5GG)
- Have 2 CW encoders for sale: PS/2 keyboard to CW key radio input
- Plus MFJ-452 keyer
- Good on QRZ
Information Exchange
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Link for VHF propagation again?
- N5ZKF: https://vhf.dxview.org
- KD5GG: Another cool tool: HamClock
- can run on Raspberry Pi
- Web browser version
- various apps
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- I have a Tigertronics SignalLink USB sound card that just stopped working. Has anyone else experienced this?
- KD5GG: I had two that broke the same way.
Lee Kuty (KJ5GAB)
- barely hitting the repeater
- higher output power or higher gain (directional) antenna