2024-10-22 Net Minutes

Check-ins (33)

David Bailey (K5DKB)

Thank-yous from this weekend
- Thank you to all who came out to the meeting this weekend!
- Thank you also to those who helped with the Ham License exam after!
- Thank you to those who also made it out to Radio in the Park!
Next meeting will be 2024-11-16 09:30
- 2025 Officer nominations will be presented to club for approval
- Please send nominations to Mike Wisby (KA5HIA) beforehand

Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

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Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

84 members
Bank balance: $8,159.72
Successful and exciting Ham License Exam last Saturday:
- New ham: Gabriel Rodriguez, passed Tech, General, and Extra in one go!
Next Ham License Exam is 2024-11-16 11:00
- Make sure you have your FRN!

Question #199 for conversation: Which networked digital radio mode(s) is/are your favorite?

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

Of those modes, I’ve only used D-STAR
- “CQ” groups or point-to-point
- Interesting that it has the ability to call a single station directly no matter where they are
- The system remembers where their signal was last received and re-broadcasts directly to there
- Internet gateway, local repeater

Last call last week… Maybe some folks don’t know about it
Said a few words at the last club meeting
Final attempt to contact someone recently deceased
- Call them 3 times, wait for response, announce “silent key” after not hearing back.
- Give a brief bio if available
- A way to memorialize their presence on the air as ham radio operators
- First responders who use a lot of structured communications have similar rituals
If a ham radio operator you know has passed and has ties to the local area, please let me know at n5zkf@arrl.net
KX8V: My wife recently passed on 2024-09-04 - Alice Lucille Pears (KD8CWR)
- N5ZKF: Will honor her at start of next net

Don’t have a radio that I’m using, but I do enjoy listening to the All-Star repeater system outside of Houston
Fun to hear Alaska net and east coast nets
All just linked repeaters, local one is “South Coast Reflector”
- KA5AIR Repeater is local on Skyline Communications tower
N5ZKF: ham radio port of asterisk VoIP protocol

Lesson learned: you never know who you could spark an interest in ham radio
- Be ready to share your “elevator pitch”
- Had that moment with Gabriel Rodriguez, a friend of my son
- I learned that he took it to heart and just passed all 3 exams!
N5ZKF: I have several info cards that I’ll hand out if anyone asks

W5AC is participating in School Club Roundup competition.
- Give them a call to help them get points!
- Search for “W5AC” on https://dxsummit.fi to see if they’ve been spotted by anyone