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20:00

closed

20:34

Check-ins (28)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
• Brad Snyder (W5BLS)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Larry Shiver (KJ5KFU)
• Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
• Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Robert Grigsby (KB5RAG)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Thomas Sanborn (KJ5DAA)
• John Graesser (KC5DWD)
• Roseanne Cunningham (KC5FGG)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Rich Rychetsky (W5SON)
• Russ McDonald (KL2PB)
• Emery Hyden (K5OWO)
• Matt Robinson (W5XMR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• James Rosser (AA5W)

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• After the July meeting
• WA5IWB donated a solar Meshtastic node to the club
  • Has been installed in Downtown Bryan
  • Look for W5BCS-1 on the mesh!
  • Line of sight to W5AC’s node on the O&M building

Vice-President

Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)

• Hopefully you got some of the rain from yesterday
  • It dried up really quick!

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out after the net.
• I can see the W5BCS-1 node right now!
• Planning to add a section for new folks (newly licensed, new to the area) to check in ahead of others
  • Recommended at some point by someone… W5AC? N4RMF?

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 77 members
• Bank balance: $11,869.42
• Next Ham License Exam
  • 2025-08-16 11:00 after Club Meeting
  • American Legion Post 159, 101 Waco St, Bryan [Google Maps]
  • If you’re planning to take the Technician exam, you must apply for a FCC Registration Number (FRN)
  • Will need volunteer examiners to assist
• Robertson County ARES Meeting this weekend
  • Saturday 2025-08-09
  • Volunteer Fire Station on Glass St, [Google Maps]

Announcements / Comments

Question #235 for conversation: Which transceiver do you use the most? Why?

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

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• CEOC visit this Friday, 09:00
  • 821-1012 or on 146.680 MHz FM (W5BCS) repeater
• Brazos County ARES (N5BRZ) Net Tonight
• 20:30 or after this W5BCS net

Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)

• Yaesu FT-710
• Only HF transceiver that I have.

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Like a camera, the best radio is the one you have with you…
  • In my case, usually my humble Baofeng HT
  • Close second: Icom IC-746, what I’m using now (works on 2m)

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• I’m an Icom guy…
  • IC-230, IC-211,IC-221, IC-706 Mk2KG, etc.
• Also some Kenwood and Yaesu rigs…
• Use IC-706MKIIG the most

Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)

• I also have a IC-706MKIIG and love it
  • Ahead of its time!
• 6m was open yesterday and I worked 13 grids in about 30 mins!
  • Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia

Robert Carter (NC5R)

• Thanks, WB5CKO, for talking long enough to let me roll the trash out :-)
• Glad to hear KG5LYE is getting good use of the IC-746!
  • Got a lot of help with it from so many folks
  • Brings back a lot of good memories
• Currently on my Kenwod TH-D75
  • 100% accessible: all menus spoken
• Kenwood TM-D750 Mobile radio coming out that should also be fully accessible

Buy / Sell

Matt Robinson (W5XMR)

• I’ll have a table at the huge gun show in Bryan this weekend
  • Legends Event Center at Midtown Park [Google Maps]
  • Lots of HT Antennas for sale there
  • About $15 each, performance guaranteed
  • Other miscellaneous cheap handhelds, kits, etc.
  • $17.07 event admission

Closing Remarks

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