2025-12-16 Net Minutes
- opened
- 20:00
- closed
- 20:34
Check-ins (30)
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
- Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
- David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Larry Shiver (KJ5KFU)
- Brad Snyder (W5BLS)
- Patrick Zapalac (KJ5ATR)
- Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
- Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)
- Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
- Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
- Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Troyce Wilson (KC5CBI)
- Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- John Graesser (KC5DWD)
- Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
- Michael Bobinski (N5NYL)
- Rich Rychetsky (W5SON)
- Emery Hyden (K5OWO)
- Russ McDonald (KL2PB)
- Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
- Matt Robinson (W5XMR)
- Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
- Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
- Brandon Bartlett (KG5LYN)
- Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
Officer Reports
President
David Bailey (K5DKB)
- This coming weekend is our December meeting
- 2025-12-20 09:30
- American Legion Post 159, 101 Waco St, Bryan [Google Maps]
- We’ll need quorum for officer elections
- Only folks on the ballot are the current incumbent officers running unopposed:
- President: David Bailey (K5DKB)
- Vice President: Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
- Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Only folks on the ballot are the current incumbent officers running unopposed:
- January meeting will be our traditional luncheon
- 2026-01-17 11:30
- Cooper’s Old Time Pit BBQ, 3055 Earl Rudder Fwy S, College Station [Google Maps]
- Grab a plate of BBQ and join us in the meeting room
Vice-President
Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
- Echoed importance of quorum for Saturday
- Aggies are playing, but you should be able to make the meeting and get home in time for kickoff
Secretary
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Minutes will be sent out after the net.
- Some have had issues receiving them
- Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) has made some adjustments, so hopefully you get them now
- Let me know if not: kg5lye@komputerwiz.net
- Special thank-you to Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ) for hosting our holiday party this weekend!
Treasurer
Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- 81 members
- Bank balance: $11,963.97
- Next license exam
- 2025-12-20 11:00 (following club meeting)
- American Legion Post 159, 101 Waco St, Bryan [Google Maps]
- It was great to see everyone at the holiday party!
Announcements / Comments
Question #254 for conversation: "How does that work?" What concept or observation puzzles or amazes you?"
(If interested in submitting a weekly question, email n5zkf@arrl.net)
Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- CEOC Visit this Friday, 2025-12-19 09:00
- If you’re late, call on W5BCS repeater
- Last meeting of the year; we’ll resume in January
Don Ling (WB5CKO)
- Notice from the Veteran’s Administration this weekend:
- Nasal spray recall: microbial contamination in manufacturing facility
- If received before 2025-12-08, throw it out!
- Check with your pharmacist
Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)
- ARRL 10 m contest this past weekend
- Put in about 20 hours
- 514 contacts (71,960 pts!)
- 39/50 states
- 22 country
- 9/16 Canadian provinces
- 2 stations in Mexico
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
- Always wondered about analog modulation and demodulation of Phase-Shift Keying
- Digital circuitry makes sense, but it was done with purely analog circuitry in the early days… how?
Bill Rose (K5WTR)
- Testing new microphone settings
- N5ZKF: strong signal, and it’s coming through the repeater
Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
- Radio has always fascinated me
- Lots of receivers running at all times
- HF long echoes (receiving the same signal from different paths)
- Heard from Dwayne Walters (W5DPW) the other day on the repeater
- Living on the other side of I-45
- Hit the repeater from his J-Pole antenna
Closing Remarks
- Visit us online at w5bcs.radio.