date

2024-11-16

convened

09:30

adjourned

10:07

Officers

• President: David Bailey (K5DKB) present
• Vice President: Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) absent
• Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) present
• Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ) present

Attendees (26)

Quorum attained!

• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• David Cooper (KI5JPG)
• Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Bob O'Connell (KC5DWB)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Bill Preston (KZ3G)
• Rich Rychetsky (W5SON)
• Brad Snyder (W5BLS)
• Mike Streiff (KJ5EEV)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• John Walker (W1JCW)
• Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
• Nathan Wood (KN4TTV)
• David Snyder
• J. Russel Hatton
• Charls Bunyard
• Jason Shutt (KI5LGO)
• Elizabeth Shutt (KJ5IDP)

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• We have quorum today, so the business counts
• Presentation of the slate of candidates
  • Thanks to Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)!
  • Officer elections will be at our next meeting: 2024-12-21
• January Luncheon
  • Cooper’s BBQ
  • 2025-01-18 11:00
  • Llano Room

Vice-President

Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

excused

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Nametags can be ordered directly from Hen House Awards

Approval of Minutes

• Hearing no corrections, minutes stand approved as sent out
• Minutes from this meeting will be sent out later today

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

Last Month’s Statement

• Starting balance: $8,114.72
• Income: $55
  • $5 donation
  • $5 club merch
  • $15 dues
  • $30 VE fees
• Disbursements: $144.98
  • $114.98 Veteran’s Coffee Kolaches
  • $3 VE fees
• Ending balance: $8,024.74

Club Merchandise

• Winter Field Day 2023 stickers: $2
• Club logo pins (limited): $3
• Club logo stickers: $2
• Club logo window clings: $2
• Club logo patches: $5
• Club logo keychains: $2

Membership Renewals

Membership can be renewed in any of the following ways:

• online at Ham Club Online
• request PayPal invoice via email
• mail in cash or check (PO Box 4442, Bryan, TX 77805–4442)
• bring cash or check in-person at a meeting

Other Business

5^th Thursday Veteran’s Kolaches

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• We previously approved an amount not to exceed $100
• The number of attendees has increased, so we need to budget more

Winter Field Day

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

Front money/budget for planning

Holidy Party

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• I’m hosting a holiday party at my house for the club!
• 2024-12-15 14:00/18:00
• 509 Wheelock St, Hearne, TX
• Event info page
• If you want to bring something, please feel free to!

Brazos County ARES

Ron Hambric (N5SBN)

• Meeting Monday 2024-11-18 18:30
• American Red Cross, 4244 Boonville Rd
• Plan to set up the radio station and check into the ARES net.

Robertson County ARES

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Meeting last weekend
• Built a J-Pole antenna (show and tell)
  • Special thanks to Bob O’Connell (KC5DWB)
• Next meeting is in December
  • 2024-12-14 09:30
  • Volunteer Fire Dept on Glass St, Franklin
  • Building AIOC (all-in-one connector; homebrew digirig)

SKYWARN

Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)

• Gulf is now silent
• Will be a little rainy next week

RACES

Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

• New offices at RELLIS
• We have 2 brand new Yaesu FTDX10 radios ready to go!
• Still waiting on contractor to run coax
• Planning to participate in interop exercise in April 2025
  • HF and Winlink

Repeater Updates

Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ), proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• W5BCS repeater was offline recently:
  • went into configuration mode
• Remote options
  • D-STAR
  • Broadcastify
  • Echolink improvements:
    • Direct audio instead of RF transmitting
    • Currently out of commission until that is complete

Member Greetings

Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

• Henry Menefee (W5RAS), one of founding members of the club is at Submariner’s meeting
  • Served on S-boat 32 during WW2
• Greetings from Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

Approval of Slate of Candidates

Election Committee, chair Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

The current slate of candidates is as follows:

• President:
  • David Bailey (K5DKB) has agreed to continue serving
• Vice President:
  • Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) is unable to serve
  • Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG) has agreed to run
• Secretary:
  • Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) has agreed to continue serving
• Treasurer:
  • Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ) has agreed to continue serving

Hearne Lions Club Raffle

Russel Hatton

• $10 per ticket
• Firearms
  • Lever-action 22 rifle
  • Shotgun
• Drawing will 2024-11-18

Health and Welfare / Good of the Order

• If anyone needs help with anything please reach out to the club. You can contact any of the officers at:
  • officers@bryanarc.org

Closing

Next Meeting

2024-12-21 09:30 at American Legion Post 159

After-Meeting Presentation

Winlink by Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ), Ron Estes (KJ5EFO), and Bob O’Connell (KC5DWB)

• Clients
  • Winlink Express (Windows-only)
  • Pat (cross-platform)
• Transmission Methods:
  • telnet (Internet-only)
  • VARA FM and VARA HF
    • Always upper sideband data mode
• Hardware:
  • digirig
  • SignaLink
• Modes of operation:
  • Peer-to-Peer
  • Gateway repeaters (to Internet)
  • Radio-only repeaters
• Tips:
  • Write down your coniguration once you get it working
  • Message will not be saved in Winlink system:
    • you get one chance to download it to whatever computer you use to check for it
    • after that, you won’t see the message when you connect on another computer