opened

20:00

closed

20:26

Check-ins (16)

• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Blount Cody (KD5FPC)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Jonathan Graham (KD5GG)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• 20m and 40m seem pretty quiet
• Blount Cody (KD5FPC) notes that the local repeaters are pretty quiet too
• Next Meeting
  • 2021-12-18 09:30
  • at American Legion Post 159
  • need at least 18 people to have quorum for club business; please plan to be there
    • officer nominations and elections
• January Meeting / Annual Luncheon
  • more details to come
• Contests
  • this weekend: CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
• This Thursday is Thanksgiving; I’m thankful for:
  • our officers and appointees
  • our repeater trustees
  • our supportive membership
  • all of the folks who volunteer so much to elevate our hobby and this club

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

• Let us know if you have ideas for after-meeting presentations
• Please get involved with our committees
  • Field Day
  • Web Steering
  • By-Laws Revision

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Unable to be on the air; hosting guests for dinner
• Expect net minutes as usual

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 71 members; 58 voting
• Current balance: $7,043.88

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: Have you ever used a Beverage antenna?

• Invented by Harold Beverage
• Wave antenna, longwire for LF and MF bands

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• have used both types of “Beverage” antennas:
  • soldered together some steel beer cans
    • loaded it with S20R helicopter radio
    • signal sensitivity measured in volts
    • antenna performed very well
  • Mr. Beverage’s antenna connected to Zenith Transoceanic
    • also tried on a Silvertone receiver
    • ran 300 ft across the road and out in the field
    • listened to 2.2 MHz AM ship/shore radio

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• used a Beverage antenna belonging to Bob Pack during a contest
• Heard people nobody else could hear
• won the contest
• 12 ft off ground and terminated to ground through resistor

Buy / Sell

Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)

• still looking to outfit the shack
  • manual tuner for HF
  • desktop microphone compatible with ICOM 718