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20:00

closed

20:35

Check-ins (34)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Jason Ross (KJ5QLS)
• Nathan Wood (KN4TTV)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Larry Shiver (KJ5KFU)
• Gabriel Rodriguez (AI5TN)
• Elizabeth Shutt (KJ5IDP)
• Liam Sanders (KJ5QVW)
• Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)
• Brad Snyder (W5BLS)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Brandon Roberrson (KJ5JWV)
• Robert Grigsby (KB5RAG)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• John Graesser (KC5DWD)
• Steven Payne (AA5BX)
• Thomas Sanborn (KJ5DAA)
• Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
• Bill Hobson (NW5C)
• Roseanne Cunningham (KC5FGG)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Jason Shutt (KI5LGO)
• Mike Mertes (KZ5M)
• Michael Bobinski (N5NYL)
• Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• Matt Robinson (W5XMR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Russ McDonald (KL2PB)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

Opening Remarks

• It’s already August, and it’s hot!

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Thanks for being here!
• Nothing to report

Vice-President

Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)

• Nothing to report

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out after the net.

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 80 members
• Bank balance: $12,623.98
• Thank you to everyone who came by the Post on Thursday for Veteran’s Coffee!

Announcements / Comments

Question #286 for conversation: What is on your workbench?

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

Jason Ross (KJ5QLS)

• I have a model of the Cutty Sark, a clipper ship from 1869, on my workbench
• Damaged in transit
• Ordered a schematic from the museum where the ship is housed
• Need to do all of the rigging

Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)

• My wife and I are putting together a laser-cut wooden cuckoo clock on my workbench
• Monthly ARES Net
• Hot and muggy for the foreseeable future
• Another opportunity to get on the air: regional net
  • every 3rd Wednesday
  • 10:00/12:00
  • KD5DLW repeater
  • Hosted by RELLIS (RACES) folks

Larry Shiver (KJ5KFU)

• Workbench filled with stuff, but two current radio-repair projects:
  • ICOM IC-706MK2G
  • ICOM IC-208H from my daughter

Bill Hobson (NW5C)

• Tuning up a POTA Performer antenna in backyard
  • Heading to Maryland to activate some parks
• Just put together quad-loop antenna
  • Receive-only

Steven Payne (AA5BX)

• Argonaut 5 QRP rig that came with crystal oscillator
• It has drifted a bit
• Putting option board to make oscillator more stable
  • Heat-controlled

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Seeing more and more students coming back
  • Traffic is picking up
  • Restaurants getting more crowded
• This weekend is also graduation for Summer term

Buy / Sell

Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)

• selling a jetstream JTPS45 45 A / 12 V switching power supply
  • taking offers
  • ke5dfr@gmail.com

Closing Remarks

• Visit us online at w5bcs.radio.