opened

20:00

closed

20:29

Check-ins (32)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Larry Shiver (KJ5KFU)
• Nathan Wood (KN4TTV)
• Gabriel Rodriguez (AI5TN)
• Liam Sanders (KJ5QVW)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Thomas Sanborn (KJ5DAA)
• Brad Snyder (W5BLS)
• Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Richard Taylor (KJ5LXI)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Roseanne Cunningham (KC5FGG)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Rich Rychetsky (W5SON)
• Russ McDonald (KL2PB)
• Mike Mertes (KZ5M)
• David Snyder (KJ5PZM)
• Pierre Catala (WA1UAT)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• Michael Bobinski (N5NYL)
• John Walker (W1JCW)
• Brandon Bartlett (KG5LYN)

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Thanks to all who came to the meeting!
• Special thank-you to Dr. Tim Logan for the presentation!
  • Lightning detection
  • What lightning patterns reveal about storms
  • and much more!

Vice-President

Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)

• Really enjoyed seeing everyone at the meeting
• The presentation was very interesting!
  • Learned a lot
  • Riveted the whole time he was talking

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out after the net.
• Dr. Logan’s slides have been posted on the website
• Doing some organization on the website
  • New list of nets on the events page

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 80 members
• Bank balance: $12,553.74

Announcements / Comments

Question #288 for conversation: What's next for you in your amateur radio hobby?

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

Gabriel Rodriguez (AI5TN)

• Thanks to the volunteer examiners who helped proctor the exam on Saturday!

Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)

• Was in the middle of operating North America QSO Party on Saturday
  • Made contact with Greenland on 20 m around 20:30!
  • Was one of the best contacts I’ve made since I’ve been licensed (1990)!
  • About 3400 mi distance
  • Made it through the huge pileup

Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)

• Setting up training and development capabilities
• Also working on more digital assets
• More info at https://brazosares.org/

Michael Bobinski (N5NYL)

• Building a POTA station Go-kit with the following equipment:
  • Yaesu FT-891
  • automatic tuner
  • 40 Ah battery
  • solar charger

Buy / Sell

John Walker (W1JCW)

• 2 ground-mounted vertical antennas, both high-quality
  • hardware replaced with stainless steel
  • no traps
  • 32 ft vertical with 5-clover capacitance hat
    • Band coverage: 160 m thru 10 m
    • asking $375
  • 43 ft vertical by DX Engineering (no capacitance hat)
    • Band coverage: also 160 m thru 10 m
    • asking $450 ($700 new)
• If interested, give me a call at 972-345-4368

Closing Remarks

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