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Check-ins (38)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Brandon Bartlett (KG5LYN)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Larry Shiver (KJ5KFU)
• Gabriel Rodriguez (AI5TN)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Ken Wilson (KE5DFR)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Jason Ross (KJ5QLS)
• Patrick Zapalac (KJ5ATR)
• Robert Grigsby (KB5RAG)
• Brad Snyder (W5BLS)
• Richard Taylor (KJ5LXI)
• David Snyder (KJ5PZM)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Brian Gaskamp (N5WCT)
• Bill Hobson (NW5C)
• Robert Carter (NC5R)
• Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
• Steven Payne (AA5BX)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• John Walker (W1JCW)
• Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Roseanne Cunningham (KC5FGG)
• Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Mike Mertes (KZ5M)
• Michael Bobinski (N5NYL)
• Russ McDonald (KL2PB)
• Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)
• Liam Sanders (KJ5QVW)
• Bill Preston (KZ3G)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Jayden Montgomery (KD3CDS)

Officer Reports

President

David Bailey (K5DKB)

• Nothing to report

Vice-President

Tom Johnson (KI5ZPG)

• Is it Fall?
• Friday night football fever in the air…
• It should be Fall even though it’s really warm…

Secretary

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Minutes will be sent out after the net.
• Slowly making way through the website cleaning things up as I have time

Treasurer

Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 80 members
• Bank balance: $12,553.74

Announcements / Comments

Question #290 for conversation: Sunshades: how do you keep the sun off your radio displays? (vehicle, POTA, outside, etc.)

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

Bill Hobson (NW5C)

• ICOM 7300 Mk 2: changed display colors
• operating portable in MD, and used a cardboard box to keep the sun out

Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)

• Brazos County ARES and SKYWARN on standby
• Tropical activity in the gulf: we’ll see what happens
• Virtual help room this weekend
• Brazos County ARES net tonight on KD5DLW after this net
• Check out https://brazosares.org for more details

Jason Ross (KJ5QLS)

• Traffic alert:
  • Southbound on Hwy 6 crossing Brazos River
  • Down to 1 lane through 2026-09-16

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Idea: e-ink display on a radio?
• Common for e-book readers
• Gets clearer in the sun
• Seen on some low-power/DIY radios (Meshtastic)

Tom Talley (W5XTT)

proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Helping a TAMU senior research project related to power line radio noise
• Let him know if you have any
• Good on QRZ, email at doc.tom.talley@gmail.com
• KE5DFR: I have some noise at my place
  • BTU came to work on it, found and replaced a few insulators
  • still a little noise

Closing Remarks

• Visit us online at w5bcs.radio.