date

2022-12-06

opened

20:00

closed

20:23

Check-ins (16)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
• Kevin Walton (K5BTX)
• Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)
• Garrett Martin (W5HVS)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Events
  • 2022-12-17 Next meeting / “Election day”
    • Current state of the ballot:
      • President: David Bailey (K5DKB)
      • Vice President: Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
      • Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
      • Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
    • Thanks to Mike Wisby (KA5HIA) and Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) for helping with nominations
      • contact either or both of them if interested in running for a position
  • 2023-01-21 January Luncheon
    • will likely be at Cooper’s BBQ
  • 2023-01-28/29 Winter Field Day
    • American Legion Post 159
    • Presentations, chili contest, contacts, lots of fun!
• Special events this week
  • ARRL Rookie Roundup: CW Edition
  • Pearl Harbor remembrance (tomorrow, 2022-12-07, is the anniversary)

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Please send any ideas for after-meeting presentations
  • Something you’d like to present —OR— would like to see presented

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Will send out minutes after net as usual
• Finals week coming up for Texas A&M:
  • about to get real quiet
• Still gauging interest in club-branded nametags
  • have 3 names down so far:
    • Don Ling (WB5CKO)
    • Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
    • Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 59 members
  • Only members are permitted to vote for officers in the club meeting,
  • If you’re unsure about your membership status
• Current bank balance: $8,219.42
  • Includes donation from Amazon Smile!
  • Thanks to all who shop with W5BCS set as your charity of choice! 🙂

Announcements / Comments

Question #106 for conversation: Have you ever used a motor-driven tuning mechanism/antenna?

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• First Tuesday of the Month
• ARES net after W5BCS net or at 20:30, whichever happens later

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• Fox Radio at Reunion Island on 40 m right now
• Antarctica has also been on lately
• Not impressed by Cooper’s BBQ last time

Kevin Walton (K5BTX)

• Question for Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
  • What is the renewal process this year (since we’re using Ham Club Online)
• KI5FIZ: process will begin in January
  • will ask to verify that info is correct
  • don’t worry about early renewals, please

Jim Hanks Jr. (W5CYN)

• Robertson Co. ARES
• W5KVN Repeater
• 2022-12-08 (Thursday) 20:00
• Using a Baby Tarheel motorized antenna on my truck