date

2018-11-13

opened

20:00

closed

20:24

Check-ins (24)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Richard Condie (KG5ZUA)
• Karsten Pearce (KG5YRX)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Marvin Lowman (KG5MCN)
• Joe Napoli (KG5SDF)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Michael Narcowich (KI5BPO)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Rick Swaims (W5RTF)
• Jim Snell (WA5PMO)
• John "Pocat" Walpole (K5ZY)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Richard Epting (KG5WIV)
• Trent Owens (AG1TX)
• Kevin Phillips (W5TTY)
• Brian Walpole (N5BLW)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• 12 people at pancake breakfast
  • Field Day, Army connections, off-roading groups, games and such
  • definitely worth the effort; should do it again sometime!
• Richardson repeater club net on 444.050 MHz
  • very active: 225 members
• 2018-11-17 09:30 – Monthly meeting
  • VE Session 08:00
  • Events for next year
  • nominations for elections
  • need ideas and volunteers for presentations and activities

• Light net next Tuesday: Happy Thanksgiving if you don’t make the net

  Vice-President N5ZKF

• Working with Heart of Texas ARC (Waco, TX)

  • 802.11-type mesh network

• One pending presentation for stealth (HF) antennas

  • Scheduled for early next year

• New info on website for DMR: https://www.bryanarc.org/new-dmr-information/

  • TGIF is now its own network
  • New DMR repeaters in Temple and Belton area

Secretary KG5LYE

• Happy (late) Veteran’s Day to all our ham veterans!
• Had the chance of a lifetime with the F-35s at Easterwood from this weekend’s flyover
  • On Saturday:
    • watched flyover from Easterwood Tower
    • several low passes over the runway
  • Today:
    • shook hands with all the pilots
    • got up close and personal with the planes on the tarmac
    • took photos from the tower during takeoff (had the nice camera and a photographer friend this time)
  • Shared Google Photos album (more photos from today coming soon): https://photos.app.goo.gl/rnNzd6qsr4HEwyPa7
• Moved into a new office building at work

Treasurer N5GQB

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