date

2019-05-14

opened

20:00

closed

20:32

Check-ins (27)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Joshua Cook (KF5TYX)
• James Cravey (KG5ZTZ)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Jeff French (KM5TW)
• John “Pocat” Walpole (K5ZY)
• Doug Cummings (KG5UDT)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Mark Hnatiuk (KG5EYV)
• Tom Small (N1TOV)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Evan Spencer (KG5ZZA)
• Trent Owens (AG1TX)
• Karsten Pearce (KG5YRX)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Dwayne Walters (W5DPW)
• Bob Henglein (W5GC)
• Sly Kapchinski (N5GQB)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Brent Anderson (WW5OBA)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• David Barry (KG5UZA)
• Michael Narcowich (KI5BPO)
• Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

Officer Reports

President KG5EYV

• 2019-05-18 09:30 – meeting this weekend
  • American Red Cross, 4244 Boonville Rd
  • Field Day Planning
    • Raffle Tickets ready to go
  • Scheduling social event for extra planning
• Recent foot surgery
• Discussion with N5ZKF after net; feel free to stick around!

Vice-President N5ZKF

• 2019-05-18 09:30 Field Day planning ramping up
  • Need names next to duties
• Weak propagation on HF lately
• Get on the air anyway
  • Special Event: American Air Power museum in New York
    • this weekend: 2019-05-18 and 2019-05-19
  • Contests
    • Portuguese Navy Day contest
    • Spain CW contest

Secretary KG5LYE

• Hope everyone is enjoying decreased traffic in town
• Good to see some of you at ARES meeting yesterday
• Looking forward to seeing everyone at meeting this weekend

Treasurer N5GQB

nothing to report

Buy / Sell

KG5EYV

• looking to buy radio from K5ZY
  • talk business at meeting

W5DPW

• Looking for cheap 2m / 70cm dual-band antenna
  • (979) 676-2646
  • http://dwaynewalters.com

Info Exchange

K5WTR

• (to KG5LYE) Hum on radio every once in a while
  • might be interference from nearby computer(s) or speakers

KG5SDE

• Just obtained Silver Bullet 1000 Antenna (80m thru 10m)
  • Need Antenna Analyzer
  • Look up on QRZ
• KG5LYE: will get in touch

KI5CES

• Got ICOM 7000 radio and software set up
  • Mobile antenna on ground plane
  • Good lesson on tone Squelch and frequency checking
  • Need to restart radio to get to load

W5DPW

• Does half-wave mobile antenna require ground plane?
  • KG5LYE: ground plane needed to balance out impedance for transmitting, but okay for listening
  • WB5CKO: Half-wave dipole (center-fed) has its own ground plane, but end-fed antenna has high impedance, so not much signal going out