date

2022-04-19

opened

20:00

closed

20:33

Check-ins (17)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Ralph Cobb (W5RYC)
• Rich Rychetsky (KI5QNR)
• Kevin Walton (N4RMF)
• Mark Coppock (KG5PDT)
• Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)
• Carol Dodds (KJ6LHH)
• David Bailey (K5DKB)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Jerry Redman (KG5YSD)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Lots of interesting propagation: Asiatic Russia, Brazil, Italy
• Special events this week
  • 2022-04-23 “NASA on the air” commemorating Apollo 13
  • ANZAC (Australia/New Zealand) day
  • North American SSB sprint
• Brazos Valley Solid Waste
  • household hazardous waste dropof at University Services Building
• Radio in the Park coming up
  • 2022-04-23 09:30
  • Mid-morning until whenever
  • Tanglewood Park
  • Bring your own gear
  • Chance of rain later in the afternoon
    • Backup date: 2022-04-30
• April club meeting recap
  • Call for suggestions for club activities
    • Please send to n5zkf@arrl.net
• Field Day is coming up
  • Raffle tickets are available to purchase
  • Send me an email if interested; can meet you somewhere

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

Proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Field Day preparations
  • Raffle tickets available to buy and sell
  • keep an eye out for door prize items as well
• Send ideas for after-meeting presentations
  • Special thanks to Don Ling (WB5CKO) for presentation on club history

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Expect minutes at conclusion of net
• Hope everyone had a blessed Easter weekend!
• Looking forward to seeing you at Tanglewood Park on Saturday!
• Apologies for messing up the attendance last meeting

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• Current balance: $6,156.32
• 46 members so far
  • sent out notices and received some responses
  • if you haven’t renewed your membership yet, you can do so:
    • in-person at our next meeting,
    • online at https://hamclubonline.com via PayPal, or
    • by mail to the PO box using the form on the website
• Reminder to set the Bryan Amateur Radio Club as your charity of choice on Amazon Smile

Announcements / Comments

Question for conversation: What was your first transmitter/transceiver equipment?

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• GMRS HT radios
  • Still have my callsign: WQQD712
• First Ham radio was my humble Baofeng UV-5R

Bill Rose (K5WTR)

• 20 m is wide open tonight!
  • talking to someone in Bermuda
• Going to be “one-handed” for a while
  • need to get my hand operated on

Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)

• first transmitter back in high school
  • had novice license
  • made CW transmitter with crystal and tubes (6AGC and 807)

Kevin Walton (N4RMF)

• Also have a GMRS license: WRNP991
• First transmitter/receiver combo
  • callsign was KA0CWA back then (late 1970s)
  • Heathkit DX-20
  • Hammarlund HQ-129X

Jeff McDowell (KI5CES)

• first radio was Heathkit DX-40
  • From the one who got me interested in Ham Radio: WA4SQM
  • my call back then was WN4ACI
  • went to college and sold the radios and tower
  • got back into it recently

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• CB radio in the 70s
• couple of HTs
• got involved with Ham radio
  • Yaesu FT-470
  • Copied ISS, even