date

2022-10-25

opened

20:00

closed

20:26

Check-ins (16)

• Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
• Bill Rose (K5WTR)
• Avery McIntosh (N7ALM)
• Brad Snyder (KG5SDE)
• Ken Reeves (KE5FIV)
• Don Ling (WB5CKO)
• Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
• Joshua Wenger (W5AML)
• Christian Hurst (W5FCH)
• Harold Turbyfill (KG5SDG)
• Vic Pears (KX8V)
• John Walpole (K5ZY)
• Phil Gates (N5ZKF)
• Bennie Naiser (KA5TWB)
• Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)
• Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)

Officer Reports

President Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Last call: Margarita Garcia de Quevedo (WB5YOF)
  • Lived in Puerto Rico
  • Meteorology Masters student
  • Member of BARC
  • US Navy Lieutennant
• Severe weather last night
  • lots of high winds and downed trees
  • check antennas
• Special events this week
  • CQ Worldwide DX SSB Contest
  • W8F – Loss of Edmund Fitzgerald
  • W6HA – 76th Anniversary of the Flight of the Spruce Goose
• Special thanks to the following members for offering to serve on officer nomination committee
  • Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
  • Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)

Vice-President Rick Pfeil (W4RDP)

proxy Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• Please continue to keep his wife, Tracy, in your thoughts and prayers
• Please send any ideas for after-meeting presentations

Secretary Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Will send out minutes after net as usual
• Traffic has been up lately; be safe out there!

Treasurer Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)

• 59 members
• Current bank balance: $8,229.93
• Be sure to set the Bryan Amateur Radio Club as your charity on Amazon Smile

Announcements / Comments

Question #100 for conversation: What are your favorite Amateur Radio operating bands?

Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)

• Favorite bands are 70cm, 2m, 10m, 20m, 40m
  • 70cm and 2m because y’all are here!
  • 10m, 20m, 40m
    • lots of modes and people talking
    • fascinating to listen and to key up every now and then

Don Ling (WB5CKO)

• I enjoy 15m and 17m when they-re open
• SSB on 6m
• Haven’t been on 60m yet, but on my list of things to do

John Walpole (K5ZY)

• 20m and 40m: chasing DX contacts

Phil Gates (N5ZKF)

• 2m and 70m talking mobile
• 20m, 40m, sometimes 80m on HF
• Try for 6m and 10m every so often