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County Amateur Radio Club – K5PAL www.pacarc.org
P.O. Box 1376, Palestine, TX 75802
K5PAL@arrl.net MEETING
MINUTES . . The regular monthly meeting of the PALESTINE/ANDERSON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB - K5PAL was called to order at 7:00pm Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, by President, Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was not a dinner meeting. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were eight (8) members and two (2) guest(s), for a total of ten (10) persons present.
The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $3999.28
There were no applications for membership.
NET CONTROL:
May 6th Ken Vickery, KI5JRY May 13th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK May 20th Jeff Montgomery WB4WXD May 27th Chris Claytor, K5OOL
Monthly Speakers: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, gave a show and tell about the QRP rigs he has built as kits over the years.
Activity Reports:
Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported 10m has been open and he has worked
Pre Ball, KJ5FAJ, reported monitoring HF on his commercial airplane and checking in on the local 2m nets. Louie Downey, AI4SW, has been working on using his drone to air drop an end fed half wave antenna over a large antenna on his property. Kenny Burrow, NJ5L, has a Kenwood D75 radio and the manual was black and white. He has converted it to color. Don Meyers, KF5ERU, has been monitoring stations on 10m in the mornings. COMMITTEE REPORTS
ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, indicated that there were no local ARES activities this month; however he reported the April 8th eclipse will offer challenges to the grid and cellular systems. ARES and RACES groups in the path of totality are standing up and several counties and towns have declared disaster declarations. Our 145.140 will be linked into the ETECS system and will be available if any events require it. Be aware that welding hoods with lower than number 12 or 13 darkness glass are not suitable or safe alternatives to approved eclipse glasses. VE: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported VE Sessions can be set up for needed new licenses or upgrades by notifying the VE team. The Extra pool has been released and will go into effect this July. There was a VE session this month where Pre Ball received his Extra. Congratulations and thanks to all the volunteers who participated. BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported that the grass was mowed Thursday before the club meeting and that there was lots of litter on the outside of the fence on the Easy street side. The roof has leakage and will need to be re-shingled. We need some help in this matter from the members. Measurements will be taken and the number of squares will be determined. Roof repair may be coordinated with a cleanup day.
FIELD DAY: Chris Claytor, K5OOL, was unable to attend the meeting but said that ARRL summer field day will be the 22nd and 23rd of June this year. We need to start thinking about our location for the event and if you have a suggestion, please email Chris. TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT: Project Night meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. There were no meetings this month. Suggested activities are kit and antenna building.
OLD BUSINESS: Picnic-In-The-Park,
(PITP), was held March 31st but was unattended due to it
being Easter Sunday. The next PITP will be April 28th, either
at NEW BUSINESS: Candidate nominations for club officers 2024-2025, were opened and Charles McReynolds, W5IAK, was nominated for President and Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, was nominated for Secretary/Treasurer. Chris Claytor, K5OOL, is not able to be Vice President next year due to other responsibilities so had to decline any nominations. Nominations were closed and will be opened again at the May meeting. Elections are at the June club meeting and officers will be installed at the meeting in July. We will need to do our annual club audit in May. Club members are encouraged to participate. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, and Louie Downey, AI4SW, have volunteered to help the officers complete this duty. Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, completed the State Franchise report month. The IRS report will be done after the June elections. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Radio Fiesta will be at the The Belton Hamfest will be April 13th
at the The Emory Hamfest will be April 27th
at the
Club patches are available at $3.00 each.
Randy Bell, N5RSB, presented the club with window decals the club can use as a fundraiser. The suggested donation is $5 per decal. They are multi-color and are based on our cloth patch. We have one left.
The next Meeting will be on May 7th, and will be a dinner meeting. Louie Downey, AI4AW, made a motion adjourn and James Peeler, KE5HLU, seconded it.
Meeting adjourned at 8:14 pm.
Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD Secretary/Treasurer 2023-2024 PACARC 4/5/2024
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