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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, December 2nd, 2025, by President Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was not a dinner meeting. Raymond Moore, KJ5XD, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were eight (8) members and one (1) guest(s), for a total of nine (9) persons present.
The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $2814.49
There were no application(s) for membership.
NET CONTROL:
January 5th Ken Vickery, KI5JRY January 12th Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC January 19th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK January 26th Tim Hasselbach, K9ZZK Monthly Speakers: None Tonight
Activity Reports: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported trying to use FT8 as usual, and found high VSWR on his antenna system. He might have an antenna element down or possibly a blown lighting protector gas discharge tube. Tommy Sprinkle, N5NTS, discussed buying a new GMRS radio to try out. Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC, reported possibly having a high CTCSS level on his radio since simplex is fine but there is noise on the repeater which requires tone. Raymond Moore, KJ5XD, discussed reusing a 60 year old power supply in his station Kenny Burrow, NK5L, discussed using multiple AI services to talk with each other and also to design and illustrate a vertical antenna build. Damien Duckett, continues studying the antenna section of the Tech license and is making good progress. Tim Hasselbach, K9ZZK, got his tilt over tower and his 17 foot two meter antenna stood up.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported no activity at this time VE: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported no VE sessions this month. He is working to get his VE’s registered with Exam Tools, now used by the ARRL VEC BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported that the lawn did not need mowing and that the replacement carburetor has come in. A workday has been postponed until after the first of the year. The replacement carburetor has arrived for the mower.
FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported that WFD will be the last full weekend in January, 2026, and will be located at Dogwood Park and we will have a group meal at the event, a chili “cook-off” and other warming foods and desserts. TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT: Project Night meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. No meetings this month.
OLD BUSINESS: Picnic-In-The-Park,
(PITP), was November 30th, and there were no attendees. The
Board meeting was held the same day by conference call, as Charlie was
out of town. The next PITP and Board meeting will be December 28th,
and will be at NEW BUSINESS: Due to the government re-opening, the FCC is now open and the database and license processing are available again, although there is reportedly a sizeable backlog of ham and commercial applications to be processed. ANNOUNCEMENTS: ARRL Straight Key Night will begin at 0000 UTC January 1st, 2026 and will continue to 2359 UTC the same day. Information regarding this casual operating event is available at the ARRL website. The Cowtown Hamfest will be in The club library is open and available for all members to use the materials. Just let WB4WXD know what you have borrowed and when you return it.
Club patches are available at $3.00 each.
The next Meeting will be on January 6th , and will be a dinner meeting. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, made a motion to adjourn and Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC, seconded it.
Meeting adjourned at 7:47 pm.
Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD Secretary/Treasurer 2025-2026 PACARC 12/6/2025
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