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Palestine/Anderson 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, August 5^th, 2025, by President, Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was not a dinner meeting. Chris Claytor, K5OOL, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were nine (9) members and no (0) 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 $2871.23

There were no application(s) for membership.

NET CONTROL:

September 1^st Ken Vickery, KI5JRY

September 8^th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK

September 15^th Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC

September 22^nd Charles McReynolds, W5IAK

September 29^th Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

Monthly Speakers: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, discussed and passed around the band pass filters the club voted to purchase for our field day events to keep adjacent radios out of each others pass-bands to keep the noise between stations at a minimum. Tommy Sprinkle, N5NTS, gave a preliminary discussion and show-and-tell of his new kit built QRP Labs QMX transceiver. He will give a full report and demonstration at a future meeting.

Activity Reports:

Tommy Sprinkle, N5NTS, is looking to build an antenna tuner kit from QRP Labs.

Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC is exploring the use of his new mobile dual band antenna for use on the simplex net.

Chris Claytor, K5OOL, is working on his 20-6m cobweb antenna, and found a great price on a 25G tilt plate and house bracket.

Raymond Moore KJ5XD, purchased an Icom 3500 radio and a Larson antenna for his continued re-entry into the hobby.

Louie Downey, AI4SW, has been monitoring 17m, and has made lots of contacts including Canada and Spain .

Kenny Burrow, NK5L, has completed the first two phases of his Space Station contact project. He also showed and offered led light cords for experimentation to those present.

Tim Hasselbach, K9ZZK, is working on his tower project and has built the tiltover base and supports.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported on the Canoe Race as an ARES training opportunity and cautioned amateurs to be mindful of the Texas heat as they operated outdoors.

VE: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported no VE sessions this month. The ARRL VEC is moving to digital session reporting and scheduling so all VE’s will need to register with exam.tools . The process is straightforward and is required as the program goes forward.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported mowing the lawn before the meeting, assisted by Taylor Montgomery, KI5KJK, and Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD. Taylor helped mow and Jeff pulled vines off the fence

FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, was unable to attend the meeting as he was just getting back from vacation on meeting day, but there was a general discussion about Winter Field Day and the use of the new bandpass filters. WFD will be the last full weekend in January, 2026.

TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT: Project Night meetings are held on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays of each month. No meetings this month. There was however discussion regarding a session discussing tower erection and coax jumper making with and emphasis on putting on connectors.

OLD BUSINESS: Picnic-In-The-Park, (PITP), was July 27^th. There were no attendees due to the heat. The Board meeting was held August 3^rd, with Charlie, Ken and Jeff in attendance at Whataburger. The next PITP and Board meeting will be August 31^st, and will be at Dogwood Park or at Whataburger. The Neches River Wilderness Canoe Race was held August 2^nd, and club members manned the start, the finish and two checkpoints in between. The race went well with no safety issues happening. Thanks to club members Chris Claytor, Louie Downey, Kenny Burrow, Jeff Montgomery, Bart McReynolds, Justin Smith, Ronny Jenkins, Charles McReynolds, and Raymond Moore for assisting and making ham radio of service and visible to the community at large.

NEW BUSINESS: There was no new business.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The annual Belton Hamfest will be Saturday, October 4^th at the Bell County Exposition Center .

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 September 2^nd, and this will be a dinner meeting. Chris Claytor, K5OOL, made a motion to adjourn and Kenny Burrow, NK5L, seconded it.

Meeting adjourned at 8:26 pm.

Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

Secretary/Treasurer 2025-2026

PACARC

08/9/2025