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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, July 1^st, 2025, by President, Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was a dinner meeting. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, 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 $3136.57

There were no application(s) for membership.

NET CONTROL:

August 4^th Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC

August 11^th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK

August 18^th Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

August 25^th Ken Vickery, KI5JRY

Monthly Speakers: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, demonstrated the original home brewed Buddi-Pole loaded dipole he made several years ago. The plans were on the internet and because they were so popular, Budd started a business which has grown big over the years. He then showed the W6AAQ screwdriver he bought from the inventor, which is the original and patented multi-band screwdriver antenna. Jeff noted that he was pleased to have had several communications with W6AAQ before his passing, and learned his military and ham radio history. Toby Nivens, KD5TN, presented his home brewed 40 meter doublet antenna and explained its construction and advantages to those present.. It’s easy to construct and is a great performer.

Activity Reports:

Tommy Sprinkle, N5NTS, spoke about enjoying ARRL Field Day and ordering a QRP Labs QMX+ radio kit after learning about them at the event. He will report on building it at future club meetings.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported that Field Day is good emergency communications practice and develops skills in portable operating directly applicable to emergency operations. He also commented on field operatiors being especially mindful of our Texas heat and humidity.

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 www.exam.tools . The process is straightforward and is required as the program goes forward.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported mowing the lawn Sunday before the meeting.

FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported on our ARRL summer Field Day, June 28^th, held in Dogwood Park at the Manly Mountain picnic area. Our county EMC was occupied Saturday and could unfortunately not attend. The setup started around 10am and the event kicked off at 1pm local time. We ran 2A NTX and there were plenty of radios to use, with several bringing their own equipment. Ken will present the full numbers and details at a future club meeting.

TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT: Project Night meetings are held on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays of each month. No meetings this month.

OLD BUSINESS: Picnic-In-The-Park, (PITP), was June 29^th, the second day of the Field Day weekend. There were no attendees. The Board meeting was held at Field Day on the 28^th, with Charlie, Ken and Jeff in attendance. The next PITP and Board meeting will be June 28^th, and will be at Dogwood Park or at Whataburger. Dues for the upcoming year are currently past due. Please consider continuing your membership for the next year if you have not renewed. Since there was no indicated interest in opening the clubhouse for the July 3^rd fireworks display, we will not do so.

NEW BUSINESS: The 1^st Saturday in August is the Neches River Wilderness Canoe Race, and club members have always manned the start, finish and two checkpoints. Members are needed for the August 2^nd event. Several spoke up and said they would be there but more are needed. Please consider assisting in this important event. Please contact Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD if you can help.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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 August 5^tht, and this will NOT be a dinner meeting. Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC, made a motion to adjourn and Louie Downey, AI4SW, seconded it.

Meeting adjourned at 7:53 pm.

Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

Secretary/Treasurer 2025-2026

PACARC

07/4/2025