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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, October 7^th, 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 seven (7) members and one (1) guest(s), for a total of eight (8) persons present.

The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $2825.22

There were no application(s) for membership.

NET CONTROL:

November 3^rd Ken Vickery, KI5JRY

November 10^th Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

November 17^th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK

November 24^th Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC

Monthly Speakers: None this month.

Activity Reports:

Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, continues working the nets and POTA stations.

Raymond Moore, KJ5XD, found a ¾” punch for installing NMO style mobile antenna mounts and will share the results and vendor.

Damien Duckett, is studying for his first license and looks forward to enjoying the hobby.

Tim Hasselbach, K9ZZK, is designing tower guy line placement on his fold over tower and is planning our his hexbeam

Kenny Burrow, NK5L, has been on two cruises to Scandinavia and the Mediterranean .

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported there were no ARES activities this month.

VE: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported no VE sessions this month. Jeff reminded local VE’s that 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. Until the registrations are completed, our VE program is on hold.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported that Taylor Montgomery, KE5KJK mowed the lawn before the meeting, assisted by Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD. The Club mower has quit running and Taylor mowed with a borrowed mower. Ken, Jeff, and Taylor worked on the mower Saturday and the carburetor is bad. Jeff will ordered a new one, and if that is the only problem, the front left tire will be replaced as its tread is delaminating and cannot be repaired. A workday in November has been proposed to remove all the new vegetation on the fences.

FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported that WFD will be the last full weekend in January, 2026, and we are continuing to look for a spot. This does not have to be a public place as there are no points for locating in one. Ken is taking suggestions for the location. He also suggests that we look at a group meal at the event, possibly chili or other warming foods.

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 September 28^th, and there were no attendees due to the hot weather. The Board meeting was held October 5^th, by conference call, as Charlie was out of town. The next PITP and Board meeting will be October 26^th, and will be at Dogwood Park or at Whataburger. The Board meeting will be on November 2^nd. The annual Club Christmas Party will be Thursday, December 4^th, 2025 after the club meeting the previous Tuesday. The location will be King Buffet because of the convenience of a private room for us and everyone can choose what they want from the buffet. There will be club provided door prizes and other prize donations from the membership are greatly appreciated. The club announces the Ham and Elmer of the Year awards at this dinner. Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reiterated the absence of the courtesy tone and the squelch tail on the 147.080 repeater because we have had operators who key up the repeater many times a day without a callsign or any audio at all in violation of FCC rules. Hopefully they will get the message that this is not acceptable ham practice on our repeater and we will be able to bring the tone and tail back in the future.

NEW BUSINESS: None at this time.

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 November 4^th, and will be a dinner meeting. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, made a motion to adjourn and Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC, seconded it.

Meeting adjourned at 7:59 pm.

Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

Secretary/Treasurer 2025-2026

PACARC

10/11/2025