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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 1^st, 2024, by President, Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was not a dinner meeting. Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXD, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were seven (7) members and six (6) guest(s), for a total of thirteen (13) persons present.

The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $4015.84

There were no applications for membership.

NET CONTROL:

November 4^th Ken Vickery, KI5JRY

November 11^th Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

November 18^th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK

November 25^th Louie Downey, AI4SW

Monthly Speakers: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, spoke on the FT8 Grid Tracker application and did a live presentation.

Activity Reports:

Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, is working the nets and is continuing with FT8.

Paul Parrish, KJ5HSS, is beginning to figure out ham radio.

Don Gardner, KC7JDC, is studying the Skywarn program and is looking for an appropriate HF antenna for a small sized lot.

Ronny Jenkins, KE5WXC, is working the local nets as much as possible.

Tim Hasselbach, KJ5HZJ, a new Tech is working on his General license.

Tommy Sprinkle, N5NTS, is a new ham and is figuring things out.

Billy Bryant, KJ5HLQ, has been making contacts on 20m, 40m, and some 160m along with lots of contacts on 10m.

Neal Womble, N5ZED, has been doing a lot of FT8

COMMITTEE REPORTS

ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported that hurricane Helen has severely damaged the infrastructure in north Georgia , eastern Tennessee , and western North Carolina . In some places ham radio is the only communications method still up.

VE: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported no VE sessions this month

BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported that the grass was mowed last Thursday before the club meeting. The roof replacement was discussed and shingles are available from Adams Surplus in Athens for $60 a square and we will need 10 squares. We will purchase and install the roof and have a workday for the yard, hopefully October 12^th or 19^th, when the weather gets cooler, and hopefully members can attend and help.

FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported that Winter Field Day planning is getting under way and locations for the event, the last weekend in January are being considered. If you have ideas about locations and other WFD considerations, please contact Ken. Since this event does not have points for being in a public place, our options for a location are less limited.

TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT: Project Night meetings are held on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays of each month. There were no meetings this month. Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, spoke about possible building projects for project night including antennas, baluns, ununs, and much more. Anyone with requests for a particular project should make it known and perhaps we can do a group buy and build.

OLD BUSINESS: Picnic-In-The-Park, (PITP), was held August 29^th, with Charlie, Ken and Jeff attending the lunch and board meeting following. The weather was very pleasant and it looks like we have turned the corner on good weather for PITP. The next PITP will be October 27^th, and will be either at Dogwood Park or Whataburger. It will coincide with the day of the Board Meeting. The Crockett Tailgate Sale was held September 14^th and was well done. With further advertising of future events, it should be a good annual meeting at the Crockett EOC in the old armory building. Dues are now past due and anyone desiring 2024-2025 membership is encouraged to remit them. Annual club remain $25 per person per the board

NEW BUSINESS: The annual PACARC Christmas dinner will be at King Buffet on December the 7^th at 7pm. We will have the back room for privacy and there will be door prizes along with our annual awards. We will vote on the Ham of the Year and the Elmer of the Year at the November club meeting. There is a 10 week General license class happening at the Athens campus of TVCC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Belton Fall HamExpo will be October 4-5, 2024.

Club patches are available at $3.00 each.

The next Meeting will be on November 5^th, and this will be a dinner meeting. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, made a motion to adjourn and Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC, seconded it.

Meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm.

Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

Secretary/Treasurer 2023-2024

PACARC

10/4/2024