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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, January 7^th 2025, by President, Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was a dinner meeting. Don Gardner, KC7JDC, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were twelve (12) members and one (3) guest(s), for a total of fifteen (15) persons present.

The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $2931.25

There were no application(s) for membership.

NET CONTROL:

February 3^rd Ken Vickery, KI5JRY

February 10^th Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

February 17^th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK

February 24^th Louie Downey, AI4SW

Monthly Speakers: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, presented a demonstration of his new portable antenna he won. Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, showed his construction of a 10 meter vertical j-pole constructed of 450 ohm ladder line.

Activity Reports:

Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported that he was finishing up college and would have more radio time in the future.

Elvin Espinoza, AG6C, reported on the closing of Pappa Murphy’s on New Year’s and is working on Meshtastic solar nodes and gave an explanation of how they work.

Louie Downey, AI4SW, is working HF and some Contests.

Don Gardner, KC7JDC, is studying for his Extra Class License.

Neal Womble, N5ZED, is working FT4 and FT8 and has made over 200 contacts on FT8.

Kenny Burrow, NK5L, bought a Zumspot to learn DStar and is doing some ham 3-D printing.

Tim Haselbach, K9ZZK, passed his Extra Class and bought a DX10 radio and is enjoying DXing.

Paul Parrish, KJ5HSS, has obtained a 10 meter radio and is learning its features.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported that with the bad weather coming up we need to monitor our radios and keep them charged and in good working condition.

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

BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported mowing has stopped for the season and the clubhouse is in good condition.

FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported that Winter Field Day coordination with Rick Dees, club member and Pastor of Westwood Baptist church, has been made to use the church back lot for WFD, and we are good to go. The event will be the last weekend in January, 2025.

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 not held December 29^th, but the board meeting was held at Whataburger with Charlie, Ken and Jeff attending. The next PITP will be January 26^th, and will be either at Dogwood Park or Whataburger. It will coincide with the day of the Board Meeting, and the last day of Winter Field Day, so it will probably be at Whataburger. Charles McReynolds, W5IAK reported that the annual PACARC Christmas dinner was at King Buffet on December the 5^th at 7pm. There were 20 attending and we were able to hand out many door prizes. Our annual awards, the Ham of the Year and the Elmer award were presented to Ken Vickery, KI5JRY and Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD respectively. Ken Vickery is exploring the possibility of having a Technician class at the Palestine campus of TVCC, this spring and planning is pending.

NEW BUSINESS: None at this time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Cowtown Hamfest January 17-18 at the Forrest Hill Civic and Convention Center

Orlando ( Florida ) Hamcation February 7-9

Irving Hamfest March 1^st

Greene County ( Oklahoma ) Hamfest April 11-12

Club patches are available at $3.00 each.

The next Meeting will be on February 4^th, and this will not be a dinner meeting. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, made a motion to adjourn and Louie Downey, AI4SW, seconded it.

Meeting adjourned at 7:40 pm.

Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

Secretary/Treasurer 2024-2025

PACARC

01/10/2025