Monthly Archives: September 2014

September 2014 meeting minutes

The meeting was called to order at 19:05. Present: Richard N5YPJ, Jim AB5JK, Catherine Tull from Sabinal, Jason KF5EJX, David W5DUH and Erik K5WW. Treasurer’s report: Jim reports that last month’s ending balance was $84.40. And that he couldn’t stand … Continue reading

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Oops!

I see the Depertment of Full Automation has dropped the ball, after a recent website update… Yes, today is the September meeting! Good food, good company, and good door prizes for those who know the magic word. Be there! 🙂

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Contesting: it’s hard work!!

No kidding! He was totally exhausted!!!!!

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Photos and videos of the Spiderbeam construction and installation

(Ummmm…. Small warning: the images and videos are quite large; and might not be something you want to be watching on your smartphone with the low bandwidth data plan…) We started working on this “monster” Spiderbeam antenna on Saturday August … Continue reading

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It’s up!!!

And it’s working! But…. since I managed to misplace my cell phone, you will have to wait for all the images and video until I get it back… Sorry! 🙁

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August 2014 meeting minutes

The meeting was called to order at 19:17. Attending: Dave WA6YJW, Jim AB5JK, Richard N5YPJ, Jason KF5EJX, James WB5AIG and Erik K5WW. The treasurer’s report: we’re broke. Well, almost. After the purchase of the Spiderbeam, the Yaesu rotator and the … Continue reading

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