Field Day 2015 will be held in our top secret location across from the hospital this weekend (so not at Kickapoo Cavern Park). Please bring your own grass, weeds and dirt 🙂 (and insect repellant always helps, too).
Start 7:00- end 7:10 then testing.
Attending David W5DUH, Jim AB5JK, Gary K5QOW and Mr. Charles Waller. Charles passed the technician portion of the test.
Mr. Charles Waller proudly (as in: hell yeah!) displaying his CSCE
Field day is still on at Kickapoo Cavern State Park. At this time the beloved president will not be able to attend field day. Any new updates will be posted. Gary has expressed interest in showing up at the park with his gear if operations are happening.
And everything was so not quiet!
June’s meeting is on the 23. There may be some last minute arrangements to be made before Field Day; so show yourself 🙂
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The June meeting will be on the 23rd. That is the Tuesday before Field Day, to allow for last-minute planning. Come!
New member Jorge N5UMJ has a very nice tower for sale in Eagle Pass. Click here to see the details.
Get it while the getting’s good 😉
The Coyote Amateur Radio Club meeting kicked off a bit late at roughly 7:30 not due to the usual late person. Attending were David WA6YJW, Jason KF5EJX, Jim AB5JK and Henry KD5MBH. Erik K5WW was unable to attend but was able to drop off checked cards from the QSL bureau and some cash from the sale of donated equipment from James WW5XX. Cool – more money.
We discussed field day and where to have it. No final decision has been made at this time. Please stay tuned for the location. Also there has been a new Yaesu DR-1 repeater donated to the club.
It’s the one on the top!
The repeater has been put on the air for testing on the club’s 2 meter frequencies. At the moment the AllStar and Echolink connection are not operational. The old Kenwood repeater that has the link capabilities will be back on the air Thursday. We also discussed the need for the proper external controller for the new repeater to be able to connect to AllStar and Echolink in the near future. Lots of talk about ham radio also.
Please excuse the minutes: I am the president and not the secretary. (boohoohoo…) I hope to see everyone next month.
KF5EJX
Is next week, on Tuesday the 26th. Drop by; we haven’t seen you in way too long a time! 😉
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The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM Uvalde time because the @#$&*#@!!! secretary was late. Again!
Attending: Angie G., Jim AB5JK, Jason KF5EJX, Gary K5QOW and the late secretary (who was still alive when he left).
The almighty discussed the details and results of the 2015 Texas State Parks On The Air event, which we participated in for the first time. We had a lot of fun, and will certainly do it again next year. Everyone we contacted will get a special QSL card, without them even requesting one. Those cards have been printed and will be mailed tomorrow.
With the 2015 ARRL Field Day coming up we have started soliciting ideas for possible locations. Quite a few were mentioned (it’s all very hush-hush), some previously visited, some never before. Lots of possibilities, and more input is most certainly welcome.
The treasurer, embodied by the vice president, reports a grand total of $156 in the safe; but that will go up next month thanks to WW5XX’s donation.
Angie took the Technician license test; and liked it so much that she’ll be taking it again next month! 🙂
The meeting was adjourned; but the secretary forgot to write down at what time. He’s getting sloppy…
