Coyote Amateur Radio Club

Several club members participated in the SSB edition of the North American QSO Party on August 18. Jason KF5EJX and Jim AB5JK set up two G5RV wire antennas the night before, including lots of yellow caution tape! If that wasn’t enough Jason pulled out his BBQ pit and cooked for the crowd – it was like Field Day all over again. Initially we had some problems getting both computers to stay connected to the wireless internet; but things got a whole lot better towards night time (after a whole lot of experimenting.)

At the end of the day everyone was pretty tired, but satisfied. We made 118 QSOs on 4 bands, good for a score of 6,608. We only managed to log one foreign country, Canada; but we did get 4 of their provinces. And we got 34 US states, not bad with only 118 QSOs! So it’s safe to say that all the hardware was working; unfortunately our good old sun was not cooperating by throwing that solar disturbance at us. Better luck next time!

Here are some pictures of the event, made by Jason. Of course he forgot to take one of himself…

Mary KU5Z, Richard N5YPJ and Erik K5WW.

Mary KU5Z, Hubert KC5MCE and Erik K5WW.

Jason’s truck and BBQ pit. Just to say that the food was good!

The full-size G5RV antenna that Jason KF5EJX and Jim AB5JK installed for the contest.

Jim AB5JK having a bite.

And, thanks to Mary KU5Z, we did get a picture of Jason after all! He’s on the left. With his back to the camera. Now that’s just rude!

We will be participating in the August edition of the North American QSO Party (SSB)! This is a 12-hour contest, and runs from Saturday August 18th at 1 PM (local) until Sunday August 19th at 1 AM (local). So far we have 3 operators (Jim AB5JK, Jason KF5EJX and Erik K5WW) but everyone is welcome – stop by at the club shack!

Meeting was called to order at 6:59 PM.

A motion was made and 2nd and voted on for the club to participate in the August 18th North American QSO Party, at the club station.

No other business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned at 7:29 PM.

Field Day 2012 was good! Not everybody was there at the same time; but we all had our share of fun. AB5JK, KF5EJX and K5WW managed to log 93 QSOs on 4 different bands, contacting 4 DXCC entities and 44 ARRL sections. Thanks to our new president Jason for taking care of so many different things, and sticking around too! Come back next year, y’all; and here’s a hint: we need just as many radio operators as we do eaters, hihi!

Meeting was called to order at 7:06 PM.

A motion was made & 2nd and voted on to go back to having the 2m net on Tuesday night only at 7:30 PM (Jason KF5EJX will be the primary net control).

No other business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned at 7:29 PM.

After the June 2012 meeting Wayne KC5FXS upgraded his Novice license to a Technician license. Congratulations, Wayne; you must have really enjoyed being a Novice for so many years!!

Meeting was called to order at 19:07. At the May 2012 meeting we decided to have the June meeting on the Tuesday BEFORE Field Day, in case some last minute arrangements (for Field Day) need to be made.

So: the next meeting is going to be Tuesday June 19th, same place, same time! And Field Day is (always!) the 4th full weekend in June. Show up 🙂

A motion was made & 2nd and voted on to move the next June meeting to the 3rd Tuesday before field day.

A motion was made & 2nd and voted on to change the club call sign to a 1×2 or 2×1 call, if one can be found.

No other business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned at 19:45.

At the April 2012 meeting a few changes to the repeater net schedule were approved to give more people a chance to check in. The new schedule is Tuesdays (except on meeting nights) at 8:00 PM, Wednesdays at 7:00 PM and Thursdays at 7:30 PM.

A motion was made & 2nd and voted on to reinstate club dues in the amount of $ 12 & $6 dollars for each family member & to go into efect starting May & renew each May there after.

A motion was made & 2nd and voted on to have field day at the club station.

Erik, new club trustee

No other business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned at 19:57.

The Coyote Amateur Radio Club, on April 17, 2012 received its new callsign: KS5TX!

Oh, and: happy 70th birthday, dad! 🙂

The result of the elections last night, March 27, 2012: the new president is Jason KF5EJX, vice president is Gary K5QOW, Jim AB5JK gets to be secretary and the treasurer is now David W5DUH. Congratulations to all! Now get to work 🙂

There was discussion about the recent improvements the the new club station.

A motion was made & 2nd to have field day at the new club station and was tabled for later discussion.

There was discussion about reinstating club dues & was tabled for the next meeting.

A motion was made 2nd and voted on in favor to continue have the club meetings at the Kettle.

A motion was made 2nd and voted on in favor to change the clubs call to a shorter one.

No other business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned at 19:48.