May 2018 Meeting Minutes

Coleto Creek Amateur Radio Club Meeting Minutes May 3, 2018 Attending: Jimmy Podsim - KD5QHH, Luci Podsim - KD5RIF, Brian Haun - KG5AUZ, Dave Dodge - NV5C, Hurshel Pruitt - WB5MEX, Otto Bluntzer - WB2RJB and Harvey Babb - WB5MCT Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm. Previous meeting minutes read. Jimmy moved to accept as read, second by Brian, motion passed. Treasurer’s report: Nothing has changed, we have $159.50. Luci moved to accept, second by Otto, motion passed. Public Relations: The web counter is up to 420 views on the club’s website. Points of Interest: Nothing to report. Old Business: Battery Charger - Harvey has the relay and we just need to pick a date to do the install. Subject tabled until the next meeting as the next couple of months will be quite busy for all. Antenna Trailer: The deck turned out very nice. Otto has done some work on the generator. He explored the idea of purchasing a new gas tank for it but decided that it was too expensive. He examined the old tank, figured out how to repair it and did so. Now the generator has carburetor issues that will require more work. Radios from ET: We have 5 radios, two of them work and three do not. There is also a hodge podge of other stuff stored in ET. Harvey moved that we go through it at Field Day, second by Otto, motion passed. Field Day: We have the use of the Pavilion across from Yorktown City Park for our Field Day activities, the City Administrator said that he is going to talk to various people and try to get them to visit. We plan to begin arriving at the site at around 9 and play the rest by ear. Victoria .19 repeater: Harvey is asking for permission to use the Exec 2 repeater that used to be the .64 machine to build a new .19. David moved to allow this, second by Jimmy, motion passed. Harvey moved to adjourn, second by Jimmy, motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm Submitted by Luci Podsim, Secretary.