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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, August 4th, 2026 by President Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was not a dinner meeting. Justin Smith, KJ5JTJ, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were twelve (12) members and four (4) guest(s), for a total of sixteen (16) persons present.
The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $2651.29
There were no application(s) for membership.
NET CONTROL:
September 7th Ken Vickery, KI5JRY September 14th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK September 21st Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD September 28th Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC
Monthly Speakers: There was not a speaker this month
Activity Reports: Jack Coleman, AC5DI, has moved his shack into the house and reconnected to the ham radio hobby. The 2 meter and 440 antennas are up and he is diving into DMR He also has a 40 meter loop in the air. Toby Nivens, KD5TN, reported working DMR both on the air through the local repeaters and on his hotspot connected to the internet. Kenny Burrow, NK5L, has been working on 3D printing projects and passed out some meter probe lead holders he had printed for Jeff.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reiterated that one of our annual “exercises” The Neches River Wilderness Scholarship Canoe Race was held the first Saturday of August this year. The organizers are regrouping and taking the year off to look for additional volunteers. He also discussed the AmRRON T-REX exercise which happened the previous weekend. He noted that it continues to be dangerously hot so please be careful and hydrated. VE: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported no VE sessions this month. He is working to get his VE’s registered with Exam Tools, now used by the ARRL VEC BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported that he and Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC, mowed the lawn before the meeting with push mowers and it took about three hours. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY reported that the linkage problem on the mower is mostly solved and will be adding another return spring to the choke.
FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, continued the report on Summer
Field Day started last month. The ARRL report will show up in the
November issue of QST magazine. Winter Field Day will be happening on
the last weekend of January 2027, which is the 23rd and 24th.
He and Raymond Moore, KJ5XD, are looking at TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT: Project Night meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. No meetings this month.
OLD BUSINESS: Picnic-In-The-Park,
(PITP), was to be held July 26th, but had no attendance. The
Board meeting was held August 2nd by on-line meeting. The
next PITP will be August 30th, and the board meeting will be
the same day, and will be at NEW BUSINESS: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported that Gay Bradley has some ham gear she wants to part with and showed a preliminary list of gear and possible pricing. He will report more information when he receives it. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Huntsville Alabama Hamfest is August 22nd and 23rd, and will be in the VBC South Hall
The club library is open and available for all members to use the materials. Just let WB4WXD know what you have borrowed and when you return it.
Club patches are available at $3.00 each.
The next Meeting will be on September 1st, and will be a dinner meeting. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, made a motion to adjourn and Toby Nivens, KD5TN seconded it.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.
Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD Secretary/Treasurer 2025-2026 PACARC 8/11/2026
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