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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, April 1st 2025, by President, Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK. This was not a dinner meeting. Larry Davis, KB5JHW, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were eight (8) members and one (1) guest(s), for a total of nine (9) persons present.
The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $2779.68
There were no application(s) for membership.
NET CONTROL: May 5th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK May 12th Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD May 19th Charles McReynolds, W5IAK May 26th Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD
Monthly Speakers: Guest, Justin Smith, KJ5JTS, discussed his interest in the club and his thoughts on improving our social media presence and an upgrade and modernization of the PACARC.ORG website. Activity Reports:
Larry Davis, KB5JHW, reported on his mostly daily presence on the
7290 traffic net and encouraged others to get on the net as well. He was
able to pass a message from Tommy Sprinkle, N5NTS, discussed his upcoming end fed half wave antenna project and the 49:1 un-un he will be getting parts for and assembling. COMMITTEE REPORTS
ARES: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported that spring storm season is here and encouraged all to be prepared. He also pointed to on-line Skywarn training available from the National Weather Service on the YouTube platform. Larry Davis, KB5JHW, discussed his Facebook page, Anderson County Weather Watchers, and said to get in touch with him if interested in joining the group. VE: Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported no VE sessions this month BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, replaced the defective fluorescent light bulbs and mowing most of the lawn between the board meeting and the club meeting.
FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, was not able to attend the meeting, but Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK reported about ARRL summer Field Day coming up at the end of June and solicited ideas for locations for the club event. TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT: Project Night meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. No meetings this month. Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reiterated his interest in building a 10m J-pole at a project night if others express interest.
OLD BUSINESS: Picnic-In-The-Park,
(PITP), was held in Whataburger on March 30th in conjunction
with the April Board meeting. Charlie, Ken and Jeff were in attendance.
The Board meeting has been usually scheduled for 3:30 on the Sunday
before the club meeting, sometimes coinciding with the date of PITP.
Since this can happen, the Board meetings will now be at 1:30 to
coincide with the PITP times. The next PITP will be April 27th,
and will be either at NEW BUSINESS: Dues are now being accepted for the 2025-2025 club year. Nominations were opened and closed for officer elections with no nominations at this time. They will reopen at the May club meeting. Our annual club audit will be coming up before the June club meeting elections. Members are encouraged to participate in the accounting and it is usually scheduled for 10am on a Saturday, taking about an hour to complete. Ronny Jenkins, KI5WXC has so far volunteered to help. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Belton Hamfest April 5th at the Emory Radio Fiesta, June 6th and 7th
at the Schertz Civic Center in
Club patches are available at $3.00 each.
The next Meeting will be on May 6th, and this will be a dinner meeting. Larry Davis KB5JHW, made a motion to adjourn and Raymond Moore, KJ5XD, seconded it.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 pm.
Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD Secretary/Treasurer 2024-2025 PACARC 04/5/2025
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