Re: [BVARC] BVARC POTA THIS WEEKEND

2023-07-23 Thread Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Have a great activation.Sean Linkenheimer - W5URTOn Jul 23, 2023, at 8:20 AM, Kori Rahman via BVARC wrote:We are here at Stephen F. Austin State Park this morning and hope y'all can come on out! Looking like a great day!73,Kori Rahman, WX5KRBrazos Valley Amateur Radio ClubVice-President and Club

Re: [BVARC] BVARC BOD Elections

2023-11-10 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Thank you everyone who had the opportunity and voted in our elections last evening. I am honored you have elected me to the office of Recording Secretary. I look forward to serving the club, its membership, and helping to develop our many great programs. 73 de Sean Linkenheimer On Fri, Nov 10,

Re: [BVARC] BVARC Awards Banquet - Update

2024-01-12 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Good morning everyone. It is not my intent to belabor this topic. However, this platform has garnered much more attention and discussion than any before. From what I have gathered so far is that price, location, and quality of the food are important. However, the question still remains. Why has th

[BVARC] Greater Houston Hamfest and West Gulf Division Convention

2024-01-12 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Hamfest is a short time away. Maybe you are a long time volunteer and are already signed up behind the scenes, or maybe you are new to the club and want to get involved. Either way please utilize this form and let the organizers know you are interested in helping out. Here is a link so you can put

Re: [BVARC] BOD Zoom Vs IN PERSON

2024-02-01 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Here is a clip from the club's By-Laws. If any member wishes to have it amended we will hear arguments presented in writing that are written in a respectful and formal way. Once received that member(s) will have the opportunity to be present at the next available board meeting to make their motion.

Re: [BVARC] BOD Zoom Vs IN PERSON

2024-02-01 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
And just in case you are not familiar with the proper procedure in making an amendment. Here is that process found in the By-Laws. ARTICLE IX — AMENDMENTS Article IX Section A The By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote at a general membership meeting wherein proper notice

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

2024-02-25 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Josh, It was great seeing you guys out there. Hope to catch you at the next event. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer Recording Secretary Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 4:10 PM J T wrote: > Hey everyone, this is Josh. My brother and I were up there today and > wanted to sa

Re: [BVARC] Testing

2024-03-05 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Its working Regards, Sean Linkenheimer Recording Secretary Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM ron.litt--- via BVARC wrote: > > > > > Regards, > > > > Ron Litt > > 281-961-4570 > > ron.l...@gmail.com > > > > Brazos V

Re: [BVARC] KL5DX score in CQ WPX SSB

2024-04-01 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Nice. I saw this station on the spotting page when he was working 10m. Could not hear him though. Of the stations I worked his total QSO count is the biggest I came across. I worked a couple 3000+ stations but most were less than 1500. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 8:27 AM

Re: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m

2024-05-02 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
I got them on April 20th on 20m voice and then again 5 days later on 10m voice. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 7:56 PM John Chauvin via BVARC wrote: > I worked them last Friday, the 26th, at 5AM CDT on 40M - CW. I haven't > tried again since then to get other bands. > > T

[BVARC] For Sale - 2016 Honda CTX700

2024-05-06 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
My brother in law is selling his 2016 Honda CTX700 DCT. It has 1100 miles on it and he is asking $4,000 for it. If anyone is interested please contact me at sean.n5...@gmail.com and I will put you in contact with him. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer Bra

[BVARC] BVARC - Photojournalist

2024-05-16 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
If you are interested please contact me off the reflector at sean.n5...@gmail.com I am looking for club members interested in teaming with me as event photojournalists. The goal is to have a group of us available at our club events to capture still-life and video of the many great people and the t

Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness

2024-05-18 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
During my time this weekend trying to get myself better prepared when it comes to emergency communications I came across this Emergency Communications Plan found freely on the web District 14 ARES https://stxd14ares.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dist_14_com_plan.pdf>. It appears to have proper and

Re: [BVARC] BVARC - Photojournalist

2024-05-28 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
I am looking for anyone interested in teaming with me and taking photos of BVARC club events. This evening's social gathering at SaltGrass is a potential good start, but definitely Museum Ships Weekend is the first big event coming up with no photographer coverage (that I know of). No special skill

Re: [BVARC] Ham Radio Saltgrass

2024-05-29 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Glad to hear it went well. Great photo on Facebook. Having it more frequently would provide more opportunity for people to fit into their schedule. Distance wise we are not super far from this location but add in the traffic around dinner time and we are not close either. We would not make every Fr

[BVARC] Photos from - Museum Ships Weekend

2024-06-16 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
If you were able to attend Museum ships weekend with the club down at Seawolf Park and captured some photos or video please send them directly to me not over the reflector. Not sure how to do that contact me and I can help you with the process. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer __

[BVARC] Electritian Recomendations

2024-06-24 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
I have a friend who is looking for a residential electrician. Does anybody have any recommendations? Regards, Sean Linkenheimer Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.

Re: [BVARC] Electritian Recomendations

2024-06-25 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Thank you all for the recommendations. I sent her the information. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 12:57 PM N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer < sean.n5...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a friend who is looking for a residential electrician. Does anybody > have any recommendations? > >

[BVARC] Hurricane Buryl Lessons Learned

2024-07-14 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
I wanted to share with y'all some lessons I learned from my Hurricane Beryl experience. You may find some of it helpful. Please pray for those who are still suffering from the aftermath of this storm. https://youtu.be/vVOPnHAxsh4 Regards, Sean Linkenheimer __

Re: [BVARC] Hurricane Buryl Lessons Learned

2024-07-15 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
onica wrote: > Sean - I would like to have a morning where operators can get together to > share thoughts. > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2024, 9:31 PM N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC < > bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > >> I wanted to share with y'all some lessons I learned fr

Re: [BVARC] Spam E-mails Being Sent Out Again

2025-02-06 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Hackers are getting better at what they do especially as AI enters the arena. A great way to stop hackers from gaining access to sensitive accounts such as your email is to at minimum enable 2-factor authentication. In addition to that there is a device called a YubiKey. it is a physical device tha

[BVARC] Ham Fest - Table Spaces

2025-02-10 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
I am looking at the website and it appears that tables can be reserved. Reserve a table is what I wish to do. From what I can tell the sheet that shows available tables is not linked to the table selections below. I say this because I can select and reserve a table that is apparently already reserv

Re: [BVARC] Greater Houston Hamfest

2025-03-11 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
I second your motion Lee. This should be taken up immediately and executed. Furthermore a second email list server should be created that is outgoing only. The second server needs to prohibit replies from all. This needs to be done so if a member wishes to receive official club business only withou

Re: [BVARC] Simple Reflector Solution...

2025-03-11 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
This is a good idea. Most every other group I am on the email list for uses this platform. Great for minimizing how many individual emails you receive at one time. And it passifies those who think their voices are trying to be squelched. You have to admit though a squelch feature is a must in some

Re: [BVARC] Reflector membership

2025-03-12 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Lee, Does the platform know how many bounced email addresses it encounters? That would be a great way to cull a good portion of them if it did. Probably not an interested party if the email bounces. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer ARES District 1 Fort Bend County Fort Bend County EMROG Texas State R

[BVARC] Just something to think about

2025-03-11 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
I don't claim to be a long time friend nor even to know much about the inner workings of this man. He is gruff with sharp edges. I have disagreed with him more than once. But I have noticed that Hardwick works hard in the background the old school way. He will be accused of being unorganized and no

Re: [BVARC] Need help with unusual COM port issue

2025-02-19 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
Allen, I had a similar problem the other day on my windows 11 laptop. I had VARA FM working with a digirig as the soundcard interface to the radio. Then for no apparent reason the computer stopped passing information through the connection and gave me an error message. I tried new cables and switc

[BVARC] Fwd: Ham Operator Offering QSOs with Scouts

2025-06-03 Thread N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC
If you have time this evening 7:45 - 8:30pm and are able to make a contact on 20 and 40 meter. Then scroll down and read more. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer -- Forwarded message - From: Kirk Musselman Date: Sat, May 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM Subject: Ham Operator Offering QSOs with Scout