Meeting Notice
HOTARC will hold its monthly Meeting of Members at 7:00 PM on Thursday February 27,
2024 in person at 921 Lake Air Dr. and via the Video Conferencing. Please check your email
or the Members Only section of the website for login information.
The HOTLINE
Official Newsletter for the
Heart O’ Texas Amateur Radio Club
Waco, Texas
FEBRUARY 2025
VOLUME L, NUMBER 2
Greetings HOTARC members!
February will be the club's final meeting at the Lake Air location that we've been at since we
moved from the clubhouse on Chapel Road. We will be discussing new and interesting
meeting places and we may even try out a few to see which we like best (unless everyone
loves the first one of course).
We have representatives from Baylor joining us this month to talk about the Bearathon
(March 29th, a Saturday this year). The signup sheet is here if you're viewing this from the
web. If you are not and need the link please reach out to me and I'll get it to you via email.
Drew Dickenson
KE5UBO
HOTARC President
HOTARC Meeting of Members
January 23, 2025
President Drew Dickenson KE5UBO called the
meeting to order at 7:01PM 12 members and 1
guest were in person and in the ZOOM Meeting
Room. Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW gave the
invocation. President Drew Dickenson KE5UBO
led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW moved to accept the
minutes of the last meeting as published in the
HOTLINE, Jim Jud KA5QKL seconded. Motion
carried.
Treasurer’s report: The Treasurers Report for
December 2024 as published in the HOTLINE
was filed.
Trailer Committee: Repairs are coming along,
Dave McClure N3DMC is moving it to his place to
complete the repairs. Discusses future storage
ideas. Tabled to a later date after more
information on pricing.
Repeater Committee: Repeater is offline again.
Drew Dickenson KE5UBO has some server
grade PCs we need to set up to replace the
consumer machines at the sites.
ARES: SKYWARN coming up on February 19 at
Baylor. New member applications.
Education: Tested two applicants before meeting
using new online in-person testing. Both passed.
New Business:
Meeting place needed. Dave McClure N3DMC is
investigating locations.
Bearathon is at end of March.
Need committee members to head up this years
projects.
Meeting Adjourned 7:16PM
After the meeting: Drew Dickenson KE5UBO
presented an introduction to Winlink.
Submitted by
Mike Davis NA5X
HOTARC Secretary
The Treasurer’s Report
January 31, 2025
Starting Balance January 1, 2025 14,019.11$
Income
JAN 27 Paypal 225.00$
JAN 24 Cash 30.
00$
Total received 255.00$
Total Income 255.00$
Expenses
DEC 19 Paypal Expense 8.42$
Total Expenses 8.42$
Ending Balance 14,265.69$
CD 8,000.00$
Ending Balance 6,265.69$
There is one outstanding check -54.38
Mike Ross New Ham Radio Fund 180.94$
Flower Fund Total
287.47$
Submitted by
Bill Feltenberger
KD5UEW
Heart o' Texas Amateur Radio Club
Treasurers Report:
1/31/2025
January 31, 2025
January 31, 2025
McLennan County
A.R.E.S.
by Paul Collins KG5DHS
McLennan County Emergency Coordinator
Hi HOTARC!
Looks like winter weather is going to stick around a little
longer!! It’s time to start getting ready to get your ham gear
out of hibernation. As soon as I get a sunny weekend day I
plan on pulling out the generator and firing it up. It’s a good
time to check batteries, check antennas and coax. Clean all
the ground points. Do all the general maintenance that is
needed for emergency operations. It’s a good time to update
the repeater information as there are some new repeaters in
the area that have come online in the last few months, March
is almost here
and the spring
storms are
coming too.
Hurricane
Season starts
on June 1
st
.
Let’s all get
ready!
As always, the ARES team is ready to deploy if needed. Thanks to everyone who is part of the team!
If you are interested in becoming a member of McLennan County ARES, go to the HOTARC Web site
under the frequently asked questions and download the application.
E-mail or mail the completed application according to the instructions listed at the bottom of the
application. Your application will be processed and you will receive an ARES ID Card As always, the
ARES team is ready to deploy if needed. Thanks to everyone who is part of the team!
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting.
73,Paul
KG5DHS
The HOTLINE is the monthly newsletter of the Heart O’ Texas Amateur Radio Club (HOTARC), Inc., a nonprofit corporation, chartered by the State of
Texas and principally located in Waco. It is permissible to use any of the original material contained herein provided proper credit is given to the source.
Edited and Published by Mike Davis NA5X, mike@na5x.com
HOTARC 2023 Board of Directors
President: Drew Dickenson, KE5UBO
President@hotarc.org
Vice Pres: Dave McClure, N3DMC
VicePres@hotarc.org
Secretary: Mike Davis, NA5X
Secretary@hotarc.org
Treasurer: Bill Feltenberger, KD5UEW
Treasurer@hotarc.org
Past-Pres.: Aaron Gustafson, KI5PCQ
PastPres@hotarc.org
Director (2025): Jason Fedlam, KQ5UX
Director1@hotarc.org
Director (2026): Jeb Leutwyler, KG5WHS
Director2@hotarc.org
Director (2027): Jim Jud, KA5QKL
Director3@hotarc.org
Club Repeaters
145.15 MHz (input at –600 kHz, tone 123 Hz)
146.98 MHz (input at –600 kHz, D-Star)
442.875 MHz (input at +5.0 MHz, tone 123 Hz)
VE Testing
Contact HOTARC at hamradio@hotarc.org if you would like information on our next testing session.
