Meeting Notice
HOTARC will hold its monthly Meeting of Members at 7:00 PM on Thursday May 22, 2025 in
person at Slow Rise Pizza – Woodway 7608 Woodway 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
MAY 2025
VOLUME L, NUMBER 5
Good day HOTARC Members!
We are coming ever nearer to ARRL Field Day 2025! We will again be at the Lawson's Point
area of Cameron Park. This is a cool area for the setup and we look forward to a good
turnout this year. Jim Jud has been doing great getting us properly organized. We hope to
see you there!
Also stay tuned for a program from Dan Julian of the Civil Air Patrol. He will be going
through what CAP is and what they do. It should be a very interesting presentation!
I got called away for work yet again this week and I hope to be able to attend at least via
Zoom. Dave will be leading the meeting for me this week and probably doing a better job of
it than I could have! Hope to see yall all soon.
Drew Dickenson
KE5UBO
HOTARC President
HOTARC Meeting of Members
April 24, 2025
Vice-President Dave McClure N3DMC called the
meeting to order at 7:03PM 10 members and 4
guests were in person and in the ZOOM Meeting
Room. Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW gave the
invocation. Vice-President Dave McClure
N3DMC 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
April 2025 as published in the HOTLINE was
filed. Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW commented that
he invested around $3000 from operating to
increase our CD investment to $11000. He also
renewed the trailer registration.
Repeater: APRS and Echolink are having issues.
Will check out ASAP.
New Business:
Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW moved that we allow
$200 for renewal of HOTARC liability insurance.
Dave Rahn KD0WQC seconded. Motion carried.
Field Day: Jim Jud KA5QKL will handle the
business side of managing field day. Bill will
handle Winlink demo. Jim Schmaus KB5TEA will
work lead on-site. Mike Davis NA5X will handle
Safety and Social Media. Dave McClure N3DMC
is lead for trailer and antennas.
Meeting Adjourned 7:18PM
After the meeting: Field Day discussion
Submitted by
Mike Davis NA5X
HOTARC Secretary
The Treasurer’s Report
April 30, 2025
Starting Balance March 31, 2025 14,411.33$
Income
PayPal Dues -$
Cash Dues 60.00$
Total received 60.00$
Total Income 60.00$
Expenses
Edward Jones for CD 2,713.40$
Edward Jones for CD 0.63$
APRS Radios WWW100 1,600.13$
Annual ARRL Liab Ins 200.00$
Annual Trailer Registration
61.25$
Total Expenses 4,575.41$
Ending Balance 13,150.30$
CD 11,000.00$
There are two outstanding checks -54.3
54.38$
200.00$
Mike Ross New Ham Radio Fund 180.94$
Flower Fund Total
287.47$
Submitted by
Bill Feltenberger
KD5UEW
Heart o' Texas Amateur Radio Club
4/30/2025
April 30, 2025
McLennan County
A.R.E.S.
by Paul Collins KG5DHS
McLennan County Emergency Coordinator
Hi HOTARC!
NOAA will issue its outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season during a news conference
on Thursday, May 22 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC and virtually.
Colorado State University has already made their predictions.
Early predictions from Colorado State University (CSU) point towards an above-average Atlantic
hurricane season.
CSU forecasts 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes.
In McLennan County we have experienced 2 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and several Flash
Flood Warnings. We have been on the dry side this month but avoided many significant tornado
outbreaks in the outlying areas to the north and east. Be weather aware as we roll into the Hurricane
season on June 1st!
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 2025 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 or visit HamStudy.org for testing practice and possible testing dates
and times.