The HOTLINE
Official Newsletter for the
Heart O’ Texas Amateur Radio Club
Waco, Texas
Volume XLVII, Number 9 September 2022
Bring your laptop, tablet, or other device to this month’s meeting, as Aaron Gustafson KI5PCQ
will be walking us through the ins and outs of Discord. What is Discord? Discord is a chat app
that is similar to programs such as Skype, Teams, and professional communications platforms
like Slack. Make sure you stop in and learn more about it.
Meeting Notice
HOTARC will hold its monthly Meeting of Members at 7:00 PM on Thursday
September 22, 2022 in person at the Clubhouse and via the Zoom Video
Conferencing Platform. Please check your email or the Members Only section of the
website for login information.
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For the Record…
HOTARC Meeting of Members
August 25, 2022
President Jeb Leutwyler KG5WHS called the meeting to order
at 7:00 pm in person and in the ZOOM Meeting Room.
Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW gave the invocation.
President Jeb Leutwyler KG5WHS led us in the Pledge of
Allegiance. 15 members were present, and 2 visitors: Jerry
Lenamon KWBT-FM and Andrew Wallace KI5VBG.
Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW moved and Kirk Lieder K5KCL
seconded to accept the minutes of the previous meeting as
presented in the HOTLINE. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s report: The Treasurers Report for July 2022 as
published in the HOTLINE was filed. We received $2000.00
from WWW100 that will be included on next month’s
statement.
Committee Reports:
· ARES/RACES: Upcoming RACES training. Operation Urgent
Need. 9/23/2022.
· Trailer Committee: Nothing to report.
· Repeater Committee: Meridian repeater is up, 147.18
Digital. Echolink is functioning properly.
· Web Committee: All good.
· ATV: Nothing to report
· Education Committee: No report
· Public Relations: None
· Special Events: WWW100 is Sept 24. Still could use some volunteers.
Unfinished Business: No unfinished business.
New Business: None
Meeting Adjournment: President Jeb Leutwyler KG5WHS adjourned the meeting at 7:10pm.
After the meeting: Bill Feltenberger KD5UEW discussed WINLINK
Submitted by
Mike Davis NA5X
HOTARC Secretary
The Treasurer Reports...
Heart o' Texas Amateur Radio Club
Treasurers Report:
8/31/2022
8/31/2022
August 31, 2022
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McLennan County A.R.E.S.
by Paul Collins KG5DHS
McLennan County Emergency
Coordinator
Hi, HOTARC!
Operation Urgent Need – State Wide Exercise -TX RACES
Region – 09 TX RACES
It’s Fall exercise time! HOTARC will conduct a NET on Friday 23
rd
at 8:00 PM. We will be in the midst of preparing for
the WWW100 but maximum participation is appreciated. We will conduct a voice NET followed by a Winlink Check in.
Please attend the meeting Thursday if you can. It will be a busy weekend! RACES or ARES membership is not required
for this NET.
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. Check in
to the Weekly McLennan County ARES net every Monday at 8:00 PM on the 145.15 repeater (tone 123.0). If you have a
sincere desire to help, registration is necessary before the next emergency, not after it occurs. We are also beginning to
include our 70 cm repeater 442.875 MHz (input at +5.0 MHz, tone 123 Hz).
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
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HOTARC 2021 Board of Directors
President: Jeb Leutwyler, KG5WHS
President@hotarc.org
Vice Pres: Paul Collins, KG5DHS
VicePres@hotarc.org
Secretary: Mike Davis, NA5X
Secretary@hotarc.org
Treasurer: Bill Feltenberger. KD5UEW
Treasurer@hotarc.org
Past-Pres.: Dwan Needham, KE5JWY
PastPres@hotarc.org
Director (2023): Drew Dickenson, KE5UBO
Director2@hotarc.org
Director (2024): Barbara Leutwyler, KG5YQW
Director3@hotarc.org
Director (2022): Mark Plough, AC5DE
Director1@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)