Date: Monday, February 16, 2026 Location: Zoom
Directors and Officers present: Ralph W1DAR, Jay S N2ELG, Mike K8BQ, Barry KO4FBU, Bonnie KC2JVS, Bruce KO4XL, Henry WA2ROA
Members present: George WA2VNV, Fred KB2EE
President Ralph W1DAR called the meeting to order at 6:09 pm local.
President: Ralph W1DAR
Henry will reach out to Robert W3SUH about transferring the Good & Welfare card function to Fran KD2CRH.
Secretary: Mike K8BQ
January Board Minutes have been posted on the Blog. Jay made a motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Bruce. Motion carried. n4brf.com is now on QTH.com host with older version of BRARA.org page. Mike went through old Blog reports and found the AED was purchased in December 2021.
Treasurer: Bonnie KC2JVS
Cash Flow February 16, 2026
December 31, 2025 Available Balance $14,060.90
January 31, 2026 Available Balance $15,300.64
February 16, 2026 Available Balance $15,423.69
Income: $273.05
Income includes: $273.05 in memberships
Expenses: $150
Expenses included: $150 web hosting
Expenses not included: $211.67 for shack locks and keys and $14.75 for power poles
Above amounts include reserve funds of $5,000
Balance available for operating capital after deposits and expenses clear: $10,197.27
Director at Large: Bruce KO4XL
Open Hamclock has been installed on the big monitor in the main room. The current monitor is getting old and we should consider replacing it. He has seen 50″ monitors for around $250 or so. Barry made a motion seconded by Jay to spend up to $300 for a replacement monitor. The motion carried. Bruce also suggested that we make it easy for other positions to show the Open Hamclock.
Director at Large: Jay S N2ELG
Need to straighten closet out.
Director at Large: Barry KO4FBU
Barry has designed a new VHF/UHF desk 32″ wide by 6 ft long. It will have a lower shelf 16 in wide for things like power supplies and an upper equipment shelf 12″ wide. He estimated about $450 in materials. Jay made a motion to spend up to $500 to build a desk for the VHF/UHF room seconded by Bruce. The motion carried.
Update of Security system was tabled because Benett is not present. Will revisit in March.
Vice President: Henry WA2ROA
Let Henry know about potential topics. Speaker at Hamcation about fishing pole antennas.
March Lunch – Casa Tequila March 28 to avoid Stuart Hamfest.
Radiator Grille tentatively April 11 pending Jack’s availability.
Other Items:
We had a member at the Shack open carrying. Legal in FL. Nothing we saw in Park rules. Nothing in our rules. Suggest that we ask that they keep it in their trunk since it might make some people uncomfortable.
Who is maintaining the QRZ page for BRARA? Some typos were noticed. Andrew may currently have access.
We should reach out to other groups about our March speaker, Commissioner Greg Weiss’, AI presentation.
George pointed out that we have interference issues between high power six meter operation and higher bands. He recommended we acquire a bandpass filter. Estimated cost around $375.
Next Board meeting:
March Board meeting will be 3/11/2026 at 6:00 PM
Motion to adjourn by Jay seconded by Ralph. Meeting adjourned at 7:03 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Greenfeld K8BQ, Secretary