Meeting started at 7:01 pm by Sean AD0GQ reading announcements. New members KI6DPT, KF0VQM, KF0VIH, and KF0WIJ were inducted with Mary N0TRK's usual ceremony. Then, Sean encouraged people to eat snacks and buy lottery tickets from Pat K0CTU. Tickets were drawn at approximately 7:25pm.

New in 2026, AARC has said the plan is to start the technical presentation at 7:30 PM sharp whenever possible.

At 7:30 PM, Jim KX0U introduced the guest speaker - Mark W5TSU. Mark walked through his Heremes-Lite transciever setup.

Meeting wrapped up about 8:40 pm. Mary N0TRK commented there were 33 people on the sign up sheet.

W5TSU's transciever in action