2004 Minutes

General

TARC HF Council Meeting Minutes

December 6, 2004

Wes, K4NQ, called the meeting to order at 7:30pm

15 members were in attendance

Old Business

None … This was an impromptu business meeting of the HF council. The more formal business meeting (and eating) will be at Buddy Freddy’s on 12/13 in Brandon.

New Business:

Warren Elly, W1GUD, is making his ICOM PRO II available to the club if the club would like to buy it. The price to the club is $1,500. Some discussion ensued.

Brian, AF4SR, made a motion the HF Council purchased the radio from Warren, using HF Council funds, plus $900 that was made available from the sale of the Yaseu amplifier earlier. The motion was accepted and carried.

Announcements – Biff, K4LAW

The annual Christmas Party will be held on Monday, 12/13 in place of the normal VHF council meeting. We have reservations from 6-9:30p at Buddy Freddy’s in Brandon

The Board of Directors of the club met over the past few months to finalize proposed changes to the Club’s By-Laws, taking into consideration comments submitted. A vote on the proposed By-Law changes will be held at the Christmas Party on 12/13 at Buddy Freddy’s.

MOSI is holding its Christmas Party and meeting on Thursday, 12/9 … No location was given.

Mike Fletcher, NI4M, won the grand prize at the Tampa Bay Hamfest, a ICOM Pro II and PS125 power supply. Way to go Mike!

Keating, KC4HSI, made a motion to adjourn, and Brian, AF4SR seconded. The motion carried.

Meeting concluded at 7:45p

TARC HF Council Meeting Minutes

October 4, 2004

Wes, K4NQ, called the meeting to order at 7:30pm

19 members were in attendance

Old Business

Minutes from last month’s meeting were not available, since there was not a meeting in September, due to a cyclonic disturbance.

Treasurer’s Report –

Kathy’s report was presented in absentia. Wes reported we have a balance of $2,145.73 in the HF account A motion was made to approve the treasurer’s report. Motion approved.

Committee Reports:

Power –

Mike’s report was presented in absentia. Wes reported Teco quoted ~ $3,000 to bury the power drop to the club house. The price is currently under negotiation.

QRM –

No report.

Tower Project –

Wes reported in absentia the priority is now on completing tower #1 (the front one) first. The new Chro-molly mast should be back from the galvanizer next week. Bill, N4WEB to pick it up.

Sweepstakes is coming in November, and the hope is to have the front tower completed by then.

Blake, N4GI will be working on antennas for the towers the weekend of 10/8.

New Business:

TampaBay Hamfest – Jim Schilling

Jim presented the info on the Hamfest which will be held in the usual location in the Manatee Civic Center on 12/4 and 12/5 of this year. Tickets are $7 in advance and $8 at the door.

Jim stated they are looking for volunteers, and those who help out will receive a free ticket to the Hamfest.

An ARRL club representative (Norm) will be a guest speaker, along with Jim Carter, president of the WormHole and will give a presentation on ATV

Jim commented that the WCF section manager elections are currently underway, and all current ARRL members should be receiving their ballots in the mail. Be sure to vote!

The candidates are John Townsley and Dee Turner. Being an election year, get out there, vote early, and often! (good ol’e Mayor Daily J)

A weather station (radio shack model, I did not catch the type) was donated to the club. Keating and Lu are working to setup a computer to make it operational at the clubhouse. It will likely be installed on tower #1.

A motion to adjourn was made, and approved.

Meeting concluded at 8:00p

Monday, May 03, 2004

TARC Meeting – HF council

Officiating – Wes Jones

Called to order:19:30 hrs

Pledge

Lu to turn off the amtor

Introductions.

24 persons attending.

Minutes from last month passed out.

Move to accept and 2^nd the minutes.

$$ - Kathy - $969.98 starting bal $1,882.42 with deposits.

Move to accept by Biff – 2^nd n4zxi. – All in favor.

Announcements:

Gary needs vols for 19^th may for Domestic Terrorism drill. Email kc5qcn@hamclub.org

Mike – Last thu – 2 new hams – 2 upgrades to General

Committee reports:

TARC Fest XI – Biff, K4LAW

347 people through the gate. 48 tail gators. 1^st time we ran out of food.

Next TARC Fest August 28. TARC Fest XII.

Field Day Committee – Larry

Larry acquired 6 laptops for use for field day.

Digital Committee – Keating

Digital committee cleaned up. Extra equipment to give a way with a decent donation.

60 cycle committee – Mike

Generator moved. But the drain valve on the bottom of the tank was forcible removed during the relocation and in turn killed all the ants in the area.

We need to jack up the generator to work on, and are still looking for a trailer. Preferable a double axel.

Tower Committee – Julio

Ron is out of town, so we wait for his availability to top off the tower.

RACES – Keating

Disaster training with a bunch of high school kids was really neat.

At least 3 different groups of people, pros, “the exercise would have been a failure if were not for amateur radio.”

Field Day – Food Drive

Passed the bucket in order to eat well on Field Day.

$180

New Business

New computer – has windows 2000 on it. Has Echo link and PSK31

Challenge – Biff

Biff received an email from Joe from the PCARS to challenge TARC in a contest.

November sweeps is our suggestion.

Keating – Volunteer his wife to cook.

Mike – Need media exposure

Keep in mind any media contacts as we approach field day.

Motion to adjourne, 2^nd, 3^rd, etc. 20:20

TARC HF Council Meeting Minutes

April 5, 2004

Wes, K4NQ, called the meeting to order at 7:40pm

19 members were in attendance

Old Business

Minutes from last month’s meeting were distributed to all. Brian, AF4SR made a motion to accept the minutes … Motion Approved.

Treasurer’s Report – Kathy:

Kathy stated the HF account started with a $812.26 balance. $202.50 was received in dues, and we had $44.78 in check printing fees, leaving a balance of $1028.54.

A motion was made to approve the treasurer’s report. Motion approved.

Committee Reports:

Power – Mike, NI4M:

The generator was run after filling it with fuel and charging the battery. All was OK.

The light switch in the radio room now actually operates the lights and fans. Thanks to those that came out to make that happen.

QRM – Robert:

A partial issue ise out … Please read and provide feedback.

More articles and helpful hints are requested, so the newsletter can keep coming out with information of relavence to the club.

Another issue is due out by Easter.

Tower Project – Biff, K4LAW:

The tower sections have all been galvanized, and there should be an erection happening the week of 4/12. All the assorted parts required to raise the tower have been arriving, and ready to install. The antenna repair parts for the F12 C31XR have arrived. An antenna party is needed, with the hope of having all in the air on the new tower by TarcFest.

Elections – Wes, K4NQ:

An election happened. Please review the results for those that missed the meeting in last month’s Meeting minutes.

New Business:

Robert, made a motion to have the club supply Gator ade and have continuous radio op coverage club house when outside activities are occurring (TarcFest, Field Day, etc). Wes commented these are items that need to be addressed at the Club’s Board of Director’s meetings, and not items within the responsibility of the HF Council.

TarcFest – Biff, K4LAW

As much help as possible is need to get the clubhouse in shape for TarcFest. The following schedule is planned:

4/8 – Come out at 6:00p to finalize the clubhouse cleanup

4/10 – Help is needed to clean up the outside areas and toss out trash, and prime and paint the guy posts

4/15 – Week to setup the clubhouse interior around 6:30p. About an hour is needed

4/16 – Setup the outside lines, attach pie plates, etc at the clubhouse. This should take about 20 minutes.

4/17 – lots of folks needed from 6-9a to handle the gate, sell coffee and donuts, and park vehicles. Warren will do talk-in, Mark and Cathy will handle the food

Prizes drawings start @ 10:00, and hourly after that.

Brian made a motion to adjourn, and approved (we all left)

Meeting concluded at 8:15p

TARC HF Council Meeting

March 1, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm.

30 members were in attendance.

Old Business

Wes, K4NQ opened the meeting. The meeting minutes were distributed for all. A typo was found on the ending account balance. It should have read $1901.76.

A clarification of the club’s charter was made, and only two corporate representatives should have been listed as nominees for the HF Council. Bill Bode, N4WEB offered to be removed from the slate of corporate reps. Also, Pete’s name was mis-spelled.

The reading of the minutes was waived. Warren, W1GUD moved the minutes be approved, with changes noted. Seconded by Barry. A voice vote was held and the Motion carried.

Committee Reports:

Treasurer – Cathy:

Kathy stated the council started the month with $1901.76 in the account. A transfer of $1360 was made to the facility account for the tower project, and additions of $68 reimbursement from the club corporate board, and $202.50 was received in dues. These changes resulted in an ending balance of $812.22 in the HF account checking account.

The treasurer’s report was approved.

Power Committee, Bart, AF4TK:

The lights are on.

Biff brought up the issue of the generator location, and possibly moving it by the power meter before TARCFest. It was suggested that Herb might be able to get it moved.

Digital Committee – Keating, KC4HSI:

No activity has occurred on the servers.

We are looking for Anti-Virus software at better pricing. Any help here would be appreciated.

DSL has been installed in the building. The wiring to the DSL service to the remainder of the building is coming in the next few weeks. Thanks to those at the EOC for supporting this effort.

Biff commented that TRX Manager for the club has arrived. Keating will install it.

ARES/RACES – Larry, KR4X:

Skywarn training was held at the EOC and 14 people attended. Each course as 3 hours apiece. The focus in the advanced course was on hurricanes, not tornados.

The Governor’s Hurricane Conference will be held in May, on 5/28 from 8-12p

FGARC – Keating, KC4HSI:

No updates.

Tower Legacy Project – Biff, K4LAW:

The club located in Orlando, a Force 12, C31XR antenna to place on tower 2 (the back one). It needs some repair work and will be funded from the Legacy Project Funds. This antenna has 3 ele on 20m, 4 ele on 15m and 7 ele on 10m (killer!). The parts are on order.

While in Orlando, 4 additional sections of Rohn 45 were found at a great price, bringing tower 2 to 110 feet!

We are still looking for a 40m yagi … Keep looking!

All remaining antennas at the club that are needed for the tower projects or for FD, will be offered for sale to club members, then to the general public to help fund the tower project.

Field Day, 2004 – Warren, W1GUD / Larry – KR4X:

Lu will be helping to get a setup to work digital modes on GOTA for FD for the initial 400 contacts. Then we will switch GOTA to SSB. The plan will be to have the two primary club stations running CW as much as possible to maximize our points. A push will be to get Doc, AA4MD to use CW as much as possible on the satellite station.

New Business

Elections:

The HF Council Nominating Committee presented the following slate of nominations:

Director – Wes, K4NQ

Vice Director – Keating, KC4HSI

Secretary – Bill, N4WEB

Treasurer – Kathy, KG4WKN

Corporate Rep #1 – Biff, K4LAW

Corporate Rep #2 – Brian, AF4SR

Wes, K4NQ asked for nominations from the floor. None were made, and Larry, KR4X moved we closed the nominations.

Warren, W1GUD, 2^nd the motion.

The motion was approved.

The members present were asked to vote on the slate of nominees.

The membership approved the slate as presented.

Announcements:

.TARCFest:

46 days and counting! Save your pennies and come out for great deals.

Lake Maggoire Hamfest:

May 2^nd. It’s Free

Founders Plaque:

A plaque will be created to recognize all members who donate to the club at the Silver ($100), or Gold ($250) levels.

Lifetime memberships are available to members at 20x the annual club dues level (currently $600 … Any takers?)

HF Net:

Keating, KC4HSI is net control for this net on Thursdays at 8:00p on 28.400 MHz... Some discussion was made about moving the net off the 10m calling frequency, but a comment was made that ARRL recommends this frequency for nets on 10m. More to follow if needed.

Sundays at the Clubhouse – Larry, KR4X:

The Sunday at the clubhouse program has had at most 1-2 people attending. The membership was asked if the day/time should be moved, or should we continue to meet on Sundays at all.

Club Operating Awards:

An effort is under way to get the club recognized for various ARRL operating awards, but proper paperwork, QSL cards, etc are needed to submit the requests. Keating, KC4HSI will be submitting electronic logs to the QSL committee for tracking. Assistance keying in the old log books is requested.

The club has registered for Log Book of the World, and the first electronic logs have been submitted. We are still looking for some logs from Fields 2001 through 2003.

A comment was suggested that we upgrade our version of LOGic to version 7. It was tabled till next month.

HF Radio Use Procedures – Warren, W1GUD:

Warren stated that there are plans to draft operating procedures for the HF Rigs, so all know the proper setup, use, and disconnect procedures. Till these are drafted, the following guidelines are requested:

1. When done, turn off all power supplies in the radio room

2. Take all jumpers off the antennas on the patch panel(not the ones marked DO NO TOUCH)

3. Sign in and out on the log form next to the ProII whenever you use an HF radio.

4. This is common sense, but only General and above licensed operators should use the HF gear.

5. Sign W4DUG when making all QSOs on HF

6. Use LOGic6 for all logging

7. Mike, Ni4M proposed all HF ops be trained in using any radios, so as not to harm them. This is especially important for the Geezer Gear, as it is easily damaged and parts are hard to locate and expensive.

8. Training will be available for all HF ops who want to be checked on the HF gear on Sunday afternoons at the clubhouse

TARCnet:

The weekly club Net is held on Tuesday nights @ 8:00p, followed by the ARES/RACES/Skywarn net.

Logging at the Clubhouse

Please be aware the club has gone electronic on all logging. Be sure to use LOGic 6 when making QSOs. We need volunteers to start keying our existing logs into LOGic. Please help out. Please be sure to write in the log book next to the PRO II when you sign-on and sign-off the station.

Mr. Bunny

Check the note on Mr. Bunny. Apparently he had tooooooo much fun in December at the Tampa Bay Hamfest. Are there paternity issues in his future? Maybe he needs a lawyer to sort things out?

A motion was made to adjourn, and motion so carried. The meeting closed at 8:15pm

TARC HF Council Meeting

February 2, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 7:35pm.

31 members were in attendance.

Old Business

Wes, K4NQ opened the meeting. The meeting minutes were distributed for all. The reading of the minutes was waived. Keating, Kc4HSI moved the minutes be approved. Seconded by Gary, KC5QCN. A voice vote was held and the Motion carried.

Committee Reports:

Treasurer – Cathy:

Kathy stated the council started the month with $1876.76 in the account. Two members paid their dues, bringing the ending balance in the HF account checking account to $901.76. Cathy commented that 2004 dues mailings will be coming out in March.

The treasurer’s report was Approved.

Power Committee, Mike – NI4M:

Nothing was reported

Digital Committee – Keating, KC4HSI:

The network and coax wiring is in place and all drops for the club house are complete.

ARES/RACES – Gary – KC5QCN:

Gary informed the club that for 2003, over 5,200 hours of volunteer time was performed by area hams in support of the local EOC. Great going!

Schedule of events

- Skywarn training will be held at the EOC from 9-12.

9 – 10:30 will be the Basic class, and

10:30 – 12p will be the Advanced class

The Governor’s Hurricane Conference will be held in May, on 5/28 from 8-12p

FGARC – Keating, KC4HSI:

Keating informed the members that at the last meeting of FGARC, elections were held. The new FGARC leadership is:

Jim Schilling, President

Pete Sescrest, Vice President

Keating Floyd, Secretary

Jim Schilling, was in attendance, and commented that Gary, KC5QCN will chair the Tampa Bay Hamfest for 2004.

Jim stated he is asking the clubs in the area what was good or bad about the Hamfest, or what the Hamfest should be.

Tower Legacy Project – Biff, K4LAW:

Biff stated the Board was undertaking a new tower project, and calling it the Legacy Project, since the towers, when completed, should be around long after we have come and gone. It is a legacy of this club to all future members.

The construction will be completed by Ronny Lebraunt, a professional tower builder.

$2,500 has been allocated from the capital fund to support the project. Additional funds will be needed from each council to complete the effort.

Biff outlined what the tower project will entail:

Tower 1 – The Rohn 25 tower out front:

1 - HF tri-bander antenna, planned is a Force 12 C91XR

1 - 6m beam

1 - 2m beam

1 - 70cm beam

1 - 2.3 cm beam

Plus a new Yaesu G10000DXA rotator, Hardline filters, etc.

Tower 2 – A new Rohn 45 tower out back:

1 – HF tri-bander, planned is a Force 12 C4XL, but initially the KT-34XA

1 – 40m 2 ele beam

2 – Stacked 6m beams

Plus a new Yaesu G10000DXA rotator, hardline, filters, concrete, supports, etc.

All antenna feed lines will terminate at the tower tops, and then will be jumpered to their antennas. This provides connectivity options later on to other antennas or configurations

Satellite communications equipment setup will be completed in a future capital program. The funds available currently are being consumed by the tower project. We do have a trailer donated by Doc (Jim), AA4MD for satellite use.

Biff stated that a cromolly 4130 mast is needed. A comment was made that they are running about $17.50/foot

Biff said that there is a good amount of surplus aluminum in the conex, and that if we don’t need it for the tower project, or Field Day, the intent was to sell the surplus to help fund the towers. This is being investigated. All aluminum made for sale, will first be offered to club members.

As the presentation proceeded, there were a number of questions. They were:

A concern was raised about the status of the club’s lease at our current location. Biff stated the lease for 5 years, with a 1 year notice required, and the lease is a rolling lease. The current opinion (love how lawyers always have an opinion J ) is that we are secure in this location, especially with the level of support we have downtown and at the EOC.

Another concern was raised about the electrical noise generated from adjacent power lines. It was noted the noise was intermittent and last happened during Sweepstakes, but not during the last 3 Field days. A comment was raised that since the ball field lights have been replaced, the issue is minimized, but a plan is in place to spend $2,500 to re-engineer the clubhouse’s utility drop to further reduce interference issues.

It was also noted that Teco has re-assigned the previous employee responsible for RF interference cases, but a new employee has replace him who is a Ham. The hope was this person would be receptive to addressing issues if they arise again.

Biff stated, that to help fund the Tower Legacy project, a renewed campaign is being started to jump start the Founder’s Program started a few years ago. The original program recognized people who donated $100 to the club as a Founding member. A new level has been added, A Gold Level Founding Member, for contributing $250 to the club’s program. The original $100 level is now called the Silver Level Founding Member.

There are plans to have a Founders Dinner to recognize all Founding Program participants. The board will be discussing when, etc.

Biff noted that each council of the club will be asked to support the project with $1,360 from their funds to complete the effort (the amount was a half of the total balance outstanding after the Board’s $2,500 contribution from the capital fund).

Cathy confirmed that no dues have been received yet, and all obligations are current.

Wes, K4NQ requested motion from the members present to spend $1,360 of the HF Council’s funds to support the completion of the Tower Legacy Project.

Robert, AG4ZG made the requested motion, and Herb, AG4TO seconded it.

The Motioned was approved by Hand Vote.

Field Day, 2004 – Warren, W1GUD:

Warren reported that the big difference between the San Diego club’s winning 2A score and ours was that they did Digital modes on GOTA. Warren asked what the club wanted to do for FD 2004, have fun, or go for #1. Warren commented that if we go for #1, not everyone will get to participate operating, as in past years.

Warren described how it was envisioned if we go for broke. The two main stations would be CW 99% of the time,

The VHF station will hope for a sporadic E opening and make a run of it

GOTA would run digital modes (RTTY, PSK31, etc)

We would string 40m and 80m wire to make a good showing on these bands as conditions deteriorate in the evening

A frequency ‘COP’ would be needed to keep interference/rules violations from occurring.

Lu, K4LVR made a motion we go for #1. Bruce, N4ZXI seconded. The Motion was approved.

New Business

Elections:

The HF Council Nominating Committee presented the following slate of nominations:

Director – Wes, K4NQ

Vice Director – Keating, KC4HSI

Secretary – Bill, N4WEB

Treasurer – Kathy, KG4WKN

Corporate Rep #1 – Biff, K4LAW

Corporate Rep #2 – Brian, AF4SR

Corporate Rep #3 – Bill, N4WEB

It was noted that Bill, N4WEB was listed for 2 positions. Bruce, N4ZXI, commented that the By-Laws state that a member can only hold 1 Council position, and the slate shows one Council position and one Board position. Each Council recommends 3 members to hold Board positions.

Mike, NI4M, made a motion that the members present accept the nominations presented and elect those presented for terms starting on April 1 (fools day?).

Ron, KC4HAY seconded the motion.

The motion was Approved.

Announcements:

Orlando Hamfest:

Dan, KA2TOC will be in attendance with the hospitality camper. The Hamfest is 2/13 – 2/15.

Miami Hamfest:

The Miami Hamfest will be 2/8-2/9 … Dan will not be in attendance.

Founders Plaque:

A plaque will be created to recognize all members who donate to the club at the Silver ($100), or Gold ($250) levels.

Lifetime memberships are available to members at 20x the annual club dues level (currently $600 … Any takers?)

HF Net starting:

Keating, KC4HSI announced he was starting an HF Net to be held on Thursdays, at 8:00p on 28.400 MHz. He asked all interested to participate.

Sundays at the Clubhouse

The Sunday at the clubhouse program has been re-started, with the first installment to invite all members to come out on Sunday and help prepare the new Rohn 45 sections for erecting (painting, prep is needed). Larry, KR4X offered to come out and open things up.

Club Operating Awards:

The club has registered for Log Book of the World, and the first electronic logs have been submitted. We are still looking for some logs from Fields 2001 through 2003.

A comment was suggested that we upgrade our version of LOGic to version 7. It was tabled till next month.

Digital Mode Presentation:

Robert, AG4ZG requested from the membership what the interest in Digital Modes might be. He offered to put on a presentation on the subject.

HF Radio Use Procedures – Warren, W1GUD:

1. When done, turn off all power supplies in the radio room

2. Take all jumpers off the antennas on the patch panel(not the ones marked DO NO TOUCH)

3. Sign in and out on the log form next to the ProII whenever you use an HF radio.

4. This is common sense, but only General and above licensed operators should use the HF gear.

5. Sign W4DUG when making all QSOs on HF

6. Use LOGic6 for all logging

8. Training will be available for all HF ops who want to be checked on the HF gear on Sunday afternoons at the clubhouse

TARCnet:

The weekly club Net is held on Tuesday nights @ 8:00p, followed by the ARES/RACES/Skywarn net.

QRM Newsletter:

No articles have been received for the February installment.

Robert, AG4ZG offered to continue the tradition of publishing QRM, and solicited articles. Bruce, N4ZXI graciously made the hand-off.

Logging at the Clubhouse

A motion was made to adjourn, and motion so carried. The meeting closed at 8:50pm

TARC HF Council Meeting

January 5, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm.

34 members were in attendance.

Old Business

Wes, K4NQ opened the meeting. The meeting minutes were distributed for all. The reading of the minutes was waived. Mike, NI4M moved the minutes be approved.

Motion carried.

For those not aware, Jim, WA3DIT has resigned as HF Council Director due to overriding commitments between work, church, and trying to raise a 16 year old boy. He gives his regrets, but family matter had to come first. He will still be around and on the repeater EARLY in the am for those early birds.

Wes, K4NQ, the director of Vice for the HF Council (or Vice Director) has been promoted (with the ensuing pay raise) to HF Director. Talk about being railroaded!

Committee Reports:

Treasurer – Cathy:

Kathy stated the council started the month with $1869.26 in the account. $7.50 in dues was received from a snowbird member. Ending balance in the HF account checking account was $1876.79

Barry made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report. It was seconded and Approved.

Power Committee, Mike – NI4M:

Generator out back tested out OK this month. Nothing else to report.

Digital Committee – Keating, KC4HSI:

The network and coax wiring is in place and all drops for the club house are complete. Cable ends and final assembly remain. The servers are in dis-array at the moment till all the wiring is completed

ARES/RACES – Gary – KC5QCN:

Gary informed the club there were is only one schedule activity in the near future, in late February.

2/28 - Skywarn training will be held at the EOC from 9-12.

9 – 10:30 will be the Basic class, and

10:30 – 12p will be the Advanced class

The Governer’s Hurricane Conference will be held in May, on 5/28 from 8-12p

FGARC – Keating, KC4HSI:

The next scheduled meeting is the end of January at the clubhouse. No specific date or time was mentioned.

Tampa Bay Hamfest

Fred Hendershot reported indirectly through Gary, KC5QCN, that 1345 tickets were sold, and $1 per participant will be donated to the ARRL BPL fund.

Around 90-100 tailgaters purchased spaces, and about 40 inside spaces were sold. The tailgate was down about 50 from last year.

New Tower:

A tower report will be made at the next HF council meeting (February)

Field Day, 2004 – Warren, W1GUD:

The field day committee intends to start planning NOW for 2004 FD. Warren and Larry, KR4X will co-chair the committee this year (we have one more place to go, FIRST!) Look for more info in the coming months, but CW and Digital modes are being heard in the background.

New Business

Broadband at the clubhouse – Larry, KR4X:

Larry stated that work is underway to get broadband internet access at the clubhouse. More to follow …

Announcements:

Corporate Report – Biff, K4LAW:

A board of directors meeting will be held at the club house at 7:00p on 12/8 (this Thursday) for those interested.

Nominating committees need to begin forming for the up-coming council elections. Brian, AF4SR and Biff volunteered. Two more members for the committee are need.

Hienz:

Hienz called and said they had 4” inches of snow and wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Orlando Hamfest:

Dan, KA2TOC will be in attendance with the hospitality camper. The Hamfest if 2/14 – 2/16.

Miami Hamfest:

The Miami Hamfest will be 2/8-2/9 … No word if Dan is going.

HF Radio Use Procedures – Warren, W1GUD:

Warren stated that there are plans to draft operating procedures for the HF Rigs, so all know the proper setup, use, and dis-connect procedures. Till these are drafted, the following guidelines are requested:

1. When done, turn off all powersupplies in the radio room

2. Take all jumpers off the antennas on the patch panel(not the ones marked DO NO TOUCH)

3. Sign in and out on the log form next to the ProII whenever you use an HF radio.

4. This is common sense, but only General and above licensed operators should use the HF gear.

5. Sign W4DUG when making all QSOs on HF

6. Use LOGic6 for all loggin

8. Training will be available for all HF ops who want to be checked on the HF gear on Sunday afternoons at the clubhouse

Club Operating Awards:

Digital/EmComms – Larry, KR4X:

Larry stated the EOC would acquire an Icom D-Star digital radio for EmComms with the EOC, if the club purchased the other end (another radio). The VHF Division will likely be discussing this challenge.

TARCnet:

The weekly club Net is held on Tuesday nights @ 8:00p, followed by the ARES/RACES/Skywarn net.

QRM Newsletter:

The latest installment of the QRM newsletter is on the home page. If you have any submissions, please send them to QRM@hamclub.org.

Logging at the Clubhouse

Sundays at the Clubhouse

The Sunday at the clubhouse program has been suspended due to poor participation till after football season.

XMAS Party

The club Christmas party was again held at BuddyFreddy’s on 12/8 and a good time was had by all. After much digging in the hat, Biff, K4LAW won the Dayton drawing – Congratulations! The club netted a little over $300.00 on the drawing

A motion was made to adjourn, and motion so carried. The meeting closed at 8:05pm