Minutes of the
Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Jefferson City, MO
Meeting of: February 8, 2001
Meeting called to order by Kurt Bleich (KBØHNR)
In attendance: KBØHNR, WNØX, KCØACQ, NØVIL, NMØX,NØIB, KCØCZI, KØDXR, KBØQHZ, NØYSE, NØOFD, NØZH, NØSS, KAØOUV WBØTPK, NØQBF, KØEMT, NØMV, KCØHOS, WØJES, KBØHNR, NØTKN, KCØIFL, KCØGEZ, N9OOC, KØVWM, AAØZC, NØVXD, NØKSF, KD4FEA, KCØJDW, Rich Glassner
Date/location of the next meeting: March 8, 2001. Central Church of Christ, corner of Washington and W. Ashley Streets. Enter from the alley on the east side of the church (midway up the alley).
Minutes: January 2001 minutes reviewed, corrections noted, motion to accept by NØOFD, and approved.
Bank balance a/o February 8, 2001 is $1, 926.49
Old business:
2 Meter Net Report: Kurt (KBØHNR) 15
Bryan (KØEMT) 28
Ben (NØOFD) 12
55
Repeater Report:
Tim working local radio engineer to sweep cavities and tune unit. Hopefully will help with inter-modulation problem. Working on getting some new batteries for the back-up. Touch-tone D keys up repeater on occasion.
Enter 81#* to activate tone squelch immediately to over-ride the inter-mod.
Digi-peater Report:
Packet station on 145.09 has not been checked on lately, but Kurt (KBØHNR) is going to be looking at it in the future.
APS Report: Persons with individual weather stations can have their information sent out on the APS frequency. More details will follow.
Emergency Co-ordinator’s Report: Crisis Communications Conference had several club members in attendance. Demonstration on how to put two wires together 100 ways. Equipment to support interoperability. National Weather Service mentioned that 90% of the information they receive from non-NWS sources is from amateur radio operators. 217 people attended the conference and approximately 100 were hams.
And a session on The State of 911 concluded the discussion.
Jack (WØJES) is going to investigate getting an amateur station set up at the Missouri State Fair. More information will be coming on if there will be a need for operators.
CW Net is getting started. Check 28.275 immediately following the 2 Meter Net on Wednesday nights.
Weather Spotter Training on March 1. Register with Kevin (KCØCZI)
Earth Day Special Event: We have secured the call sign KØC for "keep conserving". Date for the event is Friday April 20th. Operators will be needed during the day to operate from the Capitol Grounds and some public relations activities will be included. After the "official" Earth Day activities conclude, the special event station will operate from either Steve’s (KCØACQ) or Tom’s (NØSS) QTH, and this will be contest mode. Need some graphic displays, and posters about how amateur radio plays a part in natural disasters. We have the call sign for two days (Friday and Saturday)
RDF Kit Up-date: Settled on the WA2EDY design. Eric (NMØX) is trying to minimize the amount of etching required. Tom has 144 sq ft of PC board. He will demonstrate the process to anyone who is interested in observing the operation. Eric is confident that the design will be compatible with the APRS equipment.
New business:
Dayton Hamvention: Motels are filling up. Fairfield Inn is full. KOA campground usually has room. University of Dayton has dorm rooms available.
2 Meter Net schedule:
Feb 14 KCØCZI
Feb 21 KAØOUV
Feb 28 WBØTPK
Mar 7 NØMV
Special Presentation on Radio Direction Finding and Foxhunting by Mike Musick (NØQBF)
VE exams –
Dues received at (or since) meeting:
Rich Glassner
Respectfully submitted (03/04/2001): Steven C. Klenc, KCØACQ, Secretary-Treasurer
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