January 2001 Meeting Minutes

January 2001

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                               Minutes of the
                       Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
                             Jefferson City, MO




Meeting of:  January 11, 2001


Called to order by: president Kurt Bleich (KBØHNR)

In attendance: KBØHNR, WNØX, KCØACQ, W7SJ, KCØBXQ, NØIB, KCØCZI, KBØQHZ,
KØDXR, NØZH, NMØX, WBØTPK, NØYSE, NSØB, KCØJAL, K9ZTV, NØMV, NØOFD, NØQOI,
WDØHXX, KØUWM, WØJES, NØTKN, WØNVL, KØJJS, NØSS, KCØGEZ, KØEMT, W9NBO, Jim
NØDB, Richard Glassner

Date/location of the next meeting:  February 7, 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:  December 2000 reviewed, motion to accept by WBØTPK, and approved
without corrections.

Bank balance a/o January 10, 2001 is $1, 816.02.



Old business:

  2-meter net report:
  There were 38 check-ins to the 2-meter net for the month of December,
  2000.


  Repeater report:
  NØSS reported that the interference heard in the mornings and sometimes
  in the evenings is the electronic ‘D’ tone of a touch tone pad.  Signal
  strengths vary from saturation to ‘not copyable’.  Probably coming from a
  distant source.   Batteries on the UPS are inoperable and have to be
  replaced at a good price.  May look for some at Dayton.
  Reminder: Club offers three free speed dials for each member.


  Digipeater report:
  NSØB will be turning over the monitoring and operation of the digipeater
  to a member of the technical committee (probably KBØHNR or WNØX).


  APRS Report:
  This will be a new item for the monthly minutes.


  Emergency Coordinators report:
  NØOFD reported no emergency situations for the month of December.  There
  are two conferences scheduled in the near future—the Crisis
  Communications Conference will be held February 2, 3 and the Emergency
  Communications Conference is April 13-16.  KCØCZI has spoken with Susan
  Green, the Cole County emergency coordinated and reports progress in
  determining what the club’s role can be in joint communications efforts.
  Discussion of Red Cross involvement entailed.  Commitments should be made
  in writing so they do not change as personnel enter or leave office.  We
  should be aware of what our role in an emergency will be and what the
  county will need.


  Radio Direction Finding Project Update:
  NMØX found that the boards are old designs and that new chips are
  available at a lower cost.  The project should be suitable for beginners
  and the mods are too complicated at this point.  Eric contacted the
  author of the QST article for schematics.  He has the boards, but they
  are more costly than we would like.  About 12 members are interested in
  building kits once the details are worked out.








New business:

  Mike Music (NØQBF) will be visiting the club’s next meeting and do
  presentation on the direction-finding equipment.  He has designed some of
  the antenna switching systems.


  NMØX also reported that we need more and new Volunteer Examiners and
  encouraged everyone with a General Class or higher license to apply to
  the web site for a packet--email [email protected]


  KBØHNR invited everyone to think about what they would like to have for
  educational/informational presentations for the meetings.
  Some of the suggestions included encouraging younger and newer members to
  keep interested in CW.
  Public relations presentation should be put together for members to
  present to various groups to explain what amateur radio is and does for
  the community.
  Several members have video tapes on various topics that we could view,
  including a presentation on antennas by “the wireman” Press Jones.

  A suggestion of revising the CW Net was put forwarded and several members
  voiced interest in participating.  Discussion of which band and frequency
  to use seemed to focus on the benefits of using the 10M band.

  There will be a weather spotter training session on March 1 at 7:00 pm at
  the Marine Corp League building in Apache Flats.  Interested folks should
  pre-register by February 15 on the SkyWarn web page.


  There was proposal made that the club purchase a good-quality 2 Meter
  vertical antenna for use at club-sponsored events.  Cost estimates are in
  the $139.00 to $200.00 range.  The proposal was tabled for further
  discussion.


  A suggestion was made that the club set up some unique activities and
  have Special Event Stations.  One such event was the Halloween Special
  Event from Frankenstein, MO.  KØEMT suggested having a special event
  station operating from the capitol grounds on Earth Day (April 20, 2001).
   Several club members are working on the details of making this a
  reality.


2 Meter Net schedule:
      January 17th           KØEMT           Bryan
      January 24th           NØOFD           Ben
      January 31st           KBØHNR     Kurt
      February 7th           KØEMT           Bryan is substituting for
Steve (KCØACQ)


VE exams –
      There was exam given, and there was one up-grade administered.



Dues received at (or since) meeting:
      NØZH, KBØQHZ, WØJES, NØQOI, KCØGEZ, KØUWM, WDØHXX, KØDXR


Respectfully submitted (02/04/2001): Steven C. Klenc, KCØACQ, Secretary-
Treasurer


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