====================== IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ====================== ########### web site quote: The club meets at 7:00PM on the second Saturday of each month at the Waterloo Airport in the former restaurant. (Starting June 2021) unless notification is given here and/or during the weekly net. ########### TECHWORKS MEETING 2ND WED OF THE MONTH (6/9/2021) 5826 University Ave, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 OPENS AT 6, $20 DINNER OPTIONAL, MEETING AT 6:30 For the time being, we will be using Zoom for our meetings. The following meeting link is persistent and will be used until we can resume our in-person meetings. The zoom room opens at 7pm, with the club meeting starting at 7:30 pm. Zoom monthly meeting: (2nd Saturday of the month) Web URL, includes meeting ID and passcode: https://zoom.us/j/99863201285?pwd=cWUyQWxrRk81OEcwN1Q0dzF1UTBLUT09 or on your mobile or with the Zoom app directly: Meeting ID: 998 6320 1285 Passcode: 955710 or call in from any phone: (312) 626-6799 (Chicago) (929) 205-6099 (New York) (301) 715-8592 (Germantown) (346) 248-7799 (Houston) (669) 900-6833 (San Jose) (253) 215-8782 (Tacoma) -------------------------- Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, May 2021 The May gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:30 PM, May 8, 2021 on Zoom by Curt Wilson (NK0T). There were XXXXX members (XXXXX ARRL) and XXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: PUT BACK IN A MISSING ZERO IN THE BALANCE "$1,090.18" (KD0DK) CORRECTED SPELLING ON "GRINELL MUTUAL" (KE0IWP) CHANGED "JAN" TO "KE0IWP" ON TREASURER'S REPORT ACCEPTANCE Report accepted with 3 adjustment (LOIS/N0TKC) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have $1,090.18 in savings/repeater fund and $1,969.86 + $60 DUES 258 IN CHECKS 25 TO CF REC TO RESERVE 233 FOR INSURANCE TO GRIELL MUTUAL $1,771.86 in share-draft. ALSO CONTACTED ARRL AND UPDATED CLUB INFORMATION Report accepted (KB0VGG/WB0MAR) Please contact Dave if you would like to get your dues paid for the year. Our club membership form is also available on our club website at http://www.w0mg.net/ REPEATERS --------- CURT: 220 IS STIL DOWN, NO CHANCE YET TO GET THE PL PUT ON IT, THEN IT WILL BE BACK ON IT'S IN AN OFFICE AREA, CARRIER SQUELCH, COMPUTERS KEEP TRIPPING IT CHUCK'S DMR STILL DOESN'T HAVE INTERNET VINTON WE HAVE A 100W PA SITTING ON THE BENCH, RUN TEST FOR AN HOUR, NEED TO GET SHUTDOWN MODES WORKING PROPERLY AL: MINE'S DOING OK, NEED TO GET IT UP ANOTHER 5FFT IN THE AIR TO GET OVER THE TREES 444.975 HAVE SOME NEW BUSINESS BUT WILL REPORT ON LATER IN THE MEETING CHRIS'S 900 IS DOWN (IN HIS GARAGE) NICK WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE 220, COMES INTO GRUNDY CENTER VERY GOOD CURT: MOTOROLA MICOR MODIFIED FOR 220 MITSUBISHI MODULE FOR THE PA, 20W, 50ft tower DB PRODUCTS 4 ELEMENT COLINEAR COMMITTEES ---------- Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): (XXXXX) OLD BUSINESS ------------ CURT: PREP FOR FIELD DAY, WE HAVE A SHELTER AT LOOKOUT PARK N8TWO: ANTENNA SETUP 10AM WORK TO 8PM, JUST SATURDAY SAT JUNE 26 STARTS AT 1PM NOT COORDINATING WITH ANY OTHER GROUP (IWARN ETC) THIS YEAR MARK: GENERAL CLASS FINISHED, TESTING WAS TODAY, 6 CANDIDATES, EVERYONE GOT NEW LICENSE OR UPGRADE AIRPORT FACILITY WORKED WELL PARKED IN SHORT TERM PARKING (3 HRS FREE, LONGER THAN TESTING SESSION) NEW BUSINESS ------------ AL: MERCY IS BEING VERY RECEPTIVE TO US SETTING OUR REPEATER BACK UP MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING (OFFICES ETC) HAVE A LOC WITH POWER, UPS. THERE IS ETHERNET THERE NOT SURE IF WE CAN USE UT NOW (SEPARATE VLAN) SUGGEST NOT REUSING TOWER WE TOOK DOWN DUE TO AGE AND DAMAGE POSSIBLY CAN SET UP A FOLDING TOWER ARRANGEMENT TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR CLIMBING NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO SET BACK UP CHRIS'S 900, IN WHICH CASE ONLY SETTING UP 1 TOWER MIGHT WANT TO UPGRADE THE TOWER TO ROHN-45 WITH OUTRIGGERS IF WE'RE GOING TO SET UP MULTIPLE ANTENNAS 150 A STICK FOR ROHN-25 300 A STICK FOR ROHN 45 COULD ATTACH TO THE CONCRETE WALL RATHER THAN SETTING ON THE TAR ROOF TOM: SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE OUR PROOF OF INSURANCE, AND WRITTEN AGREEMENT OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, DATED RENEWALS TO AVOID SHORT-NOTICE KICK-OFF MAY AS WELL GO WITH THE 45 AND SIDE ARMS CURT: NEED TO PLAN THIS OUT BEFORE MAKING THE PROPOSAL NICK: WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A WIRES / FUSION IN TOWN MARK: CHECK WITH CHRIS TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO KEEP HIS 800 UP, TURN IT OVER TO THE CLUB, ETC DO WE WANT TO RE-ESTABLISH THE LINK? MOTION TO TABLE HOSPITAL UPGRADES GET TEAM WORK ON A PROPOSAL AL: LINK HARDWARE IS SHOT, WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ESTIMATE COST AROUND $1500-2000 WB0MAR/AE0TB: WORKED WITH HAWKEYE GETTING THINGS IN WRITING, MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO USE THE BOILERPLATE FROM THERE MARK: PROPOSE WE HOLD OUR JUNE MEETING AT THE AIRPORT? CURT: TESTING SESSIONS HAVE GONE WELL TOM: AIRPORT DIRECTOR IS IN FFAVOR OF US USING THE ROOM MORE, INCREASE TRAFFIC AND VISIBILITY THEY HAVE INTERNET BUT HAVE NO PROJECTOR SCREEN BILL HAS A SCREEN AND PROJECTOR WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE K0DV: MAYBE NO ZOOM TO ENCOURAGE IN PERSON LOIS: BACKTO EARLIER MEETING TIME? LOTION TO CHANGE FROM ZOOM TO AIRPORT FOR JUNE, SECOND BY CHIUCL MARK MOTION TO 7 PM (SECOND CHUKC) STAN: TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMOETER, FOUND SOMEONEN THAT MADE THE PRINTED BOARD, CONTACT IF YOU NEED ONE ARTICLE BY STAN, MAY ISSUE Motion to adjourn at 8:29 PM (N0ZYC/W0ALO) Tonight's presentation was by MARK on NEW LOGGING SOFTWARE UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- (TBD) REGULAR EVENTS -------------- - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - Iowa Digital Net runs every Sunday night at 4pm, 3.5885 MHz USB / 1500 Hz WF (Olivia 8-500) (note new day and time as of Feb 2020) - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 temporarily suspended: - hams meet informally at 9am every Monday morning at HyVee on Ansborough Ave - hams meet informally at 12pm every Tuesday at Taco Johns on University Ave - W0MG Virtual Breakfast, now meeting every Monday morning 8:45am – 12:45pm https://zoom.us/j/94876565904?pwd=RnlhMzBkMWhCaEkzRUc0YW4yaDMxUT09 or open the Zoom app and join with meeting ID 948 7656 5904 passcode 592204 or dial in by phone, 312-626-6799 (Chicago) VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- contact Mark (N8TWO) for current information at classes@W0MG.NET UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- (none) OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ (none) W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: https://www.w0mg.net/ - Membership form: http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform.pdf - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/waterloo.hams/community/ - Cedar Valley area repeaters list: https://www.w0mg.net/repeaters/ MEETING ATTENDANCE ------------------ XXXXX Members wishing to pay club dues (or have paid and are not indicated above) please contact our Treasurer in person at our monthly meeting or by email at treas(a)w0mg.net Officers may be contacted over the air or via email: President: Curt Wilson (NK0T) - pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President: Al Jones (KB0VGG) - vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary: Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) - sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer: Dave Kelly (KD0DK) - treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2019: Stan Johnson (W0SJ) - dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 2020: Jan Fitkin (KE0IWP) - dir3(a)w0mg.net Director 2021: John Humpal (WB0MAR) - dir1(a)w0mg.net NIRAA meets most months at Windcove (Western Home Communities) apartments at 300 South Main St in Cedar Falls. We are meeting on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 7:30 pm, anyone interested in ham radio is welcome to attend. Our primary club repeater is on 146.94 mhz, negative offset, with a PL tone of 136.5 hz, with coverage centered in Black Hawk County. Many members are also monitoring channel 3119 on DMR. Our club website is at https://www.w0mg.net/ and the club's primary email contact is sec(a)w0mg.net Our meeting has been temporarily moved to Zoom due to covid-19, see announcement at the top of these minutes for meeting information. You're receiving these meeting minutes because you have given the NIRAA club your email address for minutes and announcements. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply requesting removal from one or both distribution lists. - Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) Secretary, W0MG