Join us (next meeting is Saturday September 13 at 6pm) at the Waterloo Airport, or via Discord. Click this invitation link to add our server to your Discord app: https://discord.gg/Uyz4jeQKhW (2025) Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, August 2025 The August gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 1:05 PM August 9, 2025 at Fisher shelter in Georege Wyth park. There were XXXXX members (XXXXX ARRL) and XXXXX guests in attendance (locally and remotely) this evening, listed below. (there was no presnetation in leu of Junk in the Trunk and picnic) MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: XXXXX Report accepted with XXXXX adjustments ( WB0MAR / KDK0CK ) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ activity and balances for period: 7/1/2025 - 7/31/2025: Savings (repeater fund) account: $2,705.26 starting balance ---------- -------------------------------------------------- NO CH (no changes) ---------- -------------------------------------------------- XXXXX ending balance checking (share-draft) account: $1,922.87 starting balance ---------- -------------------------------------------------- +10 DONATION AT FIELD DAY +20.09 ONLINE MEMBERSHIO STRIPE +75 AA DEPOSIT BACK -30 ARRL TESTING FEES -200 CHECK AA FIELD DAY RENTAL ---------- -------------------------------------------------- 1797.96 XXXXX ending balance upcoming deposits and expenses: ONE OUTSTANDING CHECK 36.60 REIMBURSE AL SHELTER FOR AUG PICNIC Report accepted ( NOZYC / K0DV ) Please contact our treasurer Dave (KD0DK) if you would like to get your dues paid for the year. Club dues can be paid in person at the meeting or online on our club website at https://www.w0mg.net/ REPEATERS --------- AL: NO CHANGES COMMITTEES ---------- Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ XXXXX NEW BUSINESS ------------ BHC EMER MANAGEMENT REACHED OUT TO US DAVE ROBERS MET WITH SPOKE WUTGH DWAYNE ARNOLD NUKE PLANT GOING BACK ONLINE FULLY U0GRADED IN NET 2 YRS GOOGLE FUNDING IT CENTERS IN CEDAR RAPIDS 90% OR SO FROM THE NUKE WILL GO INTO THOSE IF THEY NEED TO EVAC THEYD LIKE OUR HELP WITH A PERSON AT EVERY EVACUATION POIINT WE HANDLE THE NON-EMERGENCY TRAFFIC SO NO TRAINING AND CERTS FOR US AL AND DAVE ROBERTS ARE THEIR LIASON WILL SIGN AN AGREEMENT BASICALLY SAYING IF WE HAVE RELATED EMERGENCY EXPENSES WE WILL BE REIMBURSED WILL BE HAVING A DRILL. BENTON COUNTY HAS ALREADY DONE A DRILL WHEN AL GETS THE CONTRRACT IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD FOR REIVEW AND APPROVAL THERE'S A READY ROOM IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR US TO USE THEY WILL HAVE GEIGER COUNTERS TO CHECK ALL PEOPLE NATHAN SAYS HE HAS A BIT OF URANIUM HE CAN BRING TO TEST THEM ON THE DRILL MARK AND AL WENT TO A EC MEETING 2 ATURDAYS AGO (26TH) THEY ARE PUSHING FOR ARRL MEMBERSHIP, ACRIVE ECS, ECS TO HAVE PROPER TRAINING (ICS100,200,700,800) GOT TO MEET PEOPLE, PUT FACES TO NAMES AND CALLSIGNS STATE EMERGENCY MANAGER "MY SHOW MY WAY" MET DEC FOR OUR AREA COLIN WHEATLY (HE'S THE ONE INTERESTED IN ARRL MEMBERSHIP) ALSO WANTS US TO GET REPEATER LINKS BACK UP, PREFERABLY RF NOT INTERNET WANTED TO KNOW HOW THER CELL PHONES WORKED DURING RAGBRAI US CELLIAR HAD PROBLEMS WITH SOME TOWERS CRASHING DUE TO HIGH TRAFFIC KD0DK SHELLROCK GOT HIT WITH THE STORM LAST WEEK AND LOST CELL SERVICE NATHAN WE STIULL HAVE A BEAM AND ROTOR ON =RED CROSS AL: ITS SCHEDULED TO BE BULLDOZED K0CQH ABOUT CHRIST MAS MEETING? AL: CEDAR FALLS FAMILY RESTAURANT IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION, OPENING IN A WEEK OR SO, TARYN WILL CALL THEM NOV 8 MARK STILL WORKING WITH SCOUTNS ON JOTA COMING UP MARK NEED TO GET A CLASS GOING AND SCHEDULE ANOTHER TEST SESION OR TWO AL WAS ASKED ON 75M IF WE WEERE DOING A TEST SESION TODAY Motion to adjourn at 1:28 OPM PM ( NATHAN / JAN ) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- presentation ideas: electronics history, radio bug-out bag, alternate power, solar power, spotting electronics scams, mag-loop antennas, broadband blocking filters, Denver/cf robotics club, sodering, new director at FEMA, EOC? Contact Al (KB0VGG) if you'd be interested in giving a presentation. Tentative presentation schedule: SEPT 13 : OCT 11 : NOV 8 : (elections/dinner) DEC 13 : REGULAR EVENTS -------------- - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - Iowa Digital Net runs every Tuesday night at 7pm, 3.5885 MHz USB / 1500 Hz WF (Olivia 8-500) - Iowa 75 Meter Evening Net runs Mon-Sat at 6:00 pm on 3.970 MHz / LSB Also meets at 12:30 pm on same. - Iowa 160 Meter Net runs Sunday night at 9:30 pm on 1.9745 MHz / LSB - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 - Ham Radio Fellowship / Breakfast every Wednesday morning at 9AM at the Wendy's at Love's Travel Stop in Waterloo. (3301 Greyhound Drive) VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- contact Mark (N8TWO) for current information at classes@w0mg.net or Al (KB0VGG) on class/test day at 319-243-8819 UPCOMING HAMFESTS AND EVENTS ---------------------------- (let me know) ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- Randy (KF0JPR) has a pair of HyGain yagi new in box for sale, asking $100 ea Doug (K0DV) has a 6m beam new in box also that's looking for a new home W0DT has a number of radios for sale W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: https://www.w0mg.net/ - Membership form: https://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform.pdf - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/waterloo.hams/community/ - Cedar Valley area repeaters list: https://w0mg.net/?page_id=1736 - additional club media and resources: https://vftp.net/N0ZYC/W0MG/index.html - Amateur Radio Practice Site (tests and code): https://www.aa9pw.com/ - Discord server (current invitation link at top of minutes) ATTENDANCE ---------- Members: XXXXX Guests: 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 Members of the board may be contacted over the air or via email: President Al Jones (KB0VGG) pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President David Roberts (K9DCR) vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer Dave Kelly (KD0DK) treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2023 Jan Fitkin (KE0IWP) dir3(a)w0mg.net Director 2024 John Humpal (WB0MAR) dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2025 Randy Albright (KF0JPR) dir2(a)w0mg.net ABOUT ----- NIRAA meets most months on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 6:00 pm, at the Waterloo Airport, in the old restaurant. Parking is available at no cost in the short-term lot. (3 hr free limit) 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 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