Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Jan 2016 The January 2015 meeting of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at on January 9, 2016 by Mark Colby (N8TWO). There were 15 in attendance this evening, listed below. Chris submitted a correction to the club minutes prior to accepting, frequency on the repeater is 444.975 not 440.975, and the common Tytera radios are DMR not Fusion. Motion to accept minutes (N0TKC/N0CF) Treasurer's report was $685.54 in the general account, accepted (N0TKC/N0CF) The club still owes Chris $560 for repeater work. Insurance is due in May, it was $227 last year. OLD BUSINESS ------------ none New Business ------------ Chris is sending in our anual repeater update information to the ARRL. ARRL repeater list will be out of date due to their changing their terms and trying to dictate the terms of the data. Iowa Repeater http://www.iowarepeater.org/ States not updating: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, possibly missouri. Up to 6-7 in all. Curtis elmer status: no updates Reminder, spotter training: March 21 at Hawkeye in Tama Hall 6:30 pm VE testing will be held at the Cedar Falls Public Library on Feb 20 at 10:00 Next month's presentation will be by N8TWO, on logging softare. This month's meeting was unusually brief due to everyone's attention to the goodies that everyone brought to share. Motion to adjourn (W0ALO/N0TKC) Tonight's presentation was actually a group project, with several members bringing a radio for a brief show-and-tell. We saw a very wide variety of hardware, including commercial radio gear, completed projects, projects in progress, and interestring components. CALENDAR -------- Regular events: - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - hams meet informally at 9am every Monday morning at HyVee on University Ave - hams meet informally at 12pm every Tuesday at Taco Johns on University Ave - Iowa Digital Net runs every Tues night at 7pm on 3572.5 / 3574 ctr USB Upcoming Events: - Feb 20: NIRAA VE testing at 10:00 at CF Public Library - license classes are being held in Feb on Thursday evenings, check the calendar at http://www.w0mg.net/ for dates and contact information - VE sessions from the Benton County Repeater Association are underway also. Sessions are held at the Newhall City Park Pavilion located at the corner of 3rd Ave and 3rd street, in Newhall Iowa. Jan 28, Feb 25, March 24, Apr 28, May 26 Registration time for each event will begin at 5:00 PM, contact Butch, W0WDF on the 145.230 repeater. He can also be reached at bfaulk@fmtcs.com - March 12: State ARES meeting - March 21: Spotter training, 6:30 pm Tama Hall, Hawkeye Community College HAMFESTS COMING UP ------------------ Feb 27: Winter RF Fest (2930 Willis Ave, Perry 8-12, $5) http://qsl.net/kd0neb/index_files/Winter%20RF%20Fest%202016.pdf March 19: Mahaska ARC Swapmeet (302 High Ave E, Oskaloosa, 8-12? $0?) http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/mahaska-arc-swapmeet-1 Apr 16: DMRAA Hamfest 2016 (Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines 8-1, $6) http://dmraa.com/hamfest July 16: W0MG Swap Meet (National Cattle Congress, NCC Pavillion, Wloo 8-12, $0) http://vftp.net/w0mg/NIRAA_W0MG_Swap_Meet_2016.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NIRAA club meets on the 2nd Saturday of every month in the basement of the Red Cross building (2530 University Ave) in Waterloo. Anyone interested in ham radio is welcome to attend. Our primary club repeater is on 146.94 mhz, negative offset, PL tone of 136.5 hz, with coverage centered in Black Hawk County. Officers may be contacted over the air or via email: President, Mark Colby, N8TWO, pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President, Curtis Wilson, NKØT, vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary, Nathan Fisher, NØZYC, sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer, Dave Knittel, K0CQH, treas(a)w0mg.net Director, Chris Conklin, NØCF, dir1(a)w0mg.net Director, Stan Johnson, WØSJ, dir2(a)w0mg.net Director, Tom Bicket, AEØTB, dir3(a)w0mg.net - Nathan Fisher Secretary, W0MG You're receiving these meeting minutes because you have given the NIRAA club your email address for minutes or announcements. If you no longer wish to receive email, please reply requesting removal from one or both distribution lists. Meeting attendance, per sign-in sheet: N0TKC Taryn Colby NK0T Curt Wilson N8TWO Mark Colby W0ALO Chuck Angel W0GEN William Dedic KE0DIG Harold Lucas W0SJ Stan Johnson AE0TB Tom Bicket WD0BWQ David Brandon N7PSA Craig Hundley N0RXB Wendell Wagner N0CF Chris Conklin AD0KR Chris Thatcher KE0DXH Steve Clark