Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Feb 2017 This year the November gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:00 pm Feb 11, 2017 by Mark Colby (N8TWO) in the basement of the Red Cross in Waterloo. There were XXXXXXXX members (XXXXXXXX ARRL) and XXXXXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. 7:00 PM Minutes accepted (N0TKC / XXXXXXXX) corrections: check with dave on members vs guest demo by n0cf w0alo w0hhf wa0tpn w0gen and ae0tb "nov" to "jan" Treasurer's report: $1624.25 35 MEMBERS in the general account not including tonight's colllection from membership dues or mail. (N0TKC /N0ZYC) GET SPREADHSHEET FOR ARRL AND CLUB MEMBERS TOTAL OLD BUSINESS ------------ REPEATERS CHUCK - W0MG OK, DMR IN THE INTERNET 2ND DMR REPEATER ALSO RUNNING 444925 UP 146.82 RUNNING CURT REPEATER NOT RUNNING TOM RINBECK BOTH RUNNING AND DSTAR TOO NEW BUSINESS ------------ TEST SESSONG COMING UP AND CFPL - TIM BUSH (SP)? MAYBE LATE APRIL LOCATION? 8-5 ALL DAY INCLUDES TESTING? SATURDAYS APR 29 NEED TO BE ABLE TO EAT $99 BOOKS LUNCH TEST FEE BEOFENG POSSIBLE $100 UPGRADE TO TYT CHIURCH OF LATERDAY SAINDS COUNTRY VINYARD EVANSDALE TOO FAR? ORCHARD HILL CHURCH FIELD DAY LOCATION IS SET BILL'S SIGN UP SHEET LAPTOP BATTERIES HAROLD - SALVATION ARMY FOOD AGAIN? WILL WORK ON THAT NEEDS START/END TIME JOTA MARK IS BUGGING WLOO SCOUTS GETTING SIGNUP AHEAD OF TIME HAMFEST COMMITTEE WE HAVE A LOCATION, W0SJ: GATEWAY PARK, RENTED, CHECK CASHED, $100 RENTAL PAID CHEAPER, MORE PARKING, FOOD NEARBY, BATHROOMS, ROOM FOR TAILGAITERS TABLES $5? SELL COFFEE FOR $0.50/CUP? MARK BOY SCOUTS SPRING CAMPOREE CAMPING OUT AT ANTIQUE ACRES GOING TO WLOO RAILYARD FOR A BADGE DO A RELAY BETWEEN ANTIQUE ACRES AND RAILYARD 11:30- SEE MARK OR TARYN FOR VOLUNTEERS ONE DAY TECH CLASS? XXXXXXXX Motion to adjourn (AE0TB / N0TKC) PRESENTATION ------------ Tonight's presentation was BY W0SJ ON BUILDING ANTENNAS WITH LOADING COILS. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------- XXXXXXXX UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- - March's presentation will be by XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXXX 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 VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- - contact Thom (AE0TB) for testing VE testing dates for 2017 are: 2/18/2017, 4/22/2017, 9/16/2017, 11/25/2017 HAMFESTS -------- - Mahaska Hamfest on March 18 at Oskaloosa's American Legion Hall http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/mahaska-hams-swapmeet - W0MG Swap Meet on Sat July 8 at Waterloo Gateway Park http://vftp.net/n0zyc/hamfests/W0MG_SwapMeet_2017.jpeg - DMRAA Hamfest on Sat April 22 at Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds http://dmraa.com/hamfest - CVARC Hamfewst on Sun August 6 at Cedar Rapids OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ XXXXXXXX W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: http://w0mg.net - 2017 NIRAA Membership form: http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform2017.pdf - Cedar Valley area repeaters: http://w0mg.net/repeaters/ - W0MG 2017 Hamfest: http://vftp.net/n0zyc/hamfests/W0MG_SwapMeet_2017.jpeg =============================================================================== The NIRAA club meets on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 7pm 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. Our club website is at http://www.w0mg.net/ . Primary email contact is Nathan at sec(a)w0mg.net Officers may be contacted over the air or via email: President, Mark Colby, N8TWO, pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President, Curtis Wilson, NK0T, vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary, Nathan Fisher, N0ZYC, sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer, Dave Knittel, K0CQH, treas(a)w0mg.net Director 1, Harold Lucas, N4HRL, dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2, Stan Johnson, W0SJ, dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 3, Thom Bicket, AE0TB, 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. This month's meeting attendance: Members: XXXXXXXX Guests: XXXXXXXX Members wishing to pay their 2017 dues please contact Dave Knittel. Members who have already paid but are listed above as guests, please do same.