Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, March 2017 The March gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7L02 PM March 11, 2017 by Mark Colby (N8TWO) in the basement of the Red Cross in Waterloo. There were 14 members (13 ARRL) and 4 guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MEETING AT THE EOC NEXT MONTH MAAAAAYBE THERE WILL BE NO PROGRAM MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: NOV TO FEB AGAIN 14 MEMBERS WERE ARRL LAST MONTH, NOT 10 Minutes accepted as adjusted, (N0TKC / W0ALO) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave reports we have $1764.37 in the general fund Report accepted (N0TKC /N4HRL) OLD BUSINESS ------------ REPEATER STATUS: CHRIS- DMR IS IMPROVING CURT- 220 STILL OFF, BUSY WITH OTHER REPEATERS CURT: KB0VGG NEW YAWESU REPEATER TOP OF TECH WORKS CHUCK- ALL'S WELL MARK GAVE UPDATE ON TEST SESSIONS FIELD DAY IS ON TRACK, HAROLD IS WORKING WITH SALVATION ARMY JOTA COMING UP HAMFEST COMING UP DICK: LOCATION IS GOOD BUT WE NEED SOME UNDERWRITING AGAIN LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO FORCE SELLERS TO DO SALES TAX PERMITS INCLUDES TABLES AND TAILGAITING CATTLE CONGRESS HAS HAD TO CANCEL SEVERAL EVENTS ALREADY DUE TO THIS DICK WOULD LIKE TO WAIT FOR DMRAA AND OSCALOOSA TO SEE HOW THEY HANDLE IT ALSO A LAW COMING UP TO PROHIBIT HANDLELD ELECTRONICS IN MOBILE MAY BOYSCOUTS CAMPOUREE VICKIE IS VOLUNTEERING NEED 2 VOL AT CAMP, 2 AT RAILHARD 1ST SAT MAY(6) 11-5 NEW BUSINESS ------------ ARES MEETING REPORT TOM/CHUCK REPORT CHUCK, BILL, SCOTT, TOM PRESENTED DMR REPORT VERY WELL RECEIVED, CHANGED MINDS CHUCK: OTHER GOOD PROGRAMS, RULES HANGES, GOOD TURNOUT WEATHERSPOTTER TRAINING MARCH 27 MONDAY HCC TAMA HALL 6:30 TRAINING IN WAVERLY? FOLLOWING WEEK? APR 10 WAVERLY CIVIC CENTER LINK ON CLUB'S WEBSITE TO GET DATES FOR WEATHERSPOTTER TRAINING HAROLD BROUGHT DONUTS TOM: WEEKLY DMR CHECKIN SUNDAY 7:30 PM TALK GROUP 3119 Motion to adjourn (NK0T / N0ZYC) PRESENTATION ------------ Tonight's presentation was by Harold N4HRL on Salvation Army (we brought in $540 with bell helping ring bells last year) OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------- (none) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- - March's presentation will be by XXXXXXXXXX on XXXXXXXXXX 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 ----------------------- - 2017/04/22 VE testing CANCELLED due to DMRA hamfest conflict - 2017/04/29 one day tech class, contact Tim (N0CKR) iowahamclasses@yahoo.com - 2017/09/16 VE testing, contact Tom (AE0TB) dir3@w0mg.net - 2017/11/25 VE testing contact Tom (AE0TB) dir3@w0mg.net HAMFESTS -------- - Mahaska Hamfest on March 18 at Oskaloosa's American Legion Hall http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/mahaska-hams-swapmeet - DMRAA Hamfest on Sat April 22 at Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds http://dmraa.com/hamfest - W0MG Swap Meet on Sat July 8 at Waterloo Gateway Park http://vftp.net/n0zyc/hamfests/W0MG_SwapMeet_2017.jpeg - CVARC Hamfest on Sun August 6 at Cedar Rapids http://w0gq.org/hamfest-2016/ OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ 2017/05/06 Boy Scout Spring Camporee (need four volunteers) 2017/03/27 Weatherspotter training 6:30 pm, Tama Hall at Hawkeye 2017/04/10 spotter training at the Waverly Civic Center 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: N0ZYC Nathan Fisher W0HHF Dick Nelson K0CQH Dave Knittel W0ALO Chuck Angel NK0T Curt Wilson N0CF Chris Conklin AE0TB Tom Bicket W0VJB Vicki Bicket W0DT Don Talaska N0TKC Taryn Colby W0DTD Robert Trettin N4HRL Harold Lucas N8TWO Mark Colby W0VJB Vicki Bicket Guests: KE0IWQ James Fitkin KB0RSW Randall McClain KE0IWP Janice Fitkin KB0MGH John Carstensen Members wishing to pay their 2017 dues (or have paid and are not listed) please contact Dave Knittel.