Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, May 2017 The April gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:05 PM May 13, 2017 by Mark Colby (N8TWO). There were XXXXXX members (XXXXXX ARRL) and XXXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: NONE! Minutes accepted with no adjustments (k0cqh / n0tkc) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave reports we have $XXXXXX in the general fund plus $XXXXXX in savings $208 same ins as last year HE WAS PREAPPROVED TO PAY SO HE CUT THEM A CHECK $200 OUT OF SHAREDRAFT INTO SAVINGS DUE TO IT BEING A DONATION $110 TO W0SJ FOR CF SHELTER SWAP MEET RESERVATION ONE NEW MEMBER DUES SHAREDRAFT 1246.44 SAINGS $200 - Report accepted (N0ZYC / N0TKC) OLD BUSINESS ------------ W0ALO: DMR REPEATER STATUS: 21 DMR MORE ON THE WAY WEATHER BUREAU HAS A WEATHER RADIO NOW ALSO DES MOINES DMR REPETAER WILL BE CHANGING FREQUENCIES SHORTLY THERE ARE TWO ENTRIES IN THE CODE PLUG, OLD AND NEW ALO DMR INTERNET WAS DOWN BRIEFLY BUT IS BACK UP MERY BOUGHT OUT COVENANT AND THEY ARE IN TRANSITION SO WE DONT KNOW WHAT OUR REPEATER IS DOING. WE'D LIKE TO GET INTERNET SINCE THEIR BOX IS ADJACENT TO OURS N0TWO: RECENT TECH CLASS YIELDS TWO NEW TECHS LAST SAT IN AUG NEXT TECH CLASS JOTA COMING UP NIRAA HAMFEST REPOT? W0HHF: THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD $110 FOR HALL RENTAL IS PAID DAY BEFORE THE EVENT $250 DAMAGE DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED, WILL GET THAT BACK THREE DAYS LATER NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FOR CLEANUP CREW AND REGISTRATION DESK BE THERE TO STARTUP AT 7AM. W0TKC REGISTERING N0ZYC CLEANUP MARK WILL ALSO SEE IF ANY SCOUTS WILL HELP WITH CLEANUP WE ADVERTISED WE WOULD TAKE TABLE RESERVATIONS AND WE HAVE TWO TABLES N0TWO/W0AO: MOTION TO PAY THE $250 DAMAGE DEPOSIT UNANIMOUS MOTION TO PURCHASE $120 DMR RADIO (FROM W0GEN) FOR GRAND PRIZE UNANIMOUS N0TWO: THANK YOU FOR ASSISTING WITH SPRING CAMPOREE, WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY TROOPS FIELD DAY AT BILL DEDIC'S PLACE ON CEDAR HEIGHTS DRIVE ACROSS FROM PEC N4HRL: THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE PLENTY OF CLUB VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT WITH FIELD DAY NATE SEND OUT EMAIL REQUESTING VOLUNTEERS ALSO BUNDLE DICK'S REQUEST MAYBE FIELD DAY STATION USE ALSO GOING TO TRY FOR 24 HRS STATIONS? AT LEAST 2A AND A GOTA + VHF BANDS ARE UNLIKELY TO COOPERATE IF THE TREND CONTINUES CHRIS GOELLER SOLAR NOT HEARD FROM NATHAN HAS SOLAR BUCKET TRUCK? W0HHF HAS A GENERATOR ALSO W0SJ ANTENNAS: MARK'S 40M VERITCAL HORIZONTAL WITH 9:9 UU STAN'S HAD HIP PROBLEMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED HIS ABILITY TO WORK ON ANTENNAS THIS IS FOR A 20M MONOBAND K0DV HAS AN ANTENNA THAT MAY WORK IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY BEAMS WE CAN GO WITH VERTICALS AND LONGWIRES RADIOS: CLUB'S FT897 BILL PROBABLY WILL BE PROVIDING A RADIO LABEL COAS THIS TIME! DUAL VOLUME TWIN HEADSETS NATHAN BRING CAUTION TAPE WHITE LIGHT BILL SPRAYS FOR MOSQUITOES SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES FIVE LAPTOPS BILL DEDIC PAID FOR RADIOS THEY ALL HAVE 1GB NEED 2 LOOKS LIKE PC3200 SODIMM ASUS E1005NA FIELD DAY SIGNUP SHEET DIGITAL DON RUSSEL W0SJ WILL BE BRINGING FILTERS DISCUSSION OF SHARING ANTENNAS AND BANDS N0TKC CHRISTMAS PARTY VICKY CHECKED, WE CAN HAVE OUR PARTY AT FORMERLY TJS, NOW CORMER CAFE IN REINBECK DIANNE REYNARD OWNS IT, WILLING TO OPEN IT JUST FOR US FOR FREE AND OPEN MENU UP AND EVEN GET DRINKS FROM THE BAR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS SNADWICHES, WRAPS, ETC GOOD PARKING SATURDAY NIGHT IN REINBECK ISN'T THAT BUSY W0SJ: REINBECK IS A BIT OF A DRIVE THIS IS A SIT-DOWN DINNER CAN DO GLUTEN FREE NEEDS A HEADCOUT ESTIMATE THEY'RE PRETTY FLEXIBLE, CAN'T DO A BUFFET, MAYBE WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO SERVE US RAPIDLY IF WE DO A LIMITED MENU SELECTION (LIKE MEAT, FISH, SANDWICH) BRIAN'S ON 4TH CAN HOLD MANY PEOPLE BUT THEY HAVE A LIMITED MENU AND CHARGE FOR THE EVENT BROWN BOTTLE CF LOST THEIR BASEMENT DUE TO FLOOD MARK TALKING TO CHUCK: ARES ACTIVATION FOR SPRING CAMPOREE NEW BUSINESS ------------ NONE Motion to adjourn (W0HHF / W0ALO) PRESENTATION ------------ There was no presentation this evening in leu of field day preparation and logging software training OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------- XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- Next month's presentation will be by XXXXXX on XXXXXX 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 - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- - upcoming tech-to-general class - 2017/09/16 VE testing, contact Tom (AE0TB) dir3@w0mg.net - 2017/11/25 VE testing contact Tom (AE0TB) dir3@w0mg.net HAMFESTS -------- - Cedar Rapids Junk in the Trunk is on Saturday May 13 Starts around 7:30 am, SW corner of Blairs Ferry Rd NE and C Ave NE Tailgaiting only, no facilities, no vendors, but usually one of the best hamfests in the area - 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/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017CVARC_HamfestFlyer.jpg OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX 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: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX Guests: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX Members wishing to pay their 2017 dues (or have paid and are not listed) please contact Dave Knittel.