Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, June 2017 The June gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:05 PM June 10, 2017 by Mark Colby (N8TWO). There were XXXXX members (XXXXX ARRL) and XXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: - W0MG Swap Meet on Sat July 8 at CEDAR FALLS Gateway Park - amount of insurance paid was $208 not $228 - Reynard'S GRANDSON owns TJs Minutes accepted with adjustments (K0CQH/N0TKC) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave reports we have $$1246.44 in the general fund plus $205 in savings. 33 ARRL MEMBERS OUT OF 47 CLUB MEMBERS, SO OUR PERCENTAGE IS LOOKING GOOD, THOUGH ALL MEMBERS ARE Report accepted (N0TKC/KE0IWP) OLD BUSINESS ------------ AE0TB: INTERNET WAS DOWN ON THE DMR REPEATER FOR AWHILE. SCHOOL WAS HAVING A TRANSFORMER REPLACED, MEDIA CONVERTER FOR FIBER WENT DOWN. N8TWO: TECH CLASS COMING UP, ADDITIONAL TESTS OCT 21 JOTA COMING UP, NEED TO GET WITH THE JOTA COMMITTEE HAMFEST NEXT MONTH JULY 8, LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR CLEANUP AND REGISTRATION TABLE MANNING N0TKC: CHRISTMAS DINNER, GOT A MENU FOR JT'S BUT IF THEY WANT STAKE, SIDE, SALAD ETC HE'S WILLING BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE SOME THINGS LIKE PRIME RIB AND THEY CAN GET AND MAKE THAT BUT HE WILL NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE. GET A NUMBER AT THE OCT MEETING. ALSO NEEDS ESTIMATED HEADCOUNT FOR SERVERS. AE0TB: EMAIL FROM CRAIG N3CAH, HE IS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS FOR THE VETRANS HOME IM MARSHALTOWN, THEY HAD A HAM SHACK AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A SHACK TOGETHER. LOOKING FOR HF/VHF/UHF RADIOS THAT COULD BE DONATED. (OTHER WORKING GOODS ARE ALSO ACCEPTED) NK0T: 224.9 REPEATER IS STILL ON THE AIR BUT YOU HAVE TO KERCHUNK IT AND LET IT ID AND THEN YOU CAN USE IT, OTHERWISE IT LOCKS UP NEW BUSINESS ------------ NONE Motion to adjourn (N0TZYC/N0TKC) PRESENTATION ------------ There was no June presentation in leu of final Field Day preparations FIELD DAY 3PM-9PM AND 1AM-END NATHAN AND MARK WILL FILL IN WHERE NEEDED BUT WE NEED VOLUNTEERS N4HRL: 3/4 OF SALVATION ARMY STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING FAMILY REUNIONS THAT WEEK SO THEY WILL BE SHORT STAFFED, HAROLD IS GOING TO SEE IF THEY CAN PULL ANY MEMBERS FROM OTHER NEARBY SALVATION ARMY GROUPS. PLANNING ON SPAGHETTI FOR SUPPER, CASSEROE FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST W0SJ: 2 LONG WIRES ARE CONSTRUCTED, ONE WAS INSTALLED ON THURSDAY 40-10 VSWR IS REALLY GOOD, 80M NOT GOOD. 80M INVERTED V WILL BE INSTALLED ALSO TO COVER 80 AND 75. (ROLL AND UNROLL ENDS TO TUNE) WOULD LIKE TO CHECK IN ON THE IOWA 75M NET FOR SOME EASY POINTS, NET STARTS AT 5PM. WENDELL HAS DONTATED A BUNCH OF LOW LOSS FOAM COAX, BRIGHT YELLOW. TWO END-FED LONG WIRE ANTENNAS AND MARK'S 40M VERTICAL ALSO. CURRENTL PLAN IS FOUR TABLES INSIDE, THREE FOR OPS AND ONE FOR VISITOR GREETING. BILL'S SHED IS AIR CONDITIONED AND SHOULD BE COOL, MOSQUITO FREE, BATHROOMS. MAY BE AN EHO PROBLEM. NEED TO MAKE A BIG W0MG SIGN FOR HIS DRIVEWAY. ANTENNA PLACEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN RESEARCHED SO WE SHOULDN'T WASTE ANY TIME CONSIDERING SETUP. SOME ANTENNAS WILL BE SET UP I 40M GROUND PLANE OUT IN THE GRAVEL AREA, FREE AND CLEAR OF TREES ETC. WILL NEED SOME TABLES. NK0T/N0ZYC WILL BRING SOME. ALSO SOME SOFT CHAIRS. CHRIS GOELLER CONSIDERING DONATING BATTERY AND SOLAR CART TO THE CLUB. SEVERAL WILL TRY TO BRING BATTERIES, N0ZYC HAS SOLAR, SEVERAL OF US HAVE GENERATORS. BONUS FOR SOLAR/BATTERY, DIGITAL MODE BONUS HAS TO BE ON SOLAR/BATTERY ONLY. NO DMR THROUGH REPEATERS (WHICH IS ABOUT ALL OF IT) NO MOMOBAND BEAM, STAN'S HIP PROBLEMS. BRING HEADPHONES. AT LEAST TWO HEADPHONE BOXES, WENDEL WORKING ON THEM. RADIOS: N8TWO ICOM FROM HOME YEASU FROM CLUB NEED ONE FOR GOTA NEED A 6M RADIO FOR VHF MICHAEL HAS THE CLUB 6M BEAM, WAS GOING TO BRING IT BILL WILL PROBBLY BE LETTING US USE HIS HF STATION N0ZYC WILL BRING HIS 897 ALSO FOR DEDICATED 6M BILL HAS CAUTION TAPE, NATHAN BRINGING SOME ALSO N8TWO: LAPTOPS FOR LOGGING SOFTWARE, ALL ARE CONFIGURED AND RUNNING 4/5 ARE AT 2GB W0SJ: STAN HAS 40, 20, 15M FILTERS, MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE YOUR FILTER IF CHANGING BANDS AE0TB: RED CROSS ERV (EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLE) WILL BE THERE SO IT COUNTS AS A SERVED AGENCY, NEXT DAY IT'S GOING TO IWARN AT PARKERSBURG FOR SAME N8TWO: IF YOU'RE BRINGING A RADIO WITH A DESK MIC AND HAVE A WINDSCREEN, PLEASE BRING IT K0CQH: GET MAP OF BILL'S PLACE ON FACEBOOK/CLUB WEB PAGE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------- NONE UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- Next month's presentation will be on GO-KIT BOXES BY TBA 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 ----------------------- - ongoing 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 -------- - 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 ------------------------------ NONE 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: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Guests: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Members wishing to pay their 2017 dues (or have paid and are not indicated) please contact Dave Knittel.