Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Febuary 2018 The Febuary gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:01 PM Febuary 10, 2018 by Harold Lucas (N4HRL). There were XXXXXXXX members (XXXXXXXX ARRL) and XXXXXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: - YES I SAID 2017 ITS FIXED - someone reported that the repeater frequency was not 146.94 / 146.34 (it is?) - Just want to let you know that I was on the committee to look at the bylaws & the committee about the IWARN & field day. Thanks. Jan Fitkin Minutes accepted with adjustments (N0TKC/N8TWO) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave reports we have $1991.46 in the general fund plus $218.18 in the repeater savings fund. DAVE HAS ONE CHECK OUTSTANDING, IT WAS JUST LOCATED AND WILL BE CASHED SOON Report accepted (N8TWO/N0TKC) REPEATERS --------- W0GEN ALL FINE 224.9 FINE ALO UP SCOTT (WA0TPN) GAVE A MORE DETAILED DMR REPORT BRAND NEW SERVER FOR DMR IS UP HOTSPOTS AND OTHER TECH ALL BEING IMPROVED OLD BUSINESS ------------ COMMITTEE REPORTS BYLAWAS CHANGE REPORT FROM TARYN, ONE WORD CHANGE BUT WE HAVE A GOOD DRAFT FOR APPROVAL SHOULD GET A FINAL REVISION MAILED OUT IN A WEEK OR SO WE WILL NEED A 2/3 MAJORITY AT THE NEXT MEETING TO PASS THE CHANGES TOM (AE0TB) REPORTS OUR ARRL PAGE UDATES HAVE NOT BEEN DONE RECENTLY WE NEED SOMEONE TO UPDATE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEYY JUST NEED CURRENT INFORMATION NATHAN (N0ZYC) WILL TRY GO GET THAT UPDATED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS DICK (W0HHF) DISCUSSED BENEFITS OF BEING AN ARRL MEMBER, ENCOURAGING ALL CLUB MEMBERS TO JOIN COULD LOSE OUR ACFREDICATION STEM COMMITTEE VICKI (W0VJB) HAM RADIO USUALLY ONKY GETS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED WHEN TECHNOLOGY COMES UP SCOTT (WA0TPN) WE NEED TO FIND AN ANGLE THAT INTRESTS THEM COMMITTEE TO COMBINE WITH IWARN W0GEN/AE0TB COMMITTEE MET WITH IWARN AND WE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN SO WE WILL BE DOING FIELD DAY AT THEIR LOCATION TALKED WITH DAVID WELCH HRE WILL LOAN US HIS 120FT PORTABLE TOWER TO USE THERE AND WE HAVE OUR SOLAR TRAILER LOGGING LAPTOPS MOTION TO FIELD DAY WITH IWARN (NK0T / NOTKC) UNANIMOUS SWAP MEET COMMITTEE DIDN'T MEET YET NATHAN IS WORKING ON GETTING A PRESEN TATION RECORDING GOING W0GEN HAS A GO PRO WE CAN USE SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE SURE TO GET THE OK FROM THE PRESENTER TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMFORTABE GETING RECORDED MAY 5 SPRING CAMPOREE 7 HAMS CAMP INGAWANUS SCOUTS EMERGECNGY DRILL ARES DRILL NOON TO 5 FIRST SAT OF MAY SIMPLEX 147.55 147.450 OR UHF KIP LODGES WILL BE INVOLVED MARKM IS TAKING VOLUNTEERS K0CQH WE SHOULD START PLANNING FOR NOV MEETING NOV 10 2ND SAT IN NOV APETIZERS OR FRONT MINGLING MOTION TO START PLANS FDOR SAME PLACE (WA0TPN / N8TWO) NEW BUSINESS ------------ TESTING IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK CF LIBRARY AT 17 10AM CONTACT IS AE0TB AL JONES IS ORGANIZING A TECH CLASS WE DON'T HAVE DETAILS ELC IS BEING USED NEXT MEETING, MAUREEN HAS BEEN INVITED TO COME DO A PRESENTATION ON FEMA / EOC W0GEN WE WERE APPROACHED TO HELP DISTRIBUTE GEAR FROM A SILENT KEY, THEY WANT THIS HANDLED VERYY DISCRETELYY. HIGH END GEAR, COLLINS, HEATHKIT, RADIO SHACK, ETC. HE IS WORKING WITH A FAMILY BUT INFO IS NOT PUBLIC HAROLD (N4HRL) SUGGESTS A PROGRAM / PRESENTATION ON ARES MAYYBE IN MAY JOE HOEFNER TOM RICE OUT OF DES MOINES HE IS LIAASON WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AE0TB WILL REACH OUT CHUCK DISCUSSED RACES IF HAMS HAD TO BE SILENCED FOR WAR ETC ONLY RACES CAN TALK, AND IT REQUIERS A DIFFERENET LICENSE AND RESTRICTED FVREQUENCIES MAYYBE CHUCK COULD GIVE A PRESENTATION DICK (W0HHF) WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A PRESENTATION ON MARS A COMBINED PRESENTATION ON THE TWO? ALSO MORE ABOUT OLIVIA? Motion to adjourn (N0ZYC/N0TKC) PRESENTATION ------------ Tonight's presentation was by XXXXXXXX (XXXXXXXX) on XXXXXXXX UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- March's presentation will be by XXXXXXXX (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 Tuesday night at 7pm, 3.5885 MHz USB / 1500 Hz WF (Olivia 8-500) << NOTE! FREQENCY HAS CHANGED EFFECTIVE FEB 2018 >> - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- - ongoing tech-to-general class UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- - Mahoska Hams Swap Meet: March 18, 8:00-11:30 American Legion Hall, 302 High Ave East, Oskaloosa IA https://www.facebook.com/events/1310732659042610 http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/mahaska-hams-swapmeet - Dayton Hamvention: May 18-20 Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, 210 Fairground Road, Xenia OH http://hamvention.org - Cedar Rapids Junk in the Trunk: Saturday May 26 - CVARC Midwest TechFest: August 4-5 Linn County Fairgrounds, 201 Central City Rd, Central City IA http://w0gq.org/hamfest-2016/ OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ (none) W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: http://w0mg.net/ - 2018 membership form: http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform2018.pdf - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/waterloo.hams/community/ - Cedar Valley area repeaters: http://w0mg.net/repeaters/ =============================================================================== This month's meeting attendance: Members: XXXXXXXX Guests: XXXXXXXX Members wishing to pay club dues (or have paid and are not indicated above) please contact Dave Knittel. Officers may be contacted over the air or via email: President, Harold Lucas, N4HRL, 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 2016, Taryn Colby, N0TKC, dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2017, Stan Johnson, W0SJ, dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 2018, Dave Kelly, KD0DK, dir3(a)w0mg.net 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. Many members are also monitoring channel 3119 on DMR. Our club website is at http://www.w0mg.net/ . Primary email contact is Nathan at sec(a)w0mg.net You're receiving these meeting minutes because you have given the NIRAA club your email address for minutes or announcements. 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