Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Dec 2018 The December gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:31 PM December 8, 2018 by Harold Lucas (N4HRL). There were XXXX members (XXXX ARRL) and XXXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: NO ADJUSTENTS Minutes accepted with no adjustments (N8TWO/N8TWO) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ GENERAL $1,931.80 SAVINGS $590.18 7 MEMBERS WITH DUES TAKEN WILL ACCEPT DUES Report accepted (N0ZYC/KERMIT?) REPEATERS --------- NK0T 220 ALIVE AND WELL AL'S ALSO UP, FUSION AS WELL W0ALO 82 AND DMR WORKING, 440.975 IS ALSO UP 94 IS GOOD ALSO COMMITTEES ---------- Field Day (NK0T/W0VJB/KD0DK/N0TKC) OLD BUSINESS ------------ TARYN: GOOD PARTY $20.20 FOR POST PARTY CUPCAKES MOTION TO REIMBURSE (NK0T/N8TWO) N4HRL WINTER WEATHER POLICY PRESIDENT OR VP WILL DECIDE ON POSTPONEMENTS GENERLALLY POSTPONE IF MANY OTHER ORGS ARE CANCELLED SECRETARY WILL EMAIL A NOTICE, ASO WILL TRY TO NOTIFY ON 94 NEW BUSINESS ------------ N4HRL TIME TO LOOK A FIELD DAY Curt NK0T/Vicki W0VJB/Dave KD0DK/Taryn N0TKC FIELD DAY COMMITTEE N4HRL NO JAN PRESENTATION SUMMARY OF UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS NK0T/W0SJ: "EXPLORER POST" FOR SCOUTS. NEED A TAX ID NUMBER FOR D0JNOATIONS, INITIAL $40 REGISTRATION FEE WITH THE SCOUTS LIKE A BOY SCOUT TROOP BUT GENERALLY OLDER KIDS, MORE FOCUSED WITH A THEME, IN THIS CASE AMATEUR RADIO. CO-ED ALSO. AGES 14-21 NEED 5-7 COMMITED EXPLORER SCOUTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO SETTING IT UP THEY COULD EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN CALL CURT IS WORKING ON SELECTING A GOOD QRP RADIO, THERE ARE A LOT OF LOSERS SCOUTS ARE SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNG HOW TO SOLDER CODE PRACTICE OSCILLATOR OWULD BE A GOOD START MICRO BIT X VERY MODIFIABLE HFSIGNALS.COM THERE IS A NICE YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIP OF THIS AE0TB TECH CLASS 1 DAY CLASS IN WAVERLY ON JAN 12 8-5 FOR THE CLASS, VE'S WILL BE THERE AND CAN TEST IMMEDIATELY. WAVERLY COMMUNITY CENTER, ALREADY REREVED FOR US EXPECTING 15-20 STUDENTS TIM BUSH IS THE CONTACT: EMAIL YOUR NAME, ADDR, PH TO IOWAHAMCLASSES@YAHOO.COM CLASS IS $79, PAYS FOR THE BOOK, LUNCH, CLASS, AND TEST NEEDS DOWN PAYMENT BY JAN 1 N8TWO JOTA 3RD WEEKEND IN OCT CODE PRACTICE OSCILLATOR SINCE THEY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SOLDER, MAYBE DO A SOLDERING (AND SAFETY!) COURSE IN ADVANCE Motion to adjourn at 8:03 (NK0T/N0TKC) PRESENTATION ------------ Tonight's presentation was by Joe Hoepfner (AE5EI) on digital UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- January: (no presentation scheduled yet) Febuary: Jennifer Strobehn presents on robotics March: Lee Garner doing a followup on Joe's digital presentation April: Nathan (N0ZYC) presents on drones/quads 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 Ansborough 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 usually meets at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Tuesdays at 6:00 pm contact is Al (KB0VGG) 2ND FLOOR CF LIBRARY 10AM UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- (none) OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ (none) W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: http://w0mg.net/ - 2019 membership form: http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform2019.pdf - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/waterloo.hams/community/ - Cedar Valley area repeaters: http://w0mg.net/repeaters/ MEETING ATTENDANCE ------------------ Members: XXXXXX Guests: XXXXXX 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 2017, Dave Kelly, KD0DK, dir3(a)w0mg.net Director 2018, Taryn Colby, N0TKC, dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2019, Stan Johnson, W0SJ, dir2(a)w0mg.net Please join us at Windcove (Western Home Communities) apartments at 5300 South Main St in Cedar Falls. We are meeting on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 7:30 pm. 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 club secretary 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. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply requesting removal from one or both distribution lists. - Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) Secretary, W0MG