====================== IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ====================== Until January, we will be using .940 or Zoom for our meetings. Doesn't look like the Covid situation is getting any better, for September we will be utilizing Zoom for our meeting. As we get further into the year, this may change. ---------------------------- URL: XXXXX Saturday October 10 at 7:30 PM (Meeting ID: XXXXX, Passcode: XXXXX) -------------------------- Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Aug 2020 The August gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:31 PM, September 12 2020 on Zoom by Harold Lucas (N4HRL). There were XXXXX in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: K0DV WAS THE ONE THAT MENTIONED THE VIRUTAL HAMFESTS NOT MB0MAR XXXXX Minutes approved with XXXXX adjustments (XXXXX,XXXXX) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have 1,90.18 SAV in savings/repeater fund and 1511.86 AFTER DEP in share-draft. +40 SHAREDRAFT +25 FROM DON'S DUES, SENT $5 REFUND, WAITING FOR CHECK TO CASH (N0ZYC/N8TWO) Please contact Dave if you would like to get your dues paid for the year. Our club membership form is also available on our club website at http://www.w0mg.net/ REPEATERS --------- XXXXX COMMITTEES ---------- Repeater Swap Committee (Jan/KE0RKO, John/WB0MAR, Curt/NK0T): XXXXX Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ N8TWO DISCUSSION ON CHANGING MEETING TIME TO 7PM? W0GEN: MOTION TO KEEP IT AT 7:30 (UNANYMLUS) NAROLD: PAY WOGEN'S DUES (NATHAN/TARYN) AS LONG AS HE IS PROVIDING SERVICES W0GEN/K0DV: VIRTUAL HAMFEST MENTIONED IN ALST MONTH'S MINUTES SOME GROUP SANCTIONED BY THE ARRL DX ENGINEERING IS ONE THE MAIN SPONSORS, INFORMATION ON THEIR WEB SITE LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT TWICE A YEAR DISCUSSION OF PARKS ON THE AIR, THIS IS A YEARLONG EVENT, STILL ONGOING NEW BUSINESS ------------ HAROLD: VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS HERE? W0GEN: ZOOM WORKS WELL FOR SHARING THEIR SCREEN TO DO PRESENTATIONS ALSO GOOD FOR POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS W0GEN INTERESTED IN DOING OCTOBER PRESENTATION "W0MG REMOTE HAMS & INTRO TO FLEX RADIO" K0DV: OTHER CLUBS MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS OR JUST VIEW OUR PRESENTATIONS N8TWO: DIGITAL MODE PRESENTATION? STATE ARES WANTS TO SEE WINLINK ALSO NK0T: REMOTE HAMS HANDLES AUDIO, NO SKYPE REQUIRED W0GEN: THE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY OF PRESENTATIONS MAY BE USEFUL FOR ATTRACTING MORE HAMS W0GEN: WE COULD RECORD FROM ZOOM AND UPLOAD TO YOUTUBE N0TKS; MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE RECORDING SMALL IF YOU WANT TO GO TO FACEBOOK N8TWO: JOTA IS GO FOR THIS YEAR, NEED HELPERS FOR OPERATING AND HELPING SCOUTS AL WILL BE OUT HELPING WITH ANTENNA SETUP WITH MARK WILL BE HELD OUTSIDE, WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE BUILDINGS THIS YEAR NEED SHELTERS SO PICNIC SHELTER AS USUAL, PUT THE OTHER BY THE KITCHEN LODGE OCT 16-18 SETUP FRI, MAYBE EVENING OPERATION 9AM SAT TO DUSK NO RADIO SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, POSSIBLY TEARDOWN IF WE OPERATE LATE ON SAT NRHRL: HYVEE IS OPEN FOR BREAKFAST STARTING MONDAY (DOWNSTAIRS) SHOULD BE INTERSTING, 6FT SPACING WE ALONE CAN FILL THE DOWNSTAIRS W0GEN: HOW ABOUT WE JUST DO ZOOM BREAKFAST THIS MONDAY AT 9AM? (W0GEN/N0ZYC) START 8:45 TO 12:30 WEEKLY "W0MG VIRTUAL BREAKFAST MEETING" BILL EMAIL LINK TO NATHAN AND MARK N8TWO: HAMFAST COMING UP SOUNDEAST IOWA HAMFEXT COLMBUS JUNCTION IOWA SUN OCT 4 http://www.waarc.net/SEIAHamfest/index.html https://www.muscatinearc.org/se-ia-hamfest AE0TB: WEST LIBERTY GETTING RELOATED TO COLUMBUS JUCTION NK0T: REMINDER, YOU NEED TO REGISTE RWITH REMOTE HAMS TO OPERATE THE W0MG REMOTE STATION, CONTACT MARK N8TWO TO GET YOU AUTHORIZED MOVED FROM COTTAGE TO SHED, GREATLY REDUCED NOISE LEVEL n8two: NEXT VE TEST ON THIS SATURDAY 10AM SEPT 19 HUDSON PARK BY THE WATER TOWER TESTERS SCHEDLE AHEAD MX 6 AT A TIME Meeting adjourned at 8:43 PM (N8ZYC,N8TWO) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- (temporarily suspended) REGULAR EVENTS -------------- - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - Iowa Digital Net runs every Sunday night at 4pm, 3.5885 MHz USB / 1500 Hz WF (Olivia 8-500) (note new day and time as of Feb 2020) - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 temporarily suspended: - 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 VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- contact Tom (AE0TB) for current information UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- Davenport and West Liberty are coming up OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ (NONE) W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: https://www.w0mg.net/ - Membership form: http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform.pdf - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/waterloo.hams/community/ - Cedar Valley area repeaters list: https://www.w0mg.net/repeaters/ MEETING ATTENDANCE ------------------ XXXXX Members wishing to pay club dues (or have paid and are not indicated above) please contact our Treasurer in person at our monthly meeting or by email at treas(a)w0mg.net 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 Kelly (KD0DK) - treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2018: John Humpal (WB0MAR) - dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2019: Stan Johnson (W0SJ) - dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 2020: Jan Fitkin (KE0IWP) - dir3(a)w0mg.net NIRAA meets most months at Windcove (Western Home Communities) apartments at 300 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, with a 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 https://www.w0mg.net/ and the club's primary email contact is sec(a)w0mg.net You're receiving these meeting minutes because you have given the NIRAA club your email address for minutes and 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