====================== IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ====================== For the time being, we will be using Zoom for our meetings. The following meeting link is persistent and will be used until we can resume our in-person meetings. This meeting/link is set to repeat monthly and so will not change every month. It starts early (at 7pm) and closes at 10pm. Zoom monthly meeting: Web URL, includes meeting ID and passcode: https://zoom.us/j/99863201285?pwd=cWUyQWxrRk81OEcwN1Q0dzF1UTBLUT09 On your mobile or with the Zoom app directly: Meeting ID: 998 6320 1285 Passcode: 955710 or call in from any phone: (312) 626-6799 (Chicago) (929) 205-6099 (New York) (301) 715-8592 (Germantown) (346) 248-7799 (Houston) (669) 900-6833 (San Jose) (253) 215-8782 (Tacoma) -------------------------- Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Dec 2020 The December gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:30 PM, December 12, 2020 on Zoom by Curt Wilson (NK0T) There were XXXXX in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: LOIS: MINUTES SAID MEETING STARTED AT 7, THO THAT'S JUST WHEN THE MEETING STARTS MAKE A NOTE OF THE DIFFERENCES VJP CHANGE JAN BUCK TO JANE Report accepted with 2 adjustments (VICKY/W0GEN) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have UNCHANGED $1,90.18 in savings/repeater fund and +$20 1,551.86 in checking. Report accepted (K0DV?/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 --------- NK0T: 220 AND 94 WORKING WELL NKOT: BENTON REPEATER PUT BACK IN WITH 50 WATTS (TOOK OUT A 100) MOST OF THE PHYSICAL INSTALL OF THE REPEATER DONE BY AL AND N0NUC (DWAYNE FROM URBANA) TESTED, LOOKS GOOD N0NUC, AL, WENT UP AND PUT IT ONLINE A LITTLE DIODE ON THE TUNER BOAR WENT OUT AND TOOK OUT A PA TRANSISTOR (VINTON REPEATER) W0ALO: NO TROUBLE, 82 HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN 12 YRS 220 WAS DOING WEIRD THIGNS AND TIMING OUT RECENTLY OFFLINE WAITING FOR PL NK0T: IT HAS NO PL INTEND TO ADD PL AND INTERNET ACCESS SOON HIGHER POWER PA IN THE WORKS NEED TO CATCH UP WITH CURT THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR REPEATERS HES TALKIGN ABOUT COMMITTEES ---------- Repeater Swap Committee (Jan/KE0RKO, John/WB0MAR, Curt/NK0T): XXXXX Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ W0SJ: FILTERS BEING BUILT 10M HIGH PASS STILL NOT WORKIG SATISFACTORIY, SHOULDBE DONE FOR FIELD DAY 2021 DON BROWN SK CLEANOUT IS COMPLETE CAROL COOPERS TOWER NOTHING CLUB CAN DO FOR THEM, THEY WILL LIKELY HAE TO PAY FOR THE REMOVAL N8TWO: STILL IN PLANNING STAGE FOR SPRING/SUMMER FOXHUNT CAMPOREE ACTIVITY THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE CANCELLED CAMPOREE NK0T: CLUB'S REMOTE READIO COMPUTER PROBLEMS HOPE BACK ONLINE NEXT WEEK, WINDOWS UPDATE MAYBE BROKE IT NEW BUSINESS ------------ KD0DK: MOTION TO WAVE 2021 DUES (KD0DK/W0VJP) UNANYMOUS KD0WVN: WATERLOO FUSION REPEATER IS THERE BUT NOT ONLNIE DOES IT NEED A LINK RADIO? IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR? NK0T: PROBABLY YES, REPEATER IS ON THE AIR BUT DOESNT' HAVE INTERNET CONNECTION NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET AN INTERNET CONNECTION FOR IT ANALOG AND FUSION YAESU W0MG MORE OF A POLITICAL PROBLEM THAN ANYTHING SITE HAS CHANGED HANDS THEY MIGHT WANT TO TEAR DOWN PARTS OF THAT BUILDING COVENANT ON KIMBALL NOT SURE WHO OUR PRESNET CONTACT IS, CHANGD HANDS SEVERAL TIMES IF WE ROCK THE BOAT THEY MAY KICK US OUT N0ZYC: CELLULAR HOTSPOT MAYBE? NK0T: RED SHED HOTSPOT IS $20/MO BUY WAS ONE TIME FEEL W0ALO USES HOTSPOTS ON TWO REPEATERS, $26 A MONTH KD0WVN: SHOULD BE ABLE TO LINK THE RADIO WITHOUT EVEN NEEDING PYYSICAL ACCESS NK0T: IN THAT CASE JUST NEED A FUSION RAIO INSTEAD OF A HOTSPOT WITH MONTHLY CHARGE, IT NETWORKS TO SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH INTERNE ACCESS WOULD THEN NEED A 2ND SITE WITH ANOTHER RADIO AND INTERNET ACCESS N0ZYC: OR GET A CHUNKY MOBILE AND TURN DOWN THE POWER SO DUTY CYCLE DOESN'T KILL IT NK0T: NO TIME TO WORK ON IT RIGHT NOW NO ONE KNOWS EVEN WHERE TO START TO CONTACT THEM WE HAD A LETTER GIVING US PERMISSION TO BE THERE BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THAT'S AT W0ALO: CHRIS HAS 900 AND CABINET CHRIS ALSO LACKS CONTACT INFORMATION N0ZYC: WILL DO SOME PASSIVE RESEARCH AND FIND OUT WHO WE ARE DEALING WITH BEFORE WE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM NK0T: CAN WE GET A REPORT ON TESTING AND TRAINING ? N8TWO: ONE MORE CLASS SESSION FOR GENERAL, TESTING ON 19TH SENDING OUT ANOTHER TECH CLASS STARTING JAN 13 5 WEEKS FOLLOWED BY TEST SESSION ANOTHER POTENTIAL SESSION JAN 16 WITH ANOTHER CLUB IN MASON CITY, BUT UP IN THE AIR DUE TO COVID MARK/AL TALKING ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN WINTER FIELD DAY ANYONE IN THE CLUB INTERESTED (NOZYC IS) GET A CABIN OR TWO, RUN ON GENERATORS MAYBE BIGWOOD LAKE CABIN VONTON COUNTY BENTON TOWN WE GOT IN, GUY ON VACATION GOT THEM IN ADJUSTED CONTROLLER 100W PA WAS BURNED UP REPLACED WITH A 50W (60W CAPABLE) THE ONE WITH A CAPACITOR NOT DIODE THAT FAILED FOUND A FEW 100W PA BOARDS FOR IT, WILL REBUILD AND GET IT BACK TO 100W BY SPRING MAYBE 224.9 NEEDS A PL BOARD AT CURT'S FARM IN RIDGEWAY GETS INTERFERENCE GETS UNSQUELCHED AND TIMES OUT Motion to adjourn at 8:09 (W0ALO/N0ZYC) NO PRESENTATION TONIGHT NK0T DISCUSSED A 3D ROUTER HE RECENTLY PURCHASED UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- (TBD) 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 - W0MG Virtual Breakfast, now meeting every Monday morning 8:45am – 12:45pm https://zoom.us/j/94876565904?pwd=RnlhMzBkMWhCaEkzRUc0YW4yaDMxUT09 or open the Zoom app and join with meeting ID 948 7656 5904 passcode 592204 VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- contact Tom (AE0TB) for current information CLASSES@W0MGNET UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- (none) 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: Curt Wilson (NK0T) - pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President: Al Jones (KB0VGG) - vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary: Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) - sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer: Dave Kelly (KD0DK) - treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2019: Stan Johnson (W0SJ) - dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 2020: Jan Fitkin (KE0IWP) - dir3(a)w0mg.net Director 2021: John Humpal (WB0MAR) - dir1(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 Our meeting has been temporarily moved to Zoom due to covid-19, see announcement at the top of these minutes for meeting information. 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