====================== 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. The zoom room opens at 7pm, with the club meeting starting at 7:30 pm. Zoom monthly meeting: (2nd Saturday of the month) Web URL, includes meeting ID and passcode: https://zoom.us/j/99863201285?pwd=cWUyQWxrRk81OEcwN1Q0dzF1UTBLUT09 or 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, April 2021 The April gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:32 PM, April 14, 2021 on Zoom by Curt Wilson (NK0T). There were 21 members (16 ARRL) and 0 guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: DAVE VERNEIR TO DOUG Dave (K0DV): I have a friend willing ot present on history of AM modulation TARYN DIDN'T GET THE MINUTES BUT MARK DID SO PROBABLY A GLITCH Report accepted with 1 adjustment (WB0MAR/KB0VGG) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have $1,09.18 (NO CHANGE) in savings/repeater fund and $1,921.86 + $40 = 1969.86 in share-draft. CLUB INSURANCE BLACK HAWK INSURANCE THROUGH GRINNEL MUTIUAL 233 OUR PAST ARRL NEVER RESPONDED WITH QUESTION ON FIELD DAY $33 CHEAPER FOR NO RESPONSE MAY 10 MOVE TO CONTINUE WITH GRINNEL (K0DV/JAN) THIS MONTH DAVE NEEDS TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO ARRL, ANYONE WITH UNPAID DUES PLEASY PAY NOW SO YOU ARE INCLUDED IN THE COUNT Report accepted (XXXXX/XXXXX) 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: AL'S REPEATER IS WORKING REPEATER SWAP COMMITTEE AL AND CURT SWAPPED OUT WATER TOWER QUANTAR NOW SO THAT'S DONE WE HAVE A CFU CONTACT PERSON CONVENANT BOUGHT OUT WILL DEMOLISH FOR STRIP MALL GET IT OFF THE BUILDING BY MAY 1 KB0VGG: TODAY WE GOT TWO MAIN ANTENNAS, COAX DOWN, PLUS ONE TOWER SECTION PLAN TO BE BACK UP NEXT WEEKEND TO GET THE REST OF THE TOWER DOWN IF ITS IMPRACTICAL WE WILL JUST ABANDON THE TOWER SECTIONS MERCY 1 HAS REACHED OUT TO US MEDICAL ART BUILDING NOT SOLD NOT BULLDOZED EVEN A 20 FT TOWER WILL BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS WHAT WE JUST TOOK DOWN VERY GOOD RAPPORT WITH MERCY MAINTENANCE GROUP FOUND A STAIRWELL THAT MAY WORK FOR INDOOR TAKE DOWN BOTH ANTENNAS AND TOWER AT AL'S SHED FOR NOW NK0T: BILL HAS THE TWO MICOR REPEATERS THAT NEED ALTERNATE STORAGE THEY'RE PRETTY OLD BUT WORKING CONSIDER REPLACING THEM WITH MOBILE RADIOS AND CONTROLLERS IF SOMEONE HAS STORAGE FOR A RACK CONTACT CURT COMMITTEES ---------- Repeater Swap Committee (Jane/KE0RKO, John/WB0MAR, Curt/NK0T): SWAP IS DONE NEW REPEATER COMMITTEE? Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR):XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ NK0T: STILL WORKING ON 3D ROUTER NKOT: FIELD DAY? N8TW0: SURVEY: 21 RESPONDED TO SURVEY, ALL WANTED TO DO FIELD DAY ONLY 3 WILLING TO DO OVERNIGHT AVERAGE INTEREST IN 2-4 STATIONS SHELTER PREFERENCE MAINLY WALLS OR ROOF ONLY OTHER BIG INTERESTS: RESTROOMS, PARKING, GABAGE CANS, TABLES, ELECTRICITY EASY ACCESS AND FINDING IT FOR FIRST TIME 15-20 MI AVERAGE WILLING DISTANCE MOST WILLING TO RUN THEIR OWN RADIO K0CQH: IF ATTENDEES ARE ALL VACCINATED THEN WE CAN INTERACT MORE NORMALLY LOKOUT PARK AVAILABILITY? NK0T: "FIELD DAY / PICNIC" KD0DK: STURGIS FALLS IS ON THIS YEAR KB0VGG: RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A GENERAL CLASS, ONLY TWO STUDENTS RIGHT NOW THOUGH AFTER THIS WILL GO WITH AN EXTRA TEST NEEDS A LIST OF EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS NATE: DAVE SEND ME UPDATED MEMNBERSHIP LIST AND WILL THEN FORWARD TO AL DAVE WILL TRY TO GET WEST LOOKOUT, EAST LOOKOUT, BIRDSALL NEW BUSINESS ------------ XXXXX Motion to adjourn AT XXXXX PM (W0ALO/KD0DK) Tonight's presentation was by BILL (W0GEN) on STARLINK 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 or dial in by phone, 312-626-6799 (Chicago) VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- contact Mark (N8TWO) for current information at classes@W0MG.NET 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 ------------------ KD0WVN Nick Miller N0ZYC Nathan Fisher W0SJ Stan Johnson W0GEN Bill Dedic KD0DM David Morrow N4HRL Harold Lucas N8TWO Mark Colby AE0TB Tom Bicket N0TKC Taryn Colby KD0DK David Kelly W0VJB Vicki Bicket KE0IWP Janice Fitkin KE0IWQ James Fitkin KB0VGG Al Jones NK0T Curt Wilson K0CQH Dave Knittel WB0MAR John Humpal K0DV Doug Vernier NC0N Cory Hill N0XUT Dwayne Collingwood W0ALO Chuck Angel 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