SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to rapidly rising Covid rates, this month's meeting will be held on Zoom, at the regular Saturday 7pm (feel free to join early, the room will be available before 7pm) Web URL: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://zoom.us/j/99863201285?pwd%3DcWUyQWxrRk81OEcwN1Q0dzF1UTBLUT09 Zoom computer or mobile app: meeting ID 998 632 01285, passcode 955710 Or join us by phone: (312) 626-6799 (Chicago) Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, January 2022 The January gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:00 pm PM, Saturday January 9, 2022 via Zoom by Curt (NK0T). There were XXXXX members (XXXXX ARRL) and XXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: NONE Report accepted with XXXXX adjustments ( N0TKC / WB0MAR) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have $1,90.18 in savings/repeater fund and $1,727.86 in checkinG + $200 DUES ENDING $1,927.86 Report accepted ( N0ZYC / KB0VGG ) 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 https://www.w0mg.net/ REPEATERS --------- KB0VGG 444.975 IS AT BILL DEDICS BEING REBUILT 444.55 IS GOING FINE 9-4 IS ACTIVE BUT NEEDS AN 'UNDR THE HOOD" WORKOVER HAS PROBLEMS,LOUD TONES, NOISE, CHUCK'S 82 IS WORKING MAGNIFICENT WHEN WE GET THE REPEATER UP AT IGAWANIS 444.975 CAN BE LINKED TO 94 CURT (NK0T) 220 IS DOING WELL COMMITTEES ---------- Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): XXXXX Field Day 2022 Committee (Harold/N4HRL): XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ WINTE FIELD DAY N8TWO AT INGAWANIS, LOOKING FOR OPERATORS HE'S GOING OUT FRIDAY NIGHT TO SET UP NEEDS $8.99 FOR SOFTWARE WINTER FIELD DAY SPECIFIC VGG HAS USB GPS DONGLE FOR PERFECT TIME SYNC FT-8 IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WINTER FIELD DAY NEED A SIGN UP SHEET FOR FOOD WE HAVE THE CABIN FOR THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN RUN OVERNIGHT NEW BUSINESS ------------ HAROLD SENT VGG A GREAT IDEA HAVE A RAGCHEW TIME SET UP ON THE 94 TIME FOR NEW HAMS TO GET EXPERIENCE ON THE RADIO ALSO OTHERS ARE USING REPEATERS FOR WELFARE CHECKS AND JUST COMBATING ISOLATION NETS CAN BE INTIMIDATING CURT: SALVATION ARMY FELL VERY SHORT OF THEIR GOAL THIS YEAR MOTION TO DONATE ($100?)TO SALVATION ARMY ( N0ZYC / AE0TB ) WE USUALLY DO FIRST SATURDAY OF NOVEMBR, 2 HR SHIFT, 2 PPL PER DOOR SO 8 VOLUNTEERS BASIC ADVERTISING IS OK, LIKE A HAT OR NAMETAG WITH CALL JUST DON'T INTERFERE WITH THE RINGING VGG: WHAT LEVEL OF CLASSES DO WE WANT OUR NEXT TRAINING FOR? AL WILL HELP TRAIN EVEN SMALL GROUPS LAST WED OF JAN DO A CLASS (NATE/MARK) NEED TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK I ADVANCE PREFER EXTRAS WE HAVE 12 VERSIONS OF EACH TEST SO WE CAN GIVE 12 TESTS AT A TIME MARK OUR NEXT TEST SESSION IS NEXT SATURDAY 6PM HAROLD GIVEN COVID ARE WE DOING ZOOM OR? VGG: TESTS IN PERSON CLASSES IN ZOOM JOHN (WB0MAR) WORKED ON HAM LIST, WILL RESEND THIS EVENING HAROLD: JUNE FIELD DAY 6-7 DIFFERENT PART OF FIELD DAY TO HELP WITH WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE SHELTER FOR AROUND 12 HOURS KD0DK: SCHDULED FOR SURGERY, RESCHEDULED TO EARLY FEB SDUE TO COVID HE MAY MISS NEXT WEEK'S MEETING IF WE'RE STILL ON ZOOM NEXT WEEK SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM NATE: BRING A LAPTOP REGULARLLY FOR ZOOM PARTICIPANTS TO REGULAR MEETINGS PROJECTOR WORKIG? WIDE ANGLE CAMERA TOO MAYBE NK0T: NEXT MONTHPRESENTING ON NANO VNA WITH EMPHASIS ON SETUP AND CALIBRATION AND COMMON MEASUREMENTS ANTENNAS COAX Motion to adjourn at 7:40 PM ( HAROLD / JAN ) (no presentation this evening) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- February: Curt (NK0T) on Nano VNA March: Nathan (N0ZYC) intro to Fox-hunting April: possible Rocket Club presentation - John (WB0MAR) will look into it May: discuss upcoming Field Day presentation ideas: electronics history, radio bug-out bag, fox-hunting, alternate power, solar power, spotting electronics scams, mag-loop antennas, broadband blocking filters 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) - Iowa 75 Meter Evening Net runs Mon-Sat at 5:30 pm on 3.970 MHz / LSB Also meets at 12:30 pm on same. - Iowa 160 Meter Net runs Sunday night at 9:30 pm on 1.9745 MHz / LSB - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 - Ham Radio Fellowship / Breakfast every Wednesday morning at 9AM at the Wendy's at Love's Travel Stop in Waterloo. (3301 Greyhound Drive) VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- contact Mark (N8TWO) for current information at classes@w0mg.net UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- (let us know) OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ W0MG Winter Field Day (January 29-30) Scouts Winter Camporee (April 30 - May 2) W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: https://www.w0mg.net/ - Membership form: https://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 ------------------ Members: XXXXX Guests: 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: Al Jones (KB0VGG) - pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President: Curt Wilson (NK0T) - vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary: Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) - sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer: Dave Kelly (KD0DK) - treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2020: Jan Fitkin (KE0IWP) - dir3(a)w0mg.net Director 2021: John Humpal (WB0MAR) - dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2022: Taryn Colby (N0TKC) - dir2(a)w0mg.net NIRAA meets most months on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 7:00 pm, at the Waterloo Airport, in the old restaurant. Parking is available at no cost in the short-term lot. (3 hr free limit) 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