Join us (next meeting is Saturday Aug 13 at 7pm) in person at the Waterloo Airport, or via Zoom : - WWW 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 - Phone: (312) 626-6799 (Chicago number) Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, July 2022 The July gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:00 PM, Saturday July 9, 2022 by Cyrt (NK0T). There were XXXXX members (XXXXX ARRL) and XXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: DON (KF0EGO) HAS SUGGESTED ADDING THE NEXT MEETING DATE AND TIME TO THE ZOOM INFO AT THE TOP OF THE MINUTES DAVE (KD0DK) FIXED NAME MISSPELLING XXXXX Report accepted with 2 adjustments (N8TWO/N0TKC) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have 1090.18 in the savings/repeater fund and 1703.53 -> 1723.53 in checking. FIXED A DEPOSIT ERROR (WRONG ACCOUNT) +DUES $20 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 --------- CURT: NO ISSUES WITH HIS UHF: STILL CONSIDERING SWAPPING THE CONTROLLER FOR THE 94 AND PLACING A SINGLE BAND AT INGAWANIS CHUCK: MINE AT WORKING AL: STILL NEEDS ABOUT 25FT MORE HEIGHT COMMITTEES ---------- Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ FIELD DAY EVALUATION - NEW EMI FILTERS WERE EFFECTIVE AT ELIMINATING INTERFERENCE FROM THE SOLAR CONTROLLER AND LAPTOP CHARGERS - POWER WAS NOT A PROBLEM, SOLAR KEPT THINGS CHARGED THOUUGH ONE STATION NEEDED A BATTERY SWAP - FOOD WAS EXCELLENT - SOME ATTENDEES HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING THE SHELTER, WE NEED WAYPOINT SIGNS - ATTENDANCE WAS LOWERED BY SITE BEING OUTSIDE TOWN - SITE AMMENATIES SUCH AS FLUSH TOILETS AND REFRIDGERATO WERE A BIT SOFT BUT APPRECIATED - SHELTERS WORKED TO PROTECT STATONS FROM SUN AND RAIN - THE GOTA RADIO GOT VERY LITTLE USE - WAS SETTING UP MULTIPLE SATELITE STATIONS WORTH THE ADDED EFFORT? XXXXX NEW BUSINESS ------------ CURT: RR DEPOTS ON THE AIR, VINTON SITE GILBERTVILLE MAY BE NEXT VINTON DEPOT IS NOW A MUSEUM, SET UP OUTSIDE, GOOD WEATHER MARK'S ANTENNA, CURT'S YAESU 991A, 20M ~30 CONTACTS, 3-4 OPERATORS LOST CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON CEDAR FALLS NEXT SATURDAY? AL: CF COMPLICATION: THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE BUILDING DOESN'T OWN THE PARKING LOT MAYBE 9-11 SAT 5TH AND MAIN CURT: CLUB REMOTE STATION OCCASIONALLY NEEDING A RESET BUT OTHERWISE WORKING WELL REMINDER, ANY CLUB MEMBER CAN USE IT, CONTACT MARK (N8TWO) TO GET ON THE REMOTE HAMS APPROVED LIST W0GEN: THE TREE THE ANTENNA GOES TO IS TOTALLY DEAD, IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED MARK ON VE TESTING / TRAINING NEXT TEST SESSION SEPTEMBER 17 AT AIRPORT MARK MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER A TRAINING IN A FEW WEEKS TARYN/AL: BOARD MEETING FOR NEXT MONTH NEED TO START THE AUDIT, PLUS BYLAWS REVIEW K0CQH: PROGRAM SUGGESTION ARRL ANNOUNCED FCC IS CHANGING THEIR CORES REFISTRATION PROCESS SOMEONE DO A PRESENTATION ON HOW TO USE THE NEW CORES SYSTEM TOM: THE NEW SYSTEM HAS BEEN UP SINCE 2015, THIS IS JUST THE OLD ONE IS ABOUT TO GO OFFLINE TOM WITH ANOTHER PROGRAM TOM CREESEY MANAGER AT CFU (IS A HAM LIFES IN SUMNER) COULD DO A PRESENTATION SIMILAR TO THE ROCKET CLUB MAYBE A TOUR OF THE UTILITIES TARYN: WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR A MEETING NEXT MONTH CQH SUGGESTS LOOKOUT PARK, WELL RECEIVED AL DOESN'T LIKE, NO AC FOR CROCK POTS MAYBE ISLAND PARK? BIRDSALL PARK GEORGE WYTH? OR JUST GO LOOKOUT AND SKIP THE CROCK POTS AND JUST GRILL WB0MAR: IS THIS POTLUCK? YES LOOKOUT PARK, BYOMeat, AND A DISH TO PASS (N0TKC/N0ZYC) NATHAN TO RESERVE IT (THERE ARE SEVERL SHELTERS) (KD0DK/N0TKC) WASHINGTON PARK AS A BACKUP 430 BOARD MEETING 5:00 CLUB MEETING, 5:15 EAT (( BOARD MEETING CANCELLED, AL WILL NOT BE THERE AND CURT POSSIBLY NOT, RESCUEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER ALSO NOTE AL HAS REGISTERED A SHELTER AT PFIFER SPRINGS SINCE THE BIG ONE AT LOOKOUT WAS BOOKED NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THE TWO? SHELTERS IT IS )) Motion to adjourn at 7:36 PM (N0ZYC/N0TKC) There was no presentation tonight in leu of Field Day evaluation K0CQH SELLIGN ICOM 746 PRO $600 FIRM FIELD DAY AL: THANKS TO HAROLD TO FIND A GOOD LOCATION NEED TO GET THE STATIONS AS FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AS POSSIBLE BUT WE HAD LOTS OF DROP CORDS DIGITAL LAPTOP NEEDS TO BE BATTERY POWERED AL THOUGHT THERE WAS STILL DIGITAL NOISE? PERSON WITH THE KEY SHOULD BE THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE, FOR FLUSH TOILET ACCESS NATHAN WASN'T AWARE OF ANY SOLAR OR LAPTOP NOISE PROBLEMS NEED TO BRING HTS OR SOMETHING SO SATELLITE STATIONS CAN COMMUNICATE NATHAN: CONSIDER OTHER SHELTERS NEXT TIME (DISCUSSION OF SOLAR POWER AND OTHERS BUYING IN) NATHAN SHOULD DO A PRESENTATION ON SOLAR NATHAN LOOKING INTO GETTING SOME FEATHER FLAGS FOR BETTER LEAD IN AT INTERSECTIONS FIELD DAY PLANNING SPREADSHEET WAS SHOWN, SHOULD BE USEFUL FOR NEXT FIELD DAY UPCCOMING: RAILROADS ON THE AIR, THEN JOTA, THEN WINTER FIELD DAY PROBLEMS: NOT ENOUGH SOLAR POWER NOT ENOUGH OPERATORS GOTA WAS VIRTUALLY UNUSED UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- presentation ideas: electronics history, radio bug-out bag, alternate power, solar power, spotting electronics scams, mag-loop antennas, broadband blocking filters Contact Al (KB0VGG) if you'd be interested in giving a presentation. REGULAR EVENTS -------------- - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - Iowa Digital Net runs every Tuesday night at 7pm, 3.5885 MHz USB / 1500 Hz WF (Olivia 8-500) - Iowa 75 Meter Evening Net runs Mon-Sat at 6:00 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 me know) OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ (let me know) 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