Join us (next meeting is Saturday October 8 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, September 2022 The September gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:02 PM, Saturday September 10, 2022 by AL (KB0VGG) at the Waterloo Airport. 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 2 adjustments (W0VJB/N0TKC) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have $1090.18 in the savings/repeater fund and $1743.53 in checking. ONE CHECK FOR $25 TO AL FOR SHELTER RENTAL AUG $15 FOR ARRL TESTING SESSION ENDING 1018.53 Report accepted (N8TWO/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 https://www.w0mg.net/ REPEATERS --------- AL MINE STILL UP BUT ABIT DEAF DUE TO PINE TREES INGAWANIS HAS GOOD EARS SLIGHTLY DEAF TO SOUTHEAST CHUCK'S SEEMS TO BE WORKING NEED TO GET 925 UP BEFORE WINTER, GETTING HARDWARE TUNED UP AND READY, NEED TO GET ANTENNA UP W0MG U/V BOTH WORKING CURT 224.9 IS WORKING WELL TOM GRUNDY REPEATER ECHOLINK REPEATER IS DOWN HIS CLUB CALL HAD EXPIRED, HAD TO GET THAT RENEWED, ECHOLINK IS BACK UP TOM: TOLEDO REPEATER: ANTENNA IS UP, CHRIS DOESN'T HAVE REPEATER THERE YET BUT ANTENNA IS WORKING RACOM IS DOING SHACK INSTALLATION FOR COST OF MATERIALS COMMITTEES ---------- Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ CHANGE MEETING TIME? NOT SOMETHIGN WE HAV ETO CHANGE NOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT WE CHANGED FOR WESTERN HOME DUE TO AVAILABILITY NOW WE'RE GETTING OUT AROUND 9 WHICH IS A BIT LATE WILLT ABLE FOR NEXT MEETING CLUB WEB SITE HANDOVER CORY HAS NO EXPERIENCE BUT IS WILLING TO LEARN CHRIS NOLAN A SOFTWARE ENGINEER, MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK WITH CORY TOM: SHOULD GO TO A DIFFERENT HOST HE'S USING A PROFESSIONAL EXPENSIVE PROVIDER NEED TO FIND A MORE SMALL BUSINESS CLASS HOST NATE WILL SERVE AS TECHNICAL CONSULTANT NEW BUSINESS ------------ CHRISTMAS PARTY AL: ASKED BY ELKS FOR A FEW CHANGES PAY DAVE AHEAD OF TIME AND CUT A CHECK TO ELKS ALSO CUT A SEPARATE CHECK FOR SERVER GRATUITY MENU IS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR TIMED TO BRING MEAL AS WE ARRIVE, SO DO MEETING AFTER DINNER PAYMEBT BEFORE 7TH NOV, ALONG WITH MENU SELECTIONS SO WE NEED MONEY AND MEAL SELECTIOHS BY THEN DINNER IS ON NOV FRI 18 MEET AT 5:30 EAT AT 6 MARK SUGGESTS A NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHRIS NOLAN GOT HIM ADDED TO THE XLS NEED TO ADD TO CONTACTS AND SEND OUT A TEST EMAIL FITKIN IS GOING TO OFFER TO RENEW FOR DIRECTOR CURT WOULD LIKE TO STEP DOWN AS VP K0CQH WILL HELP WITH NOM COMMITTEE N0TKC ALSO AL IS WILLING TO REUP PRES KDODM DAVE WILL GO FOR VP KD0DK UP FOR CONTINUING TREAS NATHAN UP FOR SEC SO WE HAVE ONE NOMINEE FOR EACH POSITION, DON'T NEED THE NOM COMMITTEE MARK NEXT SAT VE TEST SEESSION 10AM WLOO AIRPORT AL AND MARK WENT OT PLANNING MEETING FOR EVANSDALE GOOD OL DAHYS SEE IF THEY WANT OUR HELP WITH PARADE THEY SAID NO, BUT THEY ARE INTERSTED IN US SETTING UP A BOOT NEXT SAT 9/18 NEED A COUPLE PEOPLE FOR SETUP AT POLIVE AND FIRE STATION ENVANS RD AND GILBERT DRIVE? AL AND TARYN WILL SET UP, KD0DK MAYBE JOTA MARK 5 SCOUTS SIGNED UP TARYN: THEY ALWAYS SIGN UP LATE THOUGH NEED AGILE HELPERS FOR FIOXHUNT CURT CLUB'S REMOTE HAS NETWORK AND STARTUP PROBLEMS TREE IS ACTUALLY OKAY BUT REMOTE STARTUP AFTER REMOTE SHUTDOWN FOR WEATHER IS UNRELIABLE AND REQUIRES A PERSONAL VISIT NEEDS AN UDATE TO START THE SOFTARE AFTER RESTART IS GOIG TO MOVE THE ANTENNA, THE ONE TREE IS DEAD, WE HAVE A LIVE TREE PICKED OUT Motion to adjourn at 7:46 PM (KB0VGG/N0TKC) Tonight's presentation was DISCUSSION OF BYLAW UPDATES TOM REINSTALL THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS PAY DUES, CANNOT VOTE FOR OR SERVE POSITIONS ADD SPECIFY USING REMOTE STATION MUST USE THEIR CALL AND THEIR LICENSE, NOT THE CLUB'S WHICH MAY BE HIGHER CHANEE REMOTE ACCESS VERBIAGE TO SAY MMEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING WILL BE GIVEN ACCESS BY CONTACTING ETC SHOULD THE CLUB CUSTODIAN BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD? MAYBE THE SENIOR DIRECTOR? WILL DISCUSS AT A BOARD MEETING ADD SPSACE BETWEEN SECTION A ARTICLE 8 COMMITTEES NEED TO UPDATE THE ARRL WITH OUR BYLAW CHANGES UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- presentation ideas: electronics history, radio bug-out bag, alternate power, solar power, spotting electronics scams, mag-loop antennas, broadband blocking filters, denver/cf robotics club, new director at FEMA, EOC? Contact Al (KB0VGG) if you'd be interested in giving a presentation. Tentative presentation schedule: Oct 8 N0ZYC on solar Nov 12 (Friday instead of Saturday) Christmas dinner / elections Dec 10 radio programming (bring your radio, programming cable, manual, laptop/software) Jan 14 KB0VGG on ham shack safety Feb 11 Tom Reese (CFU Field Engineer) from Sumner Mar 11 WB0MAR inviting robotics club? Apr 8 NK0T on Nano VNA (bring your Nano) May 13 Field Day planning 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 ------------------------------ Dave (K0CQH) is selling his Icom 746 Pro, $600 firm 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/ - additional club media: https://vftp.net/N0ZYC/W0MG/index.html 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 Members of the board 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