Join us (next meeting is Saturday May 10 at 6pm) at the Waterloo Airport, or via Discord. Click this invitation link to add our server to your Discord app: https://discord.gg/Uyz4jeQKhW (2025) Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, April 2025 The March gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 6:04 PM April 12, 2025 at the Waterloo Airport by Al (KB0VGG). There were XXXXX members (XXXXX ARRL) and XXXXX guests in attendance (locally and remotely) this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: TARYN (N0TKC): VICKI'S NAME WAS SPELLED VICKY JAN (KE0IWP): CHUCK'S TRANSMISTTER IS ON MERCY ONE, NOT COVENANT W0VJB LISTED AS W0VJBZ ONCE MAYBE JOHN SAID ROCKET CLUB Report accepted with 4 adjustments ( N0ZYC / KD0DK ) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ activity and balances for period: 3/1/2025 - 3/31/2025: Savings (repeater fund) account: $2,705.26 starting balance ---------- -------------------------------------------------- XXXXX ---------- -------------------------------------------------- XXXXX ending balance checking (share-draft) account: $1,991.55 starting balance ---------- -------------------------------------------------- +60.18 DEPOSITS FOR MEMBERSHIPS ---------- -------------------------------------------------- 2051.73 ending balance upcoming deposits and expenses: $200/YR ARRL GRINNELL $25 ABOUT THE SAME COVERAGE MARK/AE0TB PAY ARRL THROUGH RISK STRATEGIES INC HAVEN'T PAID FOR FIELD DAY YEY AL WILL PAY FOR AND GET REIMBURSED Report accepted ( XXXXX / XXXXX ) Please contact our treasurer Dave (KD0DK) if you would like to get your dues paid for the year. Club dues can be paid in person at the meeting or online on our club website at https://www.w0mg.net/ REPEATERS --------- XXXXX COMMITTEES ---------- Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): (no report) OLD BUSINESS ------------ AE0TB: AIRPORT: AFTER THE LAST MEETING NO ONE HAD CONTACTED THE NEW AIRPORT MANAGER, TOM CONTACTED, HE WAS UNAWARE WE WERE HERE MET WITH MANAGER, HE'S OK WITH US HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE END OF JUNE, WE CAN DO AN EXHIBIT/BOOTH AT THAT TIME STEVEN KJERGAARD ("KEERGUARD") JUNE 21-22 (WEEK BEFORE FIELD DAY, KIDS ON THE AIR DAY) DOORS WILL NOW ALL BE OPEN UNTIL 10PM CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE EMPLOYEE LOT FOR MEETINGS (BUT NOT TESTING) MARK: FIELD DAY - START THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WANT TO OPERATE MARK WILL BE SMOKING SOME PULLED PORT AND BAKED BEANS, PLUS MAC & CHEESE TARYN WILL HAVE A SIGN UP SHEET FOR OPERATORS NEXT MEETING WE NEED OVERNIGHT OPERATORS TRAIL LIFE SO PROBABLY A GOTA STATION 80-40-20-15-10-6-2-70CM VOICE-CW-FT8-OOTHER DIIGTAL SO NO REAL RESTRICTIONS ON BANDS/MODES MARK: FIVE WEEK TEST SESSION JUST WRAPPED UP, WE GOT A NEW TECH MARK: DISCUSSIOB OF PROPOSED 2M SSB NET NEW BUSINESS ------------ MARK (N8TWO): COUPLE THINGS COMING UP AT SCOUTS MAY 3 ASKED TO RUN A STATION DOING CODE FOR SPRING CAMPOREE SCOUYTS WILL DO MORNING TRAINING SESSION REGARDING ODE AFTERNOON WILL HAVE A COMPETITION, TRY TO QUICKLY RELAY A MESSAGE NEED HELP WITH CODE (DAVE AND DAVE?) WE SET UP STARTING AT 8AM JUST TWO STATIONS JUNE 21 WEEK BEFORE FIELD DAY / ARRL KIDS DAY / SCOUT CRAFT AREA ON INGAWANIS RADIO SHAKEDOWN FOR FIELD DAY MAKE SURE YOUR YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING IS UP TO DATE THIS ISN'T AN OFFICIAL RADIO EVENT FOR THE SCOUTS, WE'RE JUST DOING A PRESENTATION AND SCOUT ACTIVITY IF THEY WANT TO CHAT WE HAVE PERMISSION TO PUT THE INGAWANIS REPEATER UP ON THE INTERNET FUSION WILL NOW BE ONLINE JOTA 3RD WEEKEND IN OCT (18TH) MARK IS WORKING WITH PROGRAM COMMITTEE ADDING IN JAMBOREE ON THE INTERNET RANDY: TRAIL LIFE GROUP WOULD LIEK TO ATTEND FIELD DAY GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH IN WAVERLY K0CQH: EXPERIENCING BAD NOISE, ESPECIALLY ON 75M DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE SOURCES OF INTERFERANCE AL: NEW IA ARRL SEC MANAGER HAVING PROBLEMS, CVARC HAS IMPLODED MAYBE GET MULTIPLE CLUBS TOGETHER TO CALM THE WATERS BETWEEN THE CLUBS MARK: TEST TESSIION 19TH AT AIRPORT ONE CANDIDATE HAS RSVP'D SO FAR TOM: VE TESTING - READY FOR 100% ONLINE AT THE START OF NEXT YEAR ALL THE ADMIN FORMS ETC ARE ONLINE TEST TAKING WILL ALSO BE ONLINE (PAPER WILL BE AN OPTION) WITHIN AN HOUR OF PASSING A TEST THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY AND GET THEIR CALLSIGN Motion to adjourn at 6:46 pm ( N0ZYC / KE0IWP ) There was no presentation this evening. 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, sodering, new director at FEMA, EOC? Contact Al (KB0VGG) if you'd be interested in giving a presentation. Tentative presentation schedule: MAY 10 : JUNE 13 : JULY 11 : AUG 9 : SEPT 13 : OCT 11 : 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 or Al (KB0VGG) on class/test day at 319-243-8819 UPCOMING HAMFESTS AND EVENTS ---------------------------- Des Moines Hamfest 04/26/2025 https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/des-moines-radio-amateurs-association-hamfest-3 Iowa State Fairgrounds Elwell Family Food Center 3000 E. Grand Des Moines, IA 50301 ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- Randy (KF0JPR) has a pair of HyGain yagi new in box for sale, asking $100 ea Doug (K0DV) has a 6m beam new in box also that's looking for a new home W0DT has a number of radios for sale 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://w0mg.net/?page_id=1736 - additional club media and resources: https://vftp.net/N0ZYC/W0MG/index.html - Amateur Radio Practice Site (tests and code): https://www.aa9pw.com/ - Discord server (current invitation link at top of minutes) 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 David Roberts (K9DCR) vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer Dave Kelly (KD0DK) treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2023 Jan Fitkin (KE0IWP) dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2024 John Humpal (WB0MAR) dir3(a)w0mg.net Director 2025 Randy Albright (JF0JPR) dir3(a)w0mg.net ABOUT ----- NIRAA meets most months on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 6:00 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