[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Alexandria Radio Club Meeting Notice - December 2012 ARC SHORTS

Tue Dec 4 20:09:49 EST 2012

ARC-SHORTS

December 2012

Club Repeaters: 53.13 (PL107.2) (DFM),  147.315 (PL 107.2),
(224.82(PL107.2), 444.6 (107.2) 

 927.6 (-25Mhz, 107.2 PL) and 1282.600 (PL 107.2)  (DFM)

DSTAR 145.38Mhz, 442.060, 1284.600 

(DFM is Down for Maintenance)

News letter and meeting announcement for the Alexandria Radio Club.

Club repeaters and detailed info can be found at  <http://www.w4hfh.org>
www.w4hfh.org  

Club Net: 147.315 (-600Khz, PL107.2) on Thursday’s at 8 PM local time

Club Meetings: Second Friday of each month at 7PM at 3600 Wheeler Ave.
(Police Dispatch Center)

Minutes of Meeting Minutes November 9th, 2012

1.      Open meeting

2.      Introductions:  KJ4FUU, pass sign-in roster

3.      Treasurer’s report:  W9TCE, $20 dues, $20 DSTAR fund, 50/50 tickets

Treasury total: 8214.40

4.      Secretary’s report:  KJ4FUU – 41 members

5.      Committee reports: 

a.       Training Report – KA4GFY 

½ way through, 14-15 students, inquiries already about the next class

b.      ARES – N4ASXMark Penn/the city have purchased 800 Mhz radios as
emergency backup; questions about our role 

c.       Repeater & remote receivers – KF7IJZ, K4GOR, KA4GFY

Rich KA4GFY has the “guts”, and controller for the 23cm repeater

d.      DSTAR – KI4MWP

Nothing new to report

e.       Webmaster – K4AXQ - absent

6.      Upcoming Events:

a.    ARRL SSB Sweepstakes, November 17-18th

b.    Kentucky QSO Party, November 10-11th  

c.    CQ Worldwide DX Contest (CW), November 23-25th 

7.      Hamfests:

a.    Richmond on February 2nd 

b.    Odenton in January

c.    Annandale – usually the end of February – no date announced

8.      Old Business: 

Marathon successful; new antenna worked under the 14th St. bridge

9.      New Business:

a.                   W9TCE - Ways and Means 

b.                  Election for 2013 club officers 

President:  ____Tom KJ4FUU___

Vice-President:  _Jeremy KF7IJZ_

Secretary:  _Bobby KK4CKJ_____

Treasurer:  _Steve W8RJH______

c.                   Holiday Party - December 14th at Mango Mike’s

         Please RSVP with Ian with your menu choices by the 11th;

         choices off of Duke or Queen menu;    mangomikes.com/groups.html

d.                  2 900 Mhz radios donated; club will keep one, sell one

10.  Net Controls:  November 15: _Rich KA4GFY __

    November 22: _No net ________

    November 29: _Tom KJ4FUU___

    December 6:   _Harry N4CWP__

    December 13: _Ed W4EDF ____

    December 14:   next meeting/holiday party

11.  Last call for 50/50, then pull winning ticket

Speakers:  N4ASX was sick, program canceled. By acclamation, vote to answer
new ham's question, hang out, and go home early. 

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is the Annual Holiday party. This year it will be at MANGO
MIKE’S on Duke Street.  If you have not RSVP with Ian, N8IK, you NEED to do
this before the dinner on December 14th.

When: Friday, December 14th, 2012 at 7pm.

Where: Mango Mike's Restaurant, 4580 Duke Street in Alexandria (across from
the Foxchase Shopping Center).  Plenty of parking with no antenna height
restrictions. 

Dress:  guys - look better than you look at a hamfest!  Coat & tie would be
nice - this is a holiday party.

Cost:  $25 or $30 per person, plus cash bar

Menu: your choice including salad, dessert, soda/coffee/tea from the "Duke"

or "Queen" menu at  < <http://www.mangomikes.com/groups.html>
http://www.mangomikes.com/groups.html>

CALL IAN if you’re going to attend.  Just walking in is not really an
option.

Repeaters

Tim, KT4MV, announced that the 444.6 Repeater is up. It still has a few
problems, so it may or may not be up.  When the 2 meter repeater and the
yellow cab radios are transmitting we get noise on the 70cm repeater.  

Some of us do not have radios that can monitor two VHF frequencies.  I am
sometimes on 145.47, and I also will monitor 444.6MHz.  70cm is a shared
band where we amateurs have secondary privileges.   We need to make good use
of this repeater.   Thanks Tim for your work on this project.  Tim has put a
great deal of effort and time into our repeaters.  

Rick, KA4GFY, is working on the 23cm (1.2Ghz) repeater and we are looking
for a home for it on a very tall building.  If you have a T-81A, one of the
new Alinco’s, or an ICOM ID-1 you can make use of this machine when Rich
get’s it running.  

When we get these repeaters up,  we hope to organize some nets to make use
of the repeaters.

Some Sad News and some club history

In Memoriam:

Kathleen Gregson, WB4JJE, a former member of the Alexandria Radio Club and
XYL of Wilfred Gregson III, K4GCM, former President of the Alexandria Radio
Club, became a silent key on November 27, 2012 at Mary Washington Hospital
Hospice care in Fredericksburg Virginia.  Wil is also a silent key. Kathy
worked as a hospice nurse and was retired.  For many Field Days at the
Episcopal High School,  Wil and Kathy operated W4HFH from their 80 cw
position out of their 1968 VW van,  using a 1/4 wave wire vertical supported
by surplus hydrogen balloons, designed for life raft situations.  The
balloons were bought from Fair Radio Sales and were not reusable.  An ARC 5
Command Set Receiver was used for cw monitoring.  She is survived by her
daughter Heather, Heather's husband and grandchild.  Wil and Kathy were into
Scottish Heritage and attended the Alexandria Scottish games.  Wil was a
private pilot and flew his Ercoupe out of the old Woodbridge Airport.  

They were members in 1968 when I joined and there at least to 1973.  We were
all doing the boat races at the old torpedo factory  and Gtown boat house
using Motorolla Dispatchers, mainly Nicad P33s on 146.82 simplex.  Dean May
WB4EIY would haul a huge GE base up to the roof with a rope.  We were so
glad to get 6 channel Drake TR22'S.  We had an AREC and RACES group and
helped Red Cross with that hurricane in '72, name escapes me at the moment.