[AReU] Sorry for the "wipe out".

[w4tas]

As usual, other things intervened to prevent me from attending the meeting tonight. 
I sincerely apologize for that as I was very much looking forward to visiting with my 
AREU friends. I have a lot of electronics “business” to discuss with you folks. 
It’s going to take more that one meeting to catch back up. 
Even though I have not had my shop active for about 5 years, I am still experimenting 
with DSP radios. I have purchased a FunCube Dongle Pro lately and am trying to 
become competent using it. It receives from 50 MHz to 2 GHz and is the size 
of a thumb drive with a SMA connector on the end. I just purchased from WIMO a 
conversion module that covers from 0 Hz to 54 MHz that attaches to the FunCube 
Dongle. It is truly an amazing piece of equipment. 

I am particularly disappointed that I missed meeting with George and Bill. I am going 
to have a big load lifted from me when the repeater is working well again. I also 
wanted to ask George about the “magic” formula to have fairly easy access to the 
repeater site. Maybe he could get with me on the phone or E-Mail and discuss 
possible plans to schedule a repair expedition. 

My absence involved health concerns with Alma (KC4ZZK), my mother-in-law. 
She had her pacemaker battery changed about a week and a half 
ago and was having problem with weakness and dizziness. I am not too concerned 
about it but you never know when things will go wrong. I felt I should be around 
if she needed me. I made an appointment with her doctor in the morning and I feel 
sure we can get the problems ironed out. 

Mike, I hope you and Jacob enjoy the meeting and that you and he will become 
regular attendees. I am looking forward to seeing you guys and find out what 
activities you are up to. Maybe we will try it again on the 23 cm band. I still have 
some equipment that can be “brought up to speed”. 

73 to all, 

Tony