[FARC] FARC Minutes from 8-15-11

[Herb Palm]

Frederick Amateur Radio Club (FARC) “Approved” Minutes For August 15, 2011

Meeting: The club meeting was called to order at 7:15 pm by President 
Jim Ridgley

Introductions: See Attendees

Last Months Minutes: 7-15-2011 (Corrections - None ) Approved: YES

New Licenses: None

Upgrades: Lou Popowsky - “EXTRA”

Treasurer Report: No Treasurers Report

New Member Application(s): None

Old or Ongoing Business:
- Jeff’s Fishman Atomic Clock - Only one of four clocks is actually 
slow. The clock seems to be “retarded” as evaluated be Jeff.

New Business:
- QSO Party - The club did not officially participate except for some 
people individually. Jeff Fishman worked a station in Canada besides 
several states and nearly a dozen counties in Maryland. The best contact 
was with a station in Monteray, Mexico on 80 M at 5 Watts.

Committee Reports:

- Skywarn - Nothing new to report in spite of recent thunder and 
lightning activity producing little rain. 0.40" of rain was measured in 
a digital rain gauge by Herb Palm, little rain compared to the light 
show and lots of thunder. Watch for Skywarn classes scheduled this Fall 
season either on line or on the reflector.

- By Laws Committee - Nothing to report at this time.

- ARES
Triathlon -Never heard anything about the Triathlon at Spring Ridge that 
was scheduled for August, 2011.

Bike Race in Utica Park - We have been asked to provide communications 
for the bike race scheduled for October 8, 2011 and will be between 30 
to 50 miles. More details should be coming from a planning meeting soon. 
The base station will be at Utica Park with several stations at various 
locations.

Win-Link’s Mike Miller will have monthly exercises for anybody that is 
interested. Let Jeff Fishman know.

- RACES - No activities are scheduled during the Summer months.

- MISCELLANEOUS
The September’s program is supposed to be involving APRS but nothing is 
known at this time. Herb Palm had offered to use his APRS radios for 
demonstration purposes. He will contact Joe Durnal to find out the 
status of what is planned for the meeting.

T-MARC Representative
Jim Ridgley asked who is the T-MARC representative from FARC. Jeff 
Fishman is shown on the web site as the representative and received an 
e-mail regarding the current status of two repeaters in the area. Look 
for something on this on the reflector.

- HAM Fests - For the latest information checking on line is recommended.

This Month’s Program: There was no program scheduled

End of Meeting: The meeting ended at 8:22 pm

Attendees:
W3ZUP - Ben Nardi
AB3KS - Mark Whitmore
KB3FIO - Jeff Fishman
N3HTA - Jim Ridgley
K3DQ - Jim Gillespie
WA4UWD - Emmitt Bonner
KB3RNT - Lou Popowsky
K3HCP - Herb Palm

Respectfully submitted, Herb Palm - K3HCP