[FARC] FARC "Approved" Minutes for April 16, 2012

[Herb Palm]

Frederick Amateur Radio Club “Approved” (FARC) Minutes for April 16, 2012 .

Meeting: The club meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm by President 
Jim Ridgley - N3HTA .

Introductions: See Attendees

New Licenses: None

Upgrades: None

Treasurer Report: None

New Member Application(s): None

Old or Ongoing Business: The club is working on getting a complete 
membership roster so voting can be done on the new Constitution & 
By-Laws scheduled now for the May meeting. Voting is planned to be made 
electronically or by attending the meeting.

- Jim Ridgley related a story from the Frederick News-Post column, 100 
hundred years ago, April 5, 1912.

“For the first time, a wireless message was caught yesterday over the 
receiving instruments kept at the Boys Department at the YMCA, it being 
a dispatch sent from Washington to the steamer Apache which was located 
somewhere in the Chesapeake Bay in the vicinity of Norfolk”.

Unfortunately the exact frequency was not given.

New Business:

-Field Day plans for June 23 & 24, 2012 are being made. As last year, 
the expected place will be in the garage area of the Frederick Memorial 
Hospital pending final approval by Phil Giuliano. In spite of 
construction at the hospital, it should not interfere with this activity.

- Next month we will have Stu Brenner present a talk on “Station 
Grounding”. June’s program will be by Jim Devilbliss on “RACES”.

Committee Reports:

- SKYWARN: Ben Nardi - W3ZUP attended the basic “Skywarn “ class and is 
now a spotter for the system. The ensuing conversations regarding 
Skywarn were of interest to all attendees.

-ARES: This years event is called “March for Babies”, annual walk in 
Baker Park, Frederick, MD. A sign-up sheet for volunteers was passed 
around. HT radios will be the only radios required. The frequency will 
be 146.580 MHz. simplex, starting at 9:00 am. Meet at about 8:30 am at 
the big tent near the band stand.

On April 3, 2012, Jeff Fishman - KB3FIO and Bill Reinhardt - N3CTR 
participated in an exercise with the Prince George Health Coalition 
Hospital Group Drill from FMH and Jim Devilbliss was at the EOC to make 
voice contact through the Central Maryland Repeater Group to a number of 
different repeaters on 440 MHz, one here and various in PG County 
consisting of about 5 repeaters. The exercise lasted about an hour and 
talked to several different stations. This was also linked through 
Winlink. This is a quarterly exercise.

- MISC.: Lou Popowsky received an e-mail from Bob Maroney concerning 
club equipment still at his place, ranging from radios, power supplies, 
and various other items. His request was to return it to the club. This 
equipment may eventually be made available to club members or be sold at 
HAM fests.

Another item discussed was the Incorporation papers of our club, as to 
being current and in effect. A concerted effort will be made to gather 
needed information to determine our status.

End of Meeting: The meeting ended at 8:06 pm .

Attendees:

Leonard Keepers - KB3NL
Mark Whitmore - AB3KS
Lou Popowsky - KB3RNT
Emmett Bonner - WA4UWD
Jeff Fishman - KB3FIO
Ben Nardi - W3ZUP
Jim Ridgley - N3HTA
Herb Palm - K3HCP

Respectfully submitted, Herb Palm - K3HCP