[FCARC] March 17 Meeting Notes

[Craig Szczublewski]

Hello everyone, here are some notes from the Monday night Club meeting:

The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm with 17 members and guests in 
attendance. Minutes from the previous meeting and the treasurer's report were 
read and accepted.

Committee reports follow:

Education: The VE Team reports the following testing sessions: January, served 4 
candidates and issued 1 new tech, 1 upgrade to general, and 1 upgrade to extra. 
  February, served two candidates and issued 1 upgrade to extra, and 1 new 
amateur earning general class.  We are still considering a technician class, but 
no firm date has been set.  KB8ELG wants to work with KE8RU in transitioning 
some of the teaching responsibilities and curriculum retooling.  On the same 
note, Defiance Amateur Radio Club will be holding a tech class in Mid April:

Who: Defiance County ARC
Where: Defiance Co EMA (22491 Mill St., Defiance, OH 43512)
When: April 19, 26, and May 3.  7pm-9pm
Contact: Terry Habegger w8uy at arrl.net

Repeater Committee: We held a lengthy discussion on the best way to address the 
primary repeater.  We know it is having sensitivity issues and are trying to 
determine the best way to approach the problem.  As of now, the spring goals 
(starting in April) are:

1. Get the backup repeater on-line with the repaired GE radios and repaired 
backup controller (all successfully fixed after the lightning strike)
2. Tear down and clean up of all connections at the main repeater, replace patch 
cables to duplexers, check loss through system.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine if we need to send the duplexer pack in 
for a rebuild, or if we just have an alignment issue.

Memorial Committee: Nothing to report.

Members in Distress: It was reported that KC2RCU has successfully undergone a n 
organ transplant and should be returning home around Easter.

EC Report: Jim McBride has offered to be the club EC liaison for Fulton County 
and will hopefully be working with Terry Habegger soon to establish a 
relationship with the county EC.  Jim has stated that he wants to start putting 
together a list of club members that have emergency power capabilities in the 
event of an emergency.  More to come on this topic.

Membership: We have 41 members up to date on dues so far.  Thank you for your 
continued support.

T-Shirt Committee: Nothing to report.

Hamfest Committee: We are starting to promote the December Hamfest, and have 
received a lot of interest from vendors.  In April we will plan on figuring out 
table layout at Memorial Hall, and also whether or not we want to setup food 
vending during the event (which has a series of costs associated with it, as 
well as licensing).

Good of Amateur Radio:

1. KB8GOM offered to coordinate a Fox Hunt on one of the Saturdays in May.  Look 
for more info on this soon.

2. There will be Storm Spotter training on March 27th, from 6:30p-8:30p at the 
Fulton County Health Center.  Contact Heather Kost: ema at fultoncountyoh.com (419) 
337-9207 to reserve a spot (make sure you tell her you are with the Fulton 
County ARC).

Upcoming Hamfests:

04/12/2014 Highland, MI (Milford)
05/16/2014 Dayton, OH (5/16 to 5/18)
06/07/2014 Tedrow, OH (FCARC)

Next Meeting:  The next regular club meeting will be April 21 at the County 
Administration Building second floor (same as the Drivers License Bureau), 152 
S. Fulton St, Wauseon.  The club meeting will be at 7:30pm.

Club Nets:

Weeknights at 10:30pm Bud's Midnight Madness Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 8pm Informal Two Meter & ARES Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 9pm 6M Net -- 50.400 AM on the first Wednesday of the month
Wed at 9pm 6M Net -- 52.525 FM Simplex

That's all I have for now.  Please reply back to me with corrections...

Craig Szczublewski - KD8KBU