[FCARC] June Meeting Notes

[Craig Szczublewski]

The meeting was called to order at 7:30PM by Bryan Patterson (KB8ELG) with
10 members in attendance.

Silent Key/Members in Distress: none

Finance Report:
The treasurers report was read with motion to approve by Jim McBride
(K8JPD) seconded by Cass Telles (KD8MNG).  All present approved.

Minutes from previous meeting were read and approved.

Hamfest Report:
The Hamfest was an overall success, although attendance was down from last
year. KB8ELG gave a financial breakdown of costs and income.

Repeater Report:
The main repeater site environmental controls where switched to summer
mode.  The backup site is offline and has been for sometime.  We plan to
work on Sunday July 1 around 2pm to get those system back online.

Upcoming Events:

- June 30 is the Swanton Fireworks.  We plan to meet at 7pm near the
football stadium.  Please bring an HT, safety vest, and flash light if you
have one.  Bug repellent would not be a bad idea either.  Plan on using
146.460 simplex.
   On the topic of helping out at these events, a motion made by Jim
(K8JPD) to purchase 6 LED safety flashlights. It was seconded by Bill
(KD8WSL).  All approved.

- July 13-15 is Delta Chicken Festival.  The Grand Parade is on Sunday July
15 at 2pm.  We have not been officially approached by the committee, but
KB8ELG says to expect that to happen.  Please mark this event on your
calendar.  We'll provide updates as we have them.

Field Day:

The mast trailer is being prepped the week by KB8ELG

Participants so far:
      John (KG8XG)
      Cass (KD8MNG)
      John (KD8ZKE)
      Bryan (KB8ELG)
      Craig (KD8KBU)

KB8ELG plans to bring a large ham for dinner, all other bring a side to
share for Saturday afternoon (plan on 6pm).

Good of Amateur Radio:

- We had a round of discussion on ways to make the meeting more interesting
and engaging to members.
- We also discussed potential meeting locations.  KB8ELG will check with
local police about using the auxiliary room.

Presentation:

K8JPD gave a presentation on using the ARRL Bureau for sending and
receiving QSL cards.  Some highlights from the presentation included:

- Clubs can pool QSL cards to make it more cost effective for members
- Our division QSL manager:

  Arthur S Kamlet
  5519 Naiche Rd
  Columbus, OH 43213

- More info at http://www.arrl.org/outgoing-qsl-service

We are looking for a meeting topic for July, if you have any ideas on
things to present or something you would like to see presented, please let
us know.  Some ideas kicked around include: effective use of DX clusters
and spotting networks, setting up your QRZ page, and tips on busting
through pile-ups.

Hamfests:

07/22/2018 Van Wert
09/09/2018 Findlay
09/16/2018 Adrian
10/06/2018 Great Lakes HamCon

Club Nets:
Weeknights at 10:30pm Bud's Midnight Madness Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 8pm FCARC ES Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 9pm 6M Net -- 1st Wed 50.400 AM, 3rd Wed 50.125 USB, all others
52.525 FM Simplex

Latest Club Information:
On the web: http://www.k8bxq.org/
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Fulton-County-Amateur-Radio-Club-206939596063938/
E-Mail list: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/fcarc

VE Testing:
The club gives testing at 9am the last Saturday of each month at the
George's Radio Service in Wauseon, contact Tom Servoss (KC8UOM) if
interested, you can find his phone number on the www.k8bxq.org website
under the VE Testing section.

Saturday morning breakfast at the Delta 109 at 9:00 AM, in downtown Delta,
OH.

The meeting was called to close at 8:40pm.


-- 
Craig Szczublewski