[FCARC] May Meeting Notes

[Craig Szczublewski]

May 18, 2020
Club Meeting On the Air (147.195) roll: kb8elg, kd8zke, kb8elh, kd8kbu,
w8tux, kg8fm, kd8jbs, wd8krs, nc4oh, kb8gom, kd8itj, wb8zoi, kd8pud,
kc8pcu, ke8bhw, kb8cby, kb8vtn, wd8pic, kd8wsl, kd5guu, w8tzo

The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm by Bryan Patterson (KB8ELG) with
21 members and guests in attendance on the 147.195 repeater.

Members in Distress: nothing to report.

Treasurers Report: no report given on air.

Hamfest Committee: The next FCARC sponsored Hamfest will be the summer
trunk swap on June 6, 2020, followed by the Winter Hamfest on December 5,
2020.

Repeater Committee: We need to schedule a HVAC check in April.

Old Business:
Additional repeater shed maintenance needs to be performed after spring
rain has subsided.

New Business:
The state of the Summer hamfest is still a go. The Ohio Department of
Health has published guidelines for outdoor sales and garage sales, which
our hamfest would fall under:

https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/checklists/english-checklists/Garage-Sales-and-Outdoor-Retail-Sales-COVID-19-Checklist

While we will provide beverage sales (water and soda) no food items will be
offered for sale. We ask all attendees to follow the guidelines outlines in
the website link above, or please stay home. The plan will be to meet at
the woodlot on June 5 in the evening to rope off the vendor area and plan
spacing.

Good of Amateur Radio:

KB8ELG reminded everyone of our Saturday breakfast at the 109 should resume
this coming Saturday, May 23.

Correspondence/Comments:

KD8KBU inquired about obtaining door prizes, maybe a NanoVNA antenna
analyzer.
W8TUX suggested 15 foot spacing between trunk sale vendors. Some
suggestions for door prizes included a repair kit or soldering station.
WD8KRS will take car of ordering the port-o-john
KD8ITJ suggested a SDR dongle as a door prize
KD8PUD inquired about VE testing and offered to assist Ed in mowing the
woodlot.

Upcoming Hamfests:

6/06/2020: FCARC Summerfest
7/11/2020: Summer Eat, Greet, Swap – Temperance, MI
9/20/2020: Adrian, MI

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: All testing sessions have resumed. 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 breakfasts are planned to resume on Saturday May 23, 2020
at the Delta 109 at 9:00 AM, in downtown Delta, OH.

The next regular club meeting will be Monday, June 15, 2020 at 7:30pm with
location TBD.
The Net was closed at 8:28pm by KB8ELG.



-- 
Craig Szczublewski