[K3CAL] July 2, 2020 CARA Meeting Minutes Members Meeting

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Thank you Dave, it is nice to see minutes for meetings again.

73,
Bob N3PPH

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From: "Dave via K3CAL" <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
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Sent: 7/27/2020 1:58:17 PM
Subject: [K3CAL] July 2, 2020 CARA Meeting Minutes Members Meeting

>July 2, 2020 CARA Meeting Minutes  Members Meeting
>Attending:  Bill Hackett N3XMZ President,  Peter Holt KB3SXB Vice 
>President, Dick Ratcliffe W3RBR Treasurer, Dave Hardy KB3RAN Secretary, 
>Jim Tetlow K3UGA Director,  Miriam Ratcliffe KC3ASQ, Bob Sheskin N3PPH, 
>Danny Flynn WW3N, David Weaver W3PQS,
>Called to order at 7:30 by Bill by Zoom due to coronavirus 
>restrictions.
>Reminder to use smile.amazon.com for online purchases to benefit CARA.  
>A reliable fund raiser that costs the club nothing.
>Field Day Report:
>4 stations made over 600 contacts on Field Day.  K3CAL 95, N3PPH 34, 
>WA4BRX 135, N3AE 300+
>Great event with 4 ops onsite at Dick and Miriam Ratcliffe’s home.  
>Good food, great location and facilities.  Air conditioning a plus.  
>Weather held off with no storms or rain.
>
>County Communications Infrastructure:  Ongoing progress reported.  
>Equipment purchases in progress.  EBid may have been made.  Unsure if 
>promised antenna has been installed on County Courthouse.   When 
>systems are complete, interlinking of stations should allow complete 
>county communications.
>DMR: A repeater swap was accomplished. There still may be a ComCast 
>problem.  Will look at noise floor and commonality with repeater.  Bob 
>reports availability of code plugs for HT’s.
>Elmering: Plans to stand up a net for Elmering new hams by VHF and/or 
>HF soon.  May use TAC 2 on 10 meters or donated time on VHF repeater in 
>St Mary’s.
>KB3TGF offline: The Drum Point EOC station is currently offline while 
>new flooring is being installed.  Should be back in service shortly.
>Zoom:  Due to success with using Zoom for Board and CARA meetings, it 
>was suggested to supplement the Monday night net with a Zoom component. 
>  Bill will bring up a Zoom meeting at the same time as the net to see 
>how that works.
>Contests: Dave H to publicize current 13 Colonies, and 10 meter Spirit 
>of 76 contests.
>Meeting adjourned 20:50
>Respectfully submitted
>David Hardy
>KB3RAN
>CARA Secretary
>
>Next meeting is August 6th.  Details later.
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