[K3PZN-List] JULY 8TH, CLUB MINUTES

[JOSEPH EBAUGH]

HERE ARE THE MINUTES FROM THE 8TH OF JULY 2002 MEETING,

73, JOE

Carroll county amateur radio club minutes

The Carroll County Amateur Radio Club met on July 8, 2002 at the Fire 
Training Center.

President Beckman, N3SB, called the meeting to order at 1932.

There were 33 members and 2 guests present.

President Beckman made several remarks to the members, and set the 
agenda for the evening, he also announced that a 50/50 drawing would be 
held this evening.

Members and guests introduced themselves.

John King talked to the club about the up coming CARA and FAR Hamfest to 
be held at the Howard County Fairgrounds on September 7th and 8th, it is 
ARRL sanctioned and will also operate a Special Event station, if you 
would like to help they can always use the you.

Joe, KB3DSR, has several items of radio equipment for sale, see Joe for 
details.

Frank, K3MTT, displayed his photographs of Field Day and passed them 
around for all to see.

The minutes of the June Club meeting and Board meeting were approved. 
(See copy in the radio room)

Financial report was given by Bill, N3WM, and approved by the members. 
(Copy attached to file copy of minutes)

Report on the June Board meeting was given by John, AK3Z; he outlined 
the Boards actions and recommendations. (See copy in radio room)

Committee reports;

Repeater - Larry, WX3F, gave a report on the spurring problem with the 2 
meter repeater and that it had been corrected. At the same time he 
checked the 450 repeater about complaints that it was weak and found it 
is putting out only 1 watt, he will look into that problem as time 
permits, it may need a new amp, and the 450 PL is 127.3. He has also 
been in contact with the County abut the Sykesville remote site; they 
will start making phone calls to the proper people to get the site on 
line. Also if you plan on using the 2 meter repeater after midnight you 
must set the PL, it is 144.8.

ARES/RACES - Larry, WX3F, there is not much going on that requires 
ARES/RACES participation; he thanked those responsible for keeping the 
CARET net going in his absence. He mentioned that Phil, KE3FL, has a 
data base disc available for the asking. There is one event on the 
calendar, the Wine Fest Bike Tour on September21st, help will be needed 
to support this effort, and he would like two people at each rest stop 
plus net control.

Membership - Frank, K3MTT, members who's due are coming due and those 
that have not renewed were notified by e-mail where available, there is 
a new roster on line, if you need a copy e-mail him. The new Badges are 
being worked on and will be available shortly, also, the new ID cards 
that he has completed were passed out to members present, and he is 
available to take member ID pictures after the meeting.

Special Events - Jerry, N3GQK, no report, he is not aware of any up 
coming events. President Beckman suggested he coordinate with Larry, WX3F.

Station - John, AK3Z, will meet shortly to select equipment to upgrade 
station and will formulate a survey to be completed by members of what 
they think should be in the station, they will meet a Stables in 
Westminster this Friday at 7pm.

Training and Education - Clint, W3ARS, classes are still being conducted 
on Thursday evenings, Al, K3ZE, has started a General Class upgrade 
theory class on Saturday mornings at 9am at the FTC. A test session was 
held on the 30th of June with 9 attendees, there were 3 upgrades and 2 
new hams from this session.

Tailgate Fest - Joe, N3YIM, will be on the 11th of August at the AG 
Center, we need to set-up on Saturday the 10th at 4pm, and help is 
needed on the 11th starting at 5am, there are sign up sheets to sign up 
to help. Everything is ready, the treasurer needs to send a check for 
the rent, and a sign needs to be made for the Restrooms. I will check 
the Friday before to make sure all is ok.

Newsletter - Joe, N3YIM, to date I have 6 pages ready with several more 
to go, there will be a special page for the Field Day articles, so far I 
have two articles from FD. I hope to get the letter out by mid month, 
however, that seems impossible at this time, when it comes time to mail 
will need help then.

Hamfest - Steve, N3SB, he has sent flyers to several publications that 
cover both the Hamfest and Tailgate Fest, Joe, N3YIM, reported he has 
sent several e-mails to ham related businesses for flyers or handouts 
for the club table, a few have responded favorably already.

911 Move - Buddy, KD3UZ, he said that the move is in the planning stages 
with nothing finalized as yet, he will keep us informed. Several 
recommendations have been presented, and the interests of the club have 
been presented.

There was no new business.

Field Day debriefing;
Clint, W3ARS, Field Day Chairman thanked all who participated, lots of 
folks who are not club members or hams showed up to see what was going 
on, the food was great and enjoyed by all. There are several logs that 
need to be submitted to Steve, they are due at ARRL by the 22nd of July. 
The generator needs some work on the fuel system and carburetor, Wayne, 
N3UN, suggested that we should keep a new fuel filter on hand at all 
times and that Sta-bil should be added to the fuel tank to help 
eliminate these problems in the future. Keith, KB3HHK, reported that he 
is willing to do the cooking again, but only if he gets more help. There 
was much talk and discussion about smaller, light weight and easier 
starting generators on the market that the club may want to consider. 
Jim,WX3B, showed off his fish line antenna launcher. And lastly, Clint 
passed out certificates (Thanks Al) to all who participated at Field Day 
regardless of what capacity they participated in.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2136.

Submitted; Joe Ebaugh, Secretary