[K3PZN-List] CCARC Meeting Minutes - Next meeting Monday October 12

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Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Meeting Minutes, 14 September 2009

Vice-President Rich Mitchell, N3III called the meeting to order at  
7:35 PM. Twelve members and one guest were present.

The meeting started with introductions around the room.

Evening Presentation:

Pete Morton W3GVX gave a photographic tour presentation of the Radio  
Canada International Shortwave Broadcast station. Included were photos  
of the master control center, a number of 100 kW & 250 KW  
transmitters, a vast antenna system, and the feedlines. Pete also  
included some antenna modeling plots to demonstrate how well the HR  
Curtain multi-bay dipole arrays work.

Pat Kilroy N8PK gave a presentation on PickEtSat II. Pat’s transmitter  
runs quite a bit less power, but flies at a much higher altitude.  
Pat’s team will be launching SimSat-4 on Saturday September 26.

Announcements:

The next CCARC meeting will be on Monday October 12th 7:30 PM at the  
Emergency Services Training Center in Westminster.

The next Board meeting will be on Wednesday September 23rd, 7:30 PM at  
the Emergency Services Training Center in Westminster.

 From the mailbag:

No mail was received.

Secretary’s Report: The report was accepted as published on the reflector.

Treasurer’s Report: Pete W3GVX presented the treasurer’s report,  
detailing current balances, income, and expenses. The report was  
accepted by the membership present.

Committee Reports:

ARES / RACES: The next RACES Drill will be on Tuesday October 13th.  
Everyone is reminded that the CARET Net is held every Tuesday evening  
at 8:30 PM on the 145.410 repeater. The Simulated Emergency Test will  
be held on Saturday October 3. All ARES members, and anyone else who  
wants to play, are encouraged to participate.

Repeater: The repeater systems and BBS appear to be operating fine.

DCS Committee: Will be meeting on the fourth Monday of the month.

Old Business:

None.

New Business:

None.

General Discussions:

Hamfest: The Mason-Dixon Hamfest is coming up on October 25. Set-up  
will be on late Saturday Afternoon. Volunteers are needed to support  
the event. There will be a club table for members to sell their  
equipment.

Pat N8PK mentioned that the National AMSAT Meeting will be on October  
8-11 near the BWI Airport. Visit www.amsat.org for all the details.

Chuck N3TOT has several large UPS style 12V Gel-Cells for sale - $40  
each. The batteries weigh about 70 pounds. They were manufactured in  
late 2005, and have been removed from UPS service.

Steve N3SB adjourned the meeting at approximately 9:26 PM.

Respectfully submitted;
Steve N3SB
CCARC Secretary