[KCDXC] KCDXC Club meeting - February 23

[Alex, KU1CW]

KCDXC Members,

Another exiting KCDXC club meeting will be held on Feb.23 at the JoCo library. Starting 18.30 at the Carmack Meeting Room.
Followed by pie at Perkins! 

-We will vote on KCDXC club insurance, proposed by the Finance Committee.

-Please take a look at the proposed KCDXC constitution at: http://www.kcdxclub.com/constitutionproposed.html 
and send any comments to Tom, N0AG. 
Latest version will be on the WEB by tomorrow AM. 

-Also, it is time to pay dues. Please contact Mike, AB0X with any questions.  

Now about the meeting agenda. We will have three interesting presentations:
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#1-TO5DX 2008 DX/contest pedition presentation. We will have guest speaker K0RH, Jim from Wichita. Jim first licensed in 1959 and have been active all those years chasing DX & contesting. In 2007 went to Grenada and operated J3A multi-multi ssb. Have held the calls K0WUI, KK0SS, J3/K0RH, and now K0RH. Midwest Div member of ARRL Contest Advisory Committee. 20-30min

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#2-Tom, N0AG, will present Part 2 of the tower installation and safety program. We will hear about 100ft tilt over Rohn 45's and everything you will need to know about the tower installations.
Here's Tom's short BIO:

"I was first licensed in 1980 as KAØDEG. My first store bought rig was a Ten-Tec Century 21.  CW only, 50 watts out but she was a beauty.
Work and kids intervened.  I let my license lapse.  Time goes by.  In 1992 my wife and I decided to build a house in Miami County, Kansas.  In 1993 the house was completed.  I got the itch again.  I decided to pour some tower footings "just in Case".
I found a class and was introduced to the Santa Fe Amateur Radio Club in the winter of 1994.  I was licensed a few months later as KBØMZG.
I enjoy "casual contesting" and DXing.  I am a closet paper chaser.  My real love is still antennas I never have tired of observing the magic when a good antenna is hooked up to the radio and signals pour forth.
My current projects include fabricating and installing a three tower antenna system to be completed in 2009.  I am also trying to become familiar with the digital modes." 30-40min

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#3-Jeff, AC0C will have short intro into his future full presentation-converting SB200 into legal power amplifier. Two GI7B, a lot of  thinking, some work and ...some smoke. Well let Jeff tell us about it.

Jeff's presentation this time will be attic antennas-3el 40M-10m and loaded dipoles for 160/80M.

About Jeff: "Likes: Running CW, PSK and RTTY. Rag-chewing and tinkering with amps, antennas/modeling. Working on DXCC and PSK-WAS. Improving my CW fist after about 27 years QRT. Thanks to everyone I've worked and had the patience to put up with my many CW sending errors.
Rig: Yaesu FT-2000, DMU-2000 & Heathkit SB-200 amp. 200-500w
Antenna: Attic-mounted 3-element trapped inverted-v wire beam for 20/30/40m using traps at 40' (11m) apex. Switchable east/west. Traps on the driven element for 80m also. MFJ-998 automatic ATU mounted near the antenna feed point provides full 10-160m all band coverage." 45min

CU at the meeting!
73. Alex KU1CW KCDXC President.