[KCDXC] KCDXC Club meeting - February 23

[Bob Roske]

KCDXC Members,
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Article VIII: Amendments

VIII.I This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the 
membership. Proposals for amendments shall be submitted in writing at a 
regular meeting and shall be voted on at the next following regular meeting, 
provided all members have been notified by newsletter or e-mail of the 
intent to amend the constitution at said meeting.
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This article requires a two-thirds vote of the membership, (NOT the members 
present) and specifies they must be at the meeting to vote.  There is no 
provision for electronic voting in this section.  With 70 members it will 
take 47 votes to amend this constitution.

If this is approved as it is written, it will be next to impossible to amend 
the constitution, even with electronic voting it will be difficult.

With the verbiage currently in this section, it could be argued that it 
should take 47 votes to approve the constitution as well.

This isn't a last minute red herring, I pointed this out a month ago.

73,
Bob Roske, N0UF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex, KU1CW" <ku1cw at yahoo.com>
To: "kcdxc" <kcdxc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 7:29 PM
Subject: [KCDXC] KCDXC Club meeting - February 23



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.





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