[KCDXC] Reminder_ KCDXC club meeting January 26

[Alex, KU1CW]

Regular KCDXC meeting will be held on January.26  at:
 
Carmack Meeting Room, JoCo Library
9875 West 87th Street
Overland Park, KS   66212
(913) 495-2400
Call me 913 226 9005(m)-Alex, KU1CW if there are any questions.

 I will be bringing my K-3 radio for the K0RU presentation, so don't miss the opportunity to see something ham world is talking about.
 Rob will have presentation and video he has made to compare FT2000 and K-3.

 Constitutional Committee may be ready to present draft of the planned changes to the KCDXC constitution and by-laws.
 
 Will hear update from the finance committee as well.

The rest of the meeting agenda is as announced before:


>  January program is pretty exiting. I personally don't
> know too much about APRS and looking forward to this
> meeting!
> 
>  Brian Short, KC0BS, will be presenting APRS at our January
> 26th meeting.  He will cover all you need to know to get
> started in APRS including its history, hardware, software
> and functional applications to Disaster and Public event
> communications.
>  Brian says, "No other ham radio mode gives you as
> much distributed situational awareness.  Thanks to the
> efforts of kcaprs.org and k0ham.com, you can use APRS
> effectively in every county in Kansas!  My goal is to give
> you the tools and motivation to try APRS for yourself!"
> Brian was first licensed in 1987 due to the cajoling of his
> father K0CEY (SK). Since then, he has made ham radio his
> primary activity in his free time.  His interest in repeater
> building began while at K0KU, where he also picked up a
> weakness for dx and contesting. 
> Brian currently serves as President of the Kansas Amateur
> Repeater Council, Emergency Coordinator for Johnson County
> Kansas, Coordinator for kcaprs.org, Vice President of the
> Metropolitan Emergency Coordinating Council, Chairman of the
> KC Hospital Emergency Amateur Radio Team, and President of
> K0HAM which maintains 23 repeaters, and 31 APRS digipeaters
> throughout the Midwest.  
> He is an active evangelist for amateur radio, and through
> his work with Matt May-KC4WCG, in the last two years, has
> brought more than 300 new hams (as young as 7 years old)
> into the hobby via their ham class.  His ham youth proteges
> include his nephews and nieces (who all have their
> licenses), and Duncan, KU0DM who he works closely with in
> order to promote ham radio to youth and scouts.  
> In the few remaining hours of the day, Brian is a Project
> Manager for the software company Compuware. 
>  Program is about 1 hour long.
> 
>  Second presentation is by K0RU and will be about K-3 and FT2000 comparison-pro and cons of the
> one radio against another. Will start with ARRL reviews and
> will go over personal experiences in contest and daily DX
> operation. Video clips will be included. Program is about
> 30min in length. K3 and FT2000 owners are welcome to
> participate.
>  Will inform on February and March programs later. 
>  
> 
>  As always- projector, big screen and Internet connection
> will be there.
>  Looking forward to seeing you there.
>  Thanks to all presenters and see you at the meetings!

> 73. Alex, KU1CW, KCDXC President.
> 
> 
>       
> _______________________________________________
> Kansas City DX Club
> Does anyone read this stuff?
> KCDXC mailing list
> KCDXC at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/kcdxc