[KCDXC] KCDXC club meeting January 26_updated.

[Alex, KU1CW]

 Club members. Please see updated agenda for the Monday, Jan.23 KCDXC 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. 6.30-7.20pm

-vote to approve Dayton KCDXC suite payment.

-Rob Underwood, K0RU, will discuss the merits of the Elecraft K3 vs. the Yaesu FT-2000. Both K-3 and FT2000 radios will be present! 7.30-8.10
 

-The Constitution Committee will present proposed changes to the club's constitution. 10min

-The Finance Committee will inform members on committee activities. 10min

-Perkins pie! Everyone is welcome! 8.45.....


Members: Please review proposed constitution at:

http://www.kcdxclub.com/constitutionproposed.html. 
All comments and suggestions should be directed via email to the chairman of the Constitution Committee - Tom Laux, N0AG. 




--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Alex, KU1CW <ku1cw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Alex, KU1CW <ku1cw at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Reminder_ KCDXC club meeting January 26
> To: "kcdxc" <kcdxc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 12:54 AM
> 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.
> > 
> > 
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