[OFARC] club member comments

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Hey Ralph,
Hope you And yours are doing well.  I like all your ideas.

These are a few suggestions based on what I’m seeing here:
1. Weekly nets - have a portion of the net devoted to a tech subject.  Not
too deep & technical but enough to motivate further investigation by some.
Recent examples:
     -baluns & impedance matching xformers (3 part series in 3 Nets)
     -how to Download pics from the space station using SSTV (2 parts in 2
nets)
     -History of Morse code and how it’s still relevant today
     -types of CW keyers and advantage/disadvantage of each
     -FT8 intro & setup
2. Continue with the Monthly technical Zoom meetings.  Those are a lot of
fun and very informative.
3. Have HF, VHF, Or VHF/UHF contests monthly.  They can be done every
couple of months, in a specific frequency range, and for 1 hour in the
evening.  Award points for distance, parts of the city, number of contacts,
etc.  These are a lot of fun.

Anyway, hope that contributes to the flow of ideas and thank you for
spearheading this effort!

Make it a great day and stay safe!

73,
Stephen (OA4/W2WF)


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 15:34 Ralph (home) <ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Ok, over the past few months I have heard members make comments about
> things they would like to do or learn about.
>
> Our club president has twice requested that any suggestions be put into
> writing.. so here goes…
>
>
>
> Mentioned by more than one person… no particular order….
>
> 1.       Simplex communications check
>
> 2.       Learn about Traffic handling
>
> 3.       Club projects/kit building (I am guessing some can be done using
> ZOOM, may take several sessions)
>
> 4.       Learn about ARES activities & nets in our area
>
> 5.       Joint activities with other clubs (lectures, classes, exercises,
> special topics, museum ships weekend, ????)  I think this has been done a
> time or two…
>
>
>
> Things that I would like but don’t recall hearing others mention:
>
> 1.       Outreach to the communities/schools/HOAs/special events
>
> 2.       Park activations by 2 or 3 people (city parks or state parks)
>
> 3.       Helping new comers get set up
>
> 4.       helping Hams with disabilities (like my student in Manvel…)
>
>
>
> MAYBE some of these are actually being done already by individuals in the
> club… why not let us know about them???
>
>
>
> Ok…now they are in writing and out there for all to see.
>
>
>
> EVERYONE needs to speak up and add others, or says yes or no to items
> above.
>
> We may not have a place to physically meet right now, but most of the
> above ideas do not require it.
>
>
>
> As Hal has said… this is YOUR club.
>
> The officers cannot make things happen if they don’t know what you want!
>
> They are listening…….
>
>
>
> Ralph
>
> KE5HDF
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Regards,
Stephen
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