[OFARC] Items from today's meeting

[Dominic Mazoch]

 OK, I had a case of allergies to Houston this AM. Comments: 1.  POTA at San Jac is a possibility.  And thete is enough space to have several bands in the park at the same time. 2.  POTA with Janson from Ham Radio 2.0.  He does Galveston SP, and does Huntsville.  Likes hams to come by. 3.  ELISSA.  Another group does MSWE.  But that does not exclude other events.  There is a Big E birthay party in the fall....  POTA/FD  skills. 4.  Dickens.  I HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 3 TO 4 PEOPLE FOR THIS.  TWO NOT ENOUGH.  But because this is not an transmission event, not hams can help.  BSA?  STEM groups?.... 5.  More net ops.  Good skill to have. 6.  Promote work Winter Heat and any and all events techs can participate in. 7.  Demo:  HMNS Main and HMNS Sugarland.  Might need to ask Wayne, but this is one where thetecan be GOTA stations.  I now have a partable station which cost about >$400 to put together with new product.  And still METRO Railable. 8.  BSA event Dome?    Dominic Mazoch N5TCB

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From: ralph phillips <ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net>
To: OFARC <OFARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET>
Subject: [OFARC] Items from today's meeting
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:26:43 -0500


We held an in person club meeting at TRANSTAR this morning, but had problems with ZOOM.
I have a suspicion of what happened, but wont&rsquo; know for sure until I talk with Jeremy.
 
There were 7 people (2 guests ) plus one for testing (A new EXTRA; With a perfect score!!) and our ARES/TRANSTAR host.
My goal for the coming year is to get YOUR input on what the club wants to be doing and then DO IT.
 
MY notes from today are below.
Feed back and corrections are welcome.
 
Ralph KE5HDF
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We talked about Field Day:
June 25 & 26 2022
Those present prefer to do it as a group (instead of everyone working from home)
4 possible locations were mentioned
My HOA building (they have added a $300 cleaning fee, even is we set up outside and just use the toilets)
Bayland Park
Fried Park (near Silber and Shady Villa)  (Barry will see if there are toilet facilities available)
George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park  (Ralph will investigate)
Of these 4, the George Observatory seemed to be preferred.
We watched 2 videos
Research on a possible link between low pressure weather systems and 6M Sporadic Es (from Dayton hamvention, presented by HAMSCI)
Listening to radio chatter from the Ukraine-Russian war  (by M0SZT on YouTube)
Mark showed us nice web sites
SDR listening (kiwisdr.com and websdr.org)
Radiation monitoring stations (uradmonitor.com)
Ralph Discussed possible activities we can do as individuals or as a group.  Please think about them and give me an idea of what you want the club to do t his year.
Collected Activity Ideas
Field Day (YES)
Winter Field Day
POTA as a group
Portable operation at parks around Houston&hellip; each person can sponsor a day in their part of town
Work a contest as a club
Participate in a HamSci project
Do a contest within the club (most contacts, furthest contact, most miles per watt, etc??)
Create a simplex net in your neighborhood
Outreach to school or museum
Demonstration at the science museum (the Sugar Land campus seems interested)
Portable event at George Observatory  (they seem quite interested)
Build a kit (radio or test meter or antenna)
Reserve a club meeting to program radios
Mentor new operators or someone who is  &ldquo;housebound&rdquo;
Have members report out on something new they tried
Operate from Elissa
Demo of code at Dickens on the Strand
Sponsor JOTA
Sponsor Radio Merit Badge
Learn Morse Code as a group
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