[PBARC] PBARC Meeting of 9 September 2008

[E Glenn Wolf Jr]

These are my notes and are no way intended to take the place of the 
minutes of the meeting:

We had several guests at this meeting:  Georgia Seward, KB5VJA, John 
Norland AD5FU, Lynette Norland KD5QMD, Kayla Norlund, KE5JYX, and Randy 
(I didn't catch his call).

After we took care of our routine business, Georgia talked to the group 
about the ARKY Bike Race and how we could help support the event.  There 
was discussion about frequencies, equipment, and logistics.  I feel that 
everyone there was very enthusiastic about participating.  The date for 
the event is 12 Oct. (Sunday). Setup needs to start at 7:00A with the 
race starting at 8:00A.  We will operate a simplex net with the primary 
frequency being 146.57 with 146.52 as a backup.  Some expressed an 
interest in a 440 simplex frequency.  We will investigate and report to 
the group.

After Georgia wrapped her presentation up, John Norland - AD5FU - asked 
if we could work with someone at JRMC to utilize their video conference 
room for a Storm Spotters course scheduled for 6 October.  I indicated 
that I would talk to N5OEM about a contact and see if he could help set 
this up.   John indicated that he would also like to bring the Dumas 
hospital into the picture as well.  Georgia indicated that she would 
investigate.  Wally may be able to help with a contact there.  John 
needs a seat count in the rooms so he would know how much material to 
send to each site.

Randy then made a brief presentation about the Weather Nets and the 
offerings that CAUHF has for getting Weather information to the NWS.  
Some of their option don't require you to be a ham.  He talked of 
monitoring local police, fire, and AWINS frequencies.  He also indicated 
there is an text messaging service available that will indicate when 
repeaters/weather are in your area.  See www.cauhf.org.

It was a really good meeting and I really appreciate the guests we had.

73,
glenn