[SFDXA] July 1 Meeting

[wb4ehg]

Hi Randy and everyone else,

The DCARC has been having our meetings on the air and for members who do 
not have a radio, we are streaming on YouTube.
We also stream our weekly 2m net.

To my knowledge this has been going well, I have not had any complaint's 
from the members. Maybe I should ask.

Bruce W4BAE has been using a SDR to capture the audio and stream to 
YouTube. He created a permanent YouTube account for us, I post the URL 
on our web site and on groups.io. Being permanent, we can use it at any 
time, not just for meetings and the net. We could easily use it for 
board meetings.

The down side to streaming is that Bruce cannot transmit since his 
antenna is used for the SDR. He has been working on a solution.
That would be solved by having the stream originate from the club 
station which has access to the repeater.
If we have a presentation or want to make material viewable by the 
members, I would post it on our web site in PDF so everyone can follow 
along.

Personally, I vote for on-the-air meetings while we have COVID, we are 
after all, a radio club.

73, Rich

On 6/22/2020 6:24 PM, Randy Shirley wrote:
> Howdy DXers.  The July meeting date is coming up on us rapidly... and 
> covid-19 does not want to dissipate, especially here in South Florida.
>
> I am not comfortable meeting physically, even if the hospital would 
> let us, which I'm sure they won't.  I'm certain the feeling is pretty 
> much mutual with everyone in the club.  With that said, I am opening 
> the email floor to recommendations.
>
> The "over the air" meeting on the repeater went pretty well in May, 
> but maybe we could add some improvements.  I have been on a few Zoom 
> meetings that went well.  We could stream it on twitch, Facebook Live 
> or YouTube live.   All just ideas.
>
> I am open to any ideas, and even ideas of streaming the regular 
> meetings once it is safe to meet physically again, which would allow 
> "out the area" members, or ex-members to join in!
>
> For those that are computer challenged, I feel we should have 
> check-ins on the repeater and not completely abandon the repeater to 
> "digital" only meetings...
>
> The floor is open. I'm ready for comments on our members' virtual 
> meetings experiences.
>
> Randy N4QV
>
>
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