[SFDXA] July 1 Meeting

[The Romagni's]

Bill and all...

I think both sides have a point, yet we are in a different time today. I
have been attending zoom meetings for the past 3 months for work, and for
the local clubs here in the Memphis area as well as abroad. No issues, no
fuss, as soon as this goes back  to normal all will be ok.

You cant do presentations via the repeater. you cant show a video of an
expedition over the repeater ( we are a DX Club after all right?), you cant
have a dxers do a presentation via the repater.

Visalia this year will be virtual this year, and Dayton well if there is a
Dayton next year might go the same route.  What is going to happen for
members outside the repeater coverage?

This argument reminds me when we had the dx clusters and the pros and cons
of it of linking them to the other clusters. It is the 21st century, use
the tools available at your hands to your advantage. Read this month QST,
as this same issue is being addressed, and even Radio Exams now are being
done on a beta testing level via the internet.

Zoom allows for 45 mins free session if the issue is spending the money,
which I think that is not the case. The hosts can always restart the
session at the end of the 45 mins. Also think of it this way, having a zoom
paid account will also give the club the chance to invite famous dxers to
meetings without having to pay travel expenses (yall remember when we used
to do that for the dx forum?).

Again, use the technology at hand to help your membership at moments like
this.

73

Steve
W4DTA


On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:06 AM Bill <bmarx at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Mickey,
> Well, using that same thinking the Dayton Hamvention should be online as
> well as the ARRL Convention, now scheduled for Orlando. Meetings in
> person are for camaraderie and the interaction and exchange of ideas.
> Nothing can replace that.
>
> My thinking is the spirit and basis of a Ham Radio club is not internet
> based. I'd say less than 10% of active members cannot reach the 2 meter
> repeater so I suggested HF as the alternative.
>
> Asking for our thoughts and ideas is what Randy asked for...and I added
> mine.
> 73,
> Bill Marx W2CQ
>
>
> On 6/26/2020 11:40 AM, Kai wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> > We are also not a hospital group either, but that was how we met prior
> > to the pandemic. Many of us are out of range of the K4FK repeater, and
> > HF is not practical (except for some people, after sundown using NVIS
> > techniques on 160 m or 80 m and perhaps as high as 40 m depending on
> > foF2), but again, for several of us without home stations, our primary
> > station is the currently unavailable K4FK station. That's why I joined
> > the club! Also, on-air meetings lack video presentation capability!
> > *We don't have to buy or subscribe to anything to use zoom
> > professional edition:* our ARRL director said in a previous mail that:
> >
> > If the group would like to try Zoom on July 1, I would be happy to
> > host the
> > meeting with my ARRL Zoom Account.
> > Let me know.
> > 73,
> > Mickey Baker, N4MB
> > Director, Southeastern Division
> > ARRL
> >
> >
> > Please, let's try zoom.
> > With kindest regards,
> > Kai, KE4PT
> >
> > On 6/24/2020 13:18, Bill wrote:
> >> We are an Amateur Radio DX Club formed in 1974. We have one of the
> >> best repeaters in South Florida. We are not an Internet Club. To have
> >> to buy or subscribe to something to use the internet to hold a
> >> meeting seems very odd to me. I never found the need myself for a
> >> microphone or camera on the PC. The SFDXA held weekly nets and
> >> various round tables on the repeater for over 20 years.
> >>
> >> The repeater has a wide range, but if we want to include those out of
> >> range, then maybe hold the Meeting on perhaps 10 Meters or 75 or 40.
> >> We all have radios and Antennas if we are interested in DXing, don't we?
> >>
> >> Bill W2CQ
> >>
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