[SFDXA] July 1 Meeting

[Kai]

Bill,
Sorry about the name mix up it was me, Kai, who replied to you quoting Mickey's 
offer, not Mickey.
We are not an auto club either but we drove to meetings at the hospital.
True, we are not an internet club, but we (that is Sebastian) maintain a class-A 
web page! And many members use DX spots from the internet, and use internet 
based LoTW, and on-line submission of DXCC logs, to say nothing about the WSJT-X 
mode dependence on multiple internet technologies. I'll bet that most FD 
participants will send in their FD reports by internet.
Why single out online meetings?
I have no suitable home station for an on-air meeting, so I guess I'm out of it 
if you go on-air, until minutes get published (on the internet).
I'm not the only one without a suitable home station.
Very kindest regards,
Kai, KE4PT


On 6/26/2020 12:05, Bill 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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