Hi Russ,
The club has been meeting at the hospital for many years. When
Covid-19 showed up in early 2020, we lost the ability to meet
there. We met on Zoom only for a while, then we met at a
restaurant in Coral Springs for a while.
When the restaurant situation became untenable, because of Karaoke
next door, we had to move again. Fred WB4BAG, a member, offered
the club to meet at his QTH, we were thrilled. Many members were
not so thrilled since we have many members in Palm Beach County
and even further north. We only had an average of 10 or so members
showing up at Fred's since it was such a long drive for the
members up north. Normally we would have around 20 members
attending. The hospital is located in central Broward and it is
the best compromise for our membership, which is located in the
tri-county area of South Florida.
Our club station is also located there on the 5th floor, with
antennas on the roof. Members would sometimes meet at the club
station after the meeting and play some radio.
The DCARC membership is very localized and Fred's place makes a
lot of sense for that club. SFDXA membership is much more spread
out and it is impossible to be near everyone.
I hope you understand and can make it to the meeting tomorrow!
Very 73,
Randy N4QV
President SFDXA
On 4/30/2024 7:38 AM, Russell Vetter wrote:
Good morning Randy, I am a newer member to the group and wanted to
ask why the meetings won't be held in Davie or Cooper city? I read
your last post to the group about the may meeting and see that the
meetings were held off of West Oakland Park Boulevard pre
pandemic. It just seems out of the way. When I lived in Las Vegas
and I was a member of an amateur radio group we held our meetings
at a local IHOP within the city of Las Vegas. Thanks for any
input.