[SMCARA] SMCARA January 2011 minutees

[Walter Rupp]

CQ SMCARA members,
Please find attached the minutes from our last meeting and election of 2011 
Officers.
This email is a reminder that our next SMCARA meeting will be held at the PRNAM 
board room 

2/24/11 at 1930 hrs

Respectfully,
de W3GYT Walt, SMCARA Secretary


SMCARA  meeting 01/27/11
 
President Pete Butt (WA3UMY) opened the meeting of the Amateur Radio Club at 
7:30 p.m., Thursday night, January 27, 2011 at the Patuxent River  Naval Air 
Museum.  

 
IN MEMORIUM:  Walt LeFave became a silent key in December of 2010. He had served 
as our recording secretary.
 
In attendance there were 28 members and guests.
 
There were no minutes from the November/December meeting as SMCARA celebrated 
the Holiday season with a dinner at the Museum on December 11, 2010...  The 
Treasurer, Lee Jamison (N8HGT) presented his report.   We have about $2,000 in 
the Treasury.  There was only one outstanding bill which was for the planned 
purchase of the high frequency antenna which will be place at the back of the 
Patuxent River  Museum Building.  The antenna is for the emergency radio system 
located inside the museum building.
 
The HF radio located in the museum provides long distance communications in the 
event of a disaster which would knock out all communications with the local 
county area.  

 
The upgrading of the Amateur Emergency System was discussed.  The Radio Club has 
been requested to provide more signage and updated pictures of amateurs using 
the equipment to encourage visiting amateurs to use the equipment and to 
demonstrate amateur equipment to the public. The display theme of “from Spark to 
Space” needs to be better demonstrated.
 
The change of the PL tone was discussed next.  The members decided to change the 
PL tone to 142.6 HZ.  The PL tone change will eliminate interference from other 
repeaters on our 04/64 frequency.
 
Pete called for an election of officers from the membership.  The results of the 
voting were that Pete Butt (WA3UMY) will remain President.  Tom Clarke (W4OKW) 
will remain as Vice President.  Lee Jamison (N8HGT) will remain as Treasurer and 
Walt Rupp (W3GYT) was elected as Secretary.  David Spore (KB3UBD) volunteered to 
be the Field Day Coordinator for 2011.  We will not be renting a tent this year 
because the Hollywood Fire Department is going to let us use the building close 
by our original Field Day sight and we will be out of the rain and can shut the 
doors.  Eric Heard (N3UN) will continue to give Amateur Radio exams on Saturday 
mornings at the museum.  Eric will need some volunteer examiners to help with 
the exams.  

 
With old and new business completed Tom Clarke (W4OKW) gave a slide presentation 
of his DXpedition to St.   Lucia. The slide show was interesting and various 
types of portable HF communications systems were shown.
 
The 50/50 raffle was won by Pete Butt and Pete graciously donated his winnings 
to the Radio Club Treasury.
 
Respectfully submitted,
Walt Rupp (W3GYT) assisted by Jan (KB3BAW)