The next meeting of the Monongalia Wireless Association (MWA) will
be a special public meeting open to all hams and their guests. It will
take place at the WVU football stadium in the press box. Doors will
open at about 5:00 PM, and Bill, WR8S, will be our host and guide.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 9, 2034, at 7:00 PM, but between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM,Bill will conduct tours of the indoor facilities at the stadium. These may
include locker rooms, weight and exercise rooms, medical support rooms,
trophy displays, and electronic hookups used by national TV and Radio.
At 7:00 PM, MWA will conduct its meeting. Current topics include:
- Election of officers for 2025 (if this takes more than 5 minutes I will resign as president).
- Discussion
of a joint project to involve Monongalia Wireless Association (MWA),
Monongalia County Amateur Radio Club (MCARC), and the West Virginia
University Amateur Radio Club (WVUARC). This project will involve
building multiple Automatic Packet Reporting (APRS) System nodes.
- The
plan of the project is for each ham to build an APRS adapter that can
connect to a simple handheld radio (e.g., Baofeng UV-5 or similar
two-meter radio that has VOX operation). The assumption is that many
local hams have one of these in addition to another handheld, although
that is not necessary if you are willing to put your only hand-held
radio on packet radio to ID your station.
- The idea is to decide
on a circuit to build, and, in the near future, have all participants
deposit payment for parts to a WVUARC team leader who will purchase the
parts and lead a mass building session to take place at WVU in a large
room to be provided by WVUARC.
- Possible short presentation of news by WV Section Manager, Dan Ringer, K8WV.
- Maybe some cleanup discussion of MWA repeater news.
I hope to see you at the meeting. Please spread the word quickly to local hams.
73,
Jan Ditzian, KX2A, President, MWA