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Minutes: April 11, 2023

April 15, 2023 Editor

1901 Meeting called to order

Introductions

March minutes read
Treasurer’s report read
Repeater trustee’s report

Old Business

Field Day
A motion was made to hold it at the Armory. We will run two radios: phone and digital/cw. We need to look into bandpass filters and duplexers.

Hamfest
This will also be at the Armory. We will need two rooms.

KS QSO Party
This will be a W0WR event at ACØRL’s QTH. We will operate phone, CW, and FT8.

New Business

NCS
4-18: WØUY
4-25: KAØNES
5-2: KBØSQL

Show and Tell
Clint, KEØJVX, brought a Morserino-32. See photo below.

50/50
ACØRL won and put the $10 into the club’s treasury.

Also
WØUY is scaling back his equipment needs and has provided a list of items. See photo below. These things have already been sold: solder, radial ground plate, and QRP rigs.

20:00 Meeting adjourned

Clint’s Morserino-32 Morse Code device, combining keyer, trainer, decoder, and transceiver.

A list of things WØUY has for sale. Note in the minutes what has already been sold.

Minutes: March 14, 2023

March 21, 2023 Editor

Meeting called to order 1903.

Minutes from the February meeting were read.
Treasurer’s Report.
Repeater Trustee: all nominal.

No Old Business.

New Business

There is a mobile tower up for auction near St. Louis, MO. After discussion, there was a motion made by KBØZIA seconded by WØRHP. Due to the distance and the logistics the motion did not pass.

Daryl and Gina from the public library spoke to the club. They are applying for a grant to set up a modern HF/VHF/UHF system that provides digital communications. They would require everything:
* Antennas
* Radios
* Computer to radio interfaces
* Training and support
They require a list of equipment that would satisfy their needs to submit for the grant:
* Radios
* Accessories
* Antenna
* Coax
If you have suggestions, please reply to Jerry at hams@rckara.org.

NCS
Mar 21: ACØMO
Mar 28: KAØNES
Apr 4: WØRHP

Presentation
ACØRL did a presentation (PDF) on his restoration and modification of a Collins 20V-3 AM broadcast transmitter for 75m AM phone.

Meeting adjourned 2100.

Minutes: February 14, 2023

February 17, 2023 Editor

1901 Meeting called to order

Minutes from Jan. 10 read
Treasurer’s report read
No committee reports

No Old Business

New Business:

KAØNES made a motion to sell the club’s TS440 to Dan Spears for $250, seconded by KØSFV. Approved unanimously.

NCS:

Feb 21: ACØMO
Feb 28: KAØNES
Mar 7: KBØSQL

50/50 won by Lona Kahn, donated to the club.

1934 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: January 10, 2023

February 17, 2023 Editor

1903 Meeting called to order

Announcements:

KØRCJ announced that VFW in McPherson has flag poles for cheap

Minutes read
No treasurer’s report
Repeater Trustee: 67 machine was down, KBØSQL went to the site and turned the UPS back on. It was turned off.

No Old Business
No New Business

ACØRL brought the club up to date on the 20V-3 project

NCS:

Jan 17: ACØMO
Jan 24: KAØNES
Jan 31: WØRHP
Feb 7: KBØSQL

50/50 won by KØSFV

1928 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: November 8, 2022

November 12, 2022 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order at the Chamber of Commerce

Introductions of members and guests
Reports
* Reminder of the Christmas Party at 6 p.m. December 13th at Rice Park Pavilion
* Reading of October minutes
* Enid Hamfest was a total flop. Poor attendance all around. High entry fees were probably the reason.
* Treasurer’s report, current balance $6,976.64, and about $3,000 more coming.
* Repeater report, all nominal
Old Business
Report from those that manned the booth at the Reno County Ignite show. Much interest was shown by attendees
New Business
Brief discussion on how to best park the excess money we have accumulated:
* CD’s
* Savings Bonds type I
* Other investments?
Treasurer is soliciting ideas from the membership. A decision will be made by the membership early next year.

There is a building and large tower on 82nd and Hendricks that looks like a great club house. It is currently unused. If anyone has information regarding this facility, please let us know.
Elections
The existing slate of officers were retained again:
* Pres: Charles Tucker
* VP: Mark Rankin
* Sc/Tr: Jerome Kahn
NCS
Nov. 15: NØUNI
Nov. 22: KAØNES
Nov. 29: ACØMO
Dec. 6: WØRHP

50/50 winner was our VP; he donated back to the club $8 total.

1959 Meeting adjourned on a motion KAØNES.

MINUTES: October 11, 2022

October 12, 2022 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order at the Chamber of Commerce

Announcements
- Enid hamfest Nov 5^th
  - New venue, this is going to be a big one!
  - Enid Amateur Radio Club — HamFest (enidarc.org)
August minutes read
Secretary-treasurer reports we have a current bank balance of $6976.64
- WØZC suggested we put some of that in a CD
Repeater trustee reports all machines nominal
Old Business
- Christmas Party
  - Dec 13 6PM
  - Building at Rice Park
  - Meat provided by Carriage Crossing
  - Club members provide pot luck, whatever you make best
  - We will have a slideshow of past club events and Christmas music
New Business
- Chamber of Commerce IGNITE program
  - Oct 28^th at the Stringer Fine Arts Building
  - We have been given four seats and a display table
  - We have two seats open for whoever replies first
  - 9:30AM – 2PM
- 2023 Hamfest
  - August 12^th at the Armory
- Field Day
  - We are canvassing our members for ideas on a new venue
    - Safe, good area
    - Public
    - Shelter
    - Overnight
    - Trees
    - Mad Cow accessible
- ARRL has a program for new members and renewals where the club gets a portion of the fees. It costs nothing extra to the member.
  - Please contact us if you are up for renewal or wish to become a member.
NCS
- Oct 18 WØRHP
- Oct 25 KAØNES
- Nov 1 ACØRL
Program
- Mark ranking put on a educational presentation on the VOACAP
  - It is now browser based
  - VOACAP Online for Ham Radio
  - It is a great tool for your dx’ing
  - [WEBMASTER’S NOTE: A link to VOACAP for HF has been added to the sidebar for your convenience.]
November elections
- If you desire to be a club officer please let us know prior to the November meeting when we will be holding our vote for the 2023 slate.

2013 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: August 9, 2022

August 12, 2022 Editor

Meeting of the RCKARA at the Chamber of Commerce conference room

1900 Called to order by Charles Tucker

Welcome to new faces
- Jeff Roberson KCØRWI
- Roger Lower W5TOQ
Minutes from July read
Treasurer’s report read
Repeater trustee reports strong ducting due to strong temperature inversions aloft over the last several weeks.
Old Business
- 2022 Hamfest
  - We need folks to help sort NØFHF items for sale at ACØRL QTH Friday morning 8AM
    - 1824 Nickerson Blvd
  - We will begin setting up Friday 5PM at the Armory
    - We will need to setup tables and chairs
    - Set up the PA
    - Assist vendors setting up
    - Setup club items
  - Saturday 6:30AM
    - Open doors
    - Setup coffee and doughnuts
    - Assist vendors
    - Collect donations and give out entry tickets
    - Sell prize tickets for $5
    - Occupy the RCKARA table
  - 9AM
    - VE testing begins
    - Open classroom
    - Have one of our team present during testing to ensure nothing is taken out of the room
  - 10AM
    - Begin announcements for prize ticket drawings every 30 minutes
- Gary NØFHF
  - Gary is terminally ill
  - NØFHF requested that we clear out his ham radio stuff to sell for the benefit of RCKARA at the hamfest
  - Last Saturday; Charles, Mark, and Jerry began removing ham radio gear from NØFHF’s QTH
  - Last Sunday; Charles, Mark, Todd, Jake, and Jerry removed most of the remaining gear
  - This Friday we need help sorting at the ACØRL QTH
New Business
- Christmas Party December 13^th 6PM
  - Location TBA
    - Suggestions solicited
- State Fair Week
  - We need folks to camp out on the 147.120, 146.670 repeaters to assist visiting hams
  - Let’s show our visitors that we are a friendly and helpful community
NCS
- Aug 16 WØUY
- Aug 23 KAØNES
- Aug 30 ACØRL
- Sep 06 KBØSQL
Presentation
- ACØRL showed a power point on the building of the 80’ North Tower
Mark won the 50/50 but donated to the club treasury

2023 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: July 12, 2022

July 13, 2022 Editor

1901 Meeting called to order at the AMVETS building

Announcements
- August meeting will be at the Chamber of Commerce.
- Gary Essells has not been well.
Old business
- Hamfest 2022
  - The Armory has been secured for the location.
  - We may not have VE testing.
  - Club will sell water, coffee, and doughnuts.
    - Motion by Jake and Clint to allow up to $100 for food, passed.
  - We will have a couple of vendors.
  - Club will not buy a door prize; door prizes will be supplied by vendors.
  - Setup will begin Friday August 12^th at 5PM.
  - Hamfest will start at 7AM Saturday the 13^th^.
- Field Day
  - Discussion on next year running two stations.
    - Two stations will require bandpass filtering.
      - Mark is going to experiment on building some filters.
      - Club does have funds to buy two DX Engineering filters.
  - New public location
    - Site that is visible
    - Can support more than one antenna
- Grant
  - Grant has been written and sent off for mobile repeater and HF.
New Business
- The Hutchinson DMR repeater is back online.
NCS
- July 19, NØUNI
- July 26, KAØNES
- Aug 2, KBØSQL
Presentation by Todd, NØUNI
- He brought and operated a 1938 National NC100XA. See photo below.
50/50
- Jake won, donated winnings to club, $12.
- Bill Graves, N7TDK, won a dog helmet for Radar, K9DOG.

2000 Meeting adjourned

Todd Wilson, NØUNI, demonstrates his 1938 National NC100XA.

Minutes: June 14, 2022

June 16, 2022 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order

May meeting minutes read
Treasurer’s report read and distributed to the membership present
No repeater complaints

Committees

Field Day
* Emma has asked Papa Johns to donate pizzas for Saturday meal, they agreed
* John will supply doughnuts and coffee
* Jake will supply water
* Setup will begin at 9 AM Friday at the armory
* There will be 800mhz system setup and testing

Scholarship
* No applications received

Hamfest 2022
* Slated for August 13th
* Published with ARRL
To Do’s
* Testing?
* Vendors?
* Flyer updated?

Old Business
* Discussed committees and events

ARRL Grant Application
* The grant has been applied for.

New Business
* None

ACØRL did a presentation on his design and building of his HI-FI Mono block amplifiers.

NCS
* 6/21 KB0SQL
* 6/28 KA0NES
* 7/5 W0UY

50/50
$5 in the kitty, Emma won, donated back to club
Shirt drawing won by ACØRL

2008 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: May 10, 2022

May 11, 2022 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order

• Minutes of April meeting read
• Treasurer’s report read.
• Committees
◦ Field Day, no new reports.
   ▪ Field Day is the last full weekend of June, 25-26.
   ▪ Setup will be Friday the 24th at 9 AM at the Armory.
   ▪ Teardown will be Sunday at 12 PM
   ▪ We will have the Mad Cow
◦ Scholarship, no applicants as yet.
• Guests
◦ Roger Lower, W5TOQ
• Old Business
◦ Mark is acting as our club historian, and he is wanting any old articles, photos, or stories about our club. Contact Mark at kf0bzm@gmail.com.
• New Business
◦ ARRL is accepting applications for grants.
▪ The club discussed applying for a grant to build a tower trailer that would have a generator and could act as a portable U/VHF repeater.
   ▪ Mark and Jerry offered to gather data on such a tower.
• Ideas presented
   ◦ US Tower manufactures such towers
   ◦ Used Construction Light tower
   ◦ Used TV remote van
▪ The tower could be used for the various emergencies that we encounter
• NCS
   ◦ 5/17 KBØZIA
   ◦ 5/24 KAØNES
   ◦ 5/31 WØRHP
   ◦ 6/7 KIØKG
• 50/50 was won by Mark, but he had the club keep the proceeds of $13
• The shirt was won by WØRHP which he donated to our guest W5TOQ

19:39 Meeting Adjourned