Minutes: May 10, 2022
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