hamfest – Page 2

Minutes: July 11, 2023

July 25, 2023 Editor

1900 Meeting called to order

Announcements
* Check received and deposited from NØFHF’s estate for $2,500

Minutes read and accepted

Treasurer’s report read and accepted

Repeater trustee reports 67 machine down

Old Business

* KS QSO Party August 27-28 at ACØRL’s QTH

* Hamfest, August 12
$250 motion and passed for hamfest radio door prize
Flyer
Setup
Responsibilities
To be discussed at August meeting

New business

* Investing or saving a portion of the club monies

* Scholarship: Begin advertising October-November time frame

NCS
7/18 ACØMO
7/25 KAØNES
8/1 WØUY

50/50 drawing was won by Joe

Radio Kittens are available from ACØMO

Bob Stone, KAØRNZ, will need antenna help when it cools down. Call him at 620-727-0755

1952 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: 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

Hamfest ’22

July 26, 2022 Editor

Hamfest 22final

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: April 12, 2022

April 14, 2022 Editor

1901 Meeting called to order at the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce conference room. Many thanks to our VP Mark Rankin for securing this location for our meetings

Charles visited the Topeka radio club and noted their great attendance but poor financial condition.

March minutes were read and accepted.

Treasurer’s report was read.

Old Business

Field Day

· Friday, June 24, 9 AM Setup

· Sunday, June 26, 12PM Teardown

· We will be using the Armory location.

· We will be needing folks to show up for the setup and teardown.

· Items:

o Water – Clint

o Coffee and doughnuts – John

Hamfest

· Saturday August 13th, 7AM-1PM

· Armory

· Items

o Coffee, doughnuts

o Water

o Door prizes

· Vendors

New Business

Motion made by Jake Fields, seconded by Clint, to reimburse Mark Rankin the $175 he advanced for the yearly CoC dues. This is a great deal. We were paying Amvets well over that to use their facility. RCKARA is now a Chamber of Commerce member, which gives us access to their facilities and many other chamber events.

NCS Duties

· 4/19 KBØZIA
· 4/26 KAØNES
· 5/3 KBØSQL

50/50 had $26 in the pot which was won by Melody; she donated her winnings to the club.

1933 Motion to adjourn by NØRHP and KAØNES.

Minutes: January 11, 2022

January 12, 2022 Editor

Meeting was called to order at 1900.
ACØRL thanked the membership for their participation in the 160M SSB contest where we placed 1st for the state of Kansas.
October 2021 minutes were read.
There was no treasurer’s report.
Old Business:
* WØWR Scholarship: Mark Rankin, KFØBZM, has agreed to present our scholarship to the area schools.
New Business:
* ARRL sent out a Field Day survey. Please complete it if you received one online.
* Our next Hamfest will be August 13th at the Armory. We’ll look into the Square credit card reader to accept debit and credit cards.
* AD6P’s, Cleon’s, ham radio gear is going to be sold, with priority to club members. Gary, NØFHF, is going through Cleon’s treasures and will provide a list.
* Motion and vote to allow Jake Fields, KBØZIA, to forego dues in consideration for the shirts he provides throughout the year.
* The 50-50 raffle was won by Joe, ACØMO, who donated his winnings to the club, total $9.
* The shirt raffle was won by Mark Rankin.
* Dues are due. You can make a payment via PayPal, $26, to ac0rl@yahoo.com or you can mail in your dues to PO Box 1304, Hutchinson, 67504-1304.
Meeting adjourned.

Minutes: September 14, 2021

September 18, 2021 Editor

Meeting was called to order at 1901 by President Charles Tucker.

Minutes for August 10^th meeting were read.

Treasurers report follows:

Repeater trustee reports that the 146.670 machine is down again. Probably unplugged.

Old Business:

Hamfest was successful and fun for all. We made $317.29

KS QSO party was excellent

As you can see it looks like we took second, but K5KG was an out-of-state participant, so we are currently in first place. You can track this on https://www.ksqsoparty.org/

New Business:

The club is considering a family day/party on November 9^th at the ACØRL QTH. Fire pit, weenie roast, smores, hamburgers, pot luck sides.
It was brought up that the club should provide a scholarship to a worthy STEM senior in the Reno County area. We will need to set up a selection committee.
2022 Field Day will be the weekend of June 24-26.
We will hold our Christmas Party at the AMvets December 14^th at 7 p.m. Club will provide Hog Wild catering.
We are scheduling our 2022 Hamfest for August 13^th.

NCS

Sept 27 WØRHP
Sept 28 KAØNES
Oct 5 KBØSQL

WØRHP presented a demonstration to the club of the Ed Fong Dual Band J-Pole.

Bill Graves has left us for parts south of the border. We look forward to his return next year.

Meeting adjourned at 1949. Peace and harmony prevailed, mostly…

Minutes: August 10, 2021

August 11, 2021 Editor

Meeting was called to order at 1900.

A new ham joined us, John Hess, KFØGFC, we made our customary introductions for the new ham. The fire hoses were used…

NØFHF came out of his burrow and saw his shadow, another three months of scorching summer heat…

Last month’s minutes were read.

Treasurer’s report was read.

No known repeater issues were noted over the last month.

HAMFEST ’21:

Setup will begin this Friday the 13th at 4 p.m. All hams are encouraged to come by and help. Tables and chairs need to be set up.

D&L Antennas will not be present.

Saturday at 6 a.m. we will open the doors for vendors and exhibitors to set up.

John, KAØNES, will provide paper products, coffee and filters, creamer, sweetener, stir sticks, and water. Lona will pickup doughnuts Saturday morning. Jerry will bring a whiteboard. Charles will provide raffle tickets.

Plan is:

· Door prize drawings every 30 minutes

· Raffle at 12:30

· DX Mayhem at 11:00

· John will handle door prize and raffle tickets and donations at the door.

Charles won the 50/50, total of $14, $7 to club, $7 to Charles.

NCS:

8-17: KØSFV

8-24: KAØNES

8-31: WØRHP

9-7: KBØSQL

Reminder of the Kansas QSO Party August 28 and 29. If you wish to operate N0F for the benefit of the club please contact ACØRL@yahoo.com

Meeting adjourned at 1932.