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Minutes: August 8, 2023

Minutes: August 8, 2023

1900 Meeting called to Order

Announcements
* 67 repeater restored
Guests
* Bill Gormly, WDØBCS
Minutes read, Phil/ John motioned, passed
Treasurer’s report read, Joe/Larry motion, passed
Repeater Trustee
* 67 power supply replaced
The blockhouse may be renovated, heat, ac, backup power, paint, cleanup. We’re not sure if we will still be permitted to use the facility in the future.
* 12 machine may shut down due to overtemp on hot days, but it will cycle back on.
Old business
* Hamfest, August 12. Setup 4-5 p.m. Friday, August 11.
Supplies:
KBØSQL – tickets, coffee pots, coolers
KAØNES – coffee, doughnuts, water
NØFXG – ice
ACØRL – cups, napkins, bullhorn, white board
KS QSO Party
* Testing of the multi-high power setup was performed. Thank you KAØNES and ACØMO. Event is August 26/27 at ACØRL’s QTH.
New business
* None.
NCS
* 8/15 WØRHP
* 8/22 KAØNES
* 8/29 KBØSQL
* 9/5 ACØMO
50/50 won by WØRHP, $8 donated back to club.

1958 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: July 11, 2023

Minutes: July 11, 2023

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: May 9, 2023

Minutes: May 9, 2023

1900 Meeting called to order

April minutes read
Treasurer’s report read
Repeater Trustee’s report

Old Business
Cookies for Armory staff

QSO Party: Will be at ACØRL’s QTH. We need operators that are willing to hustle and work the pileups. We’ll run FT8, CW, and Phone.

New Business
Motion for club to sponsor a QSO Party Plaque: motion passed
Motion to spend $1,500 for LBS band-pass filters and triplexers:
* 20/15/10 triplexer
* 80/40/20 triplexer
* 80/40/20/15/10 band-pass filters. Motion passed, but see Addendum below.

NCS
* May 16 ACØRL
* May 23 KAØNES
* May 30 WØUY
* June 6 ACØMO

1942 Meeting adjourned

Addendum from secretary:

After trying to purchase the band-pass filters and plexers, I found that LBS stuff is not available anytime soon, probably due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

We have another option which is to buy DX Engineering’s version, two multiband filter sets will come to $1,400 + tax. With this option we will need to run two antennas, but they will not interfere with each other.

Minutes: April 11, 2023

Minutes: April 11, 2023

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

Minutes: March 14, 2023

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

Minutes: February 14, 2023

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

Minutes: January 10, 2023

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

Minutes: November 8, 2022

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

Minutes: August 9, 2022

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 13th 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

Minutes: July 12, 2022

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 12th at 5PM.
      • Hamfest will start at 7AM Saturday the 13th.
    • 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.