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Minutes: September 14, 2021

Minutes: September 14, 2021

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

Minutes for August 10th 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 9th 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 14th  at 7 p.m. Club will provide Hog Wild catering.
  • We are scheduling our 2022 Hamfest for August 13th.

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

Minutes: August 10, 2021

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.

Minutes: July 13, 2021

Minutes: July 13, 2021

1900 Meeting was called to order

We have secured the Armory for the August 14th hamfest.

The club call has been assigned NØF for the Kansas QSO party the weekend of August 28th.

Derby Radio Shack will be at our hamfest.

Minutes from May meeting were read and approved.

Treasurer’s report was read and approved.

Repeater trustee had nothing to report.

Old Business:

Hamfest:

· Motion to spend $100 for doughnuts and beverages made by Joe ACØMO, seconded by Clint. Passed.

· Motion to raffle a door prize, $200 for an Anytone DMR with extra battery, $5/ticket, made by Nate and passed.

· Ask armory to use their sound system.

· Free Laurel testing courtesy of Richard, KØRCJ

· Open at 6 for table and chairs setup.

QSO Party:

· At ACØRL QTH

· August 28 9a-9p

· August 29 9a-3p

· Be prepared to handle pileups!

Brian Shull ADØLR put on a presentation about the Nano VNA.

There will be radios for sale from Bill Worthington and Cleyon Yowell in a future email.

2008 Meeting adjourned.

Minutes: June 8, 2021

Minutes: June 8, 2021

1902 Meeting called to order

Minutes from 4/13 and 5/11 read and approved

No treasurer’s report

Repeater trustee reports all repeaters nominal.

Field Day:
June 26-27
At Armory
Setup Friday the 25th at 9 am
Two stations will be used, one at a time, voice/cw and digital
Budget for refreshments set to $200

Hamfest:
August 14th 7am to 1pm
Need a flyer
Laurel testing, free of charge at 9am

Sidewalk sale in Derby June 19th

Kansas QSO party:
August 28-29
Multistation high power at ACØRL QTH
Need voice, CW, and digital ops.

NCS:
6/15: ACØMO
6/22: KAØNES
6/29: KDØYLA
7/6: KBØSQL

1941 Meeting adjourned
Jerome (Jerry) Kahn, ACØRL, secretary-treasurer

Minutes: May 11, 2021

Minutes: May 11, 2021

The May 11 meeting was called to order at 1901 hours local time by President Charles Tucker.

There were no announcements. Everyone introduced themselves. Seven members, three guests, and one dog attended. The dog was not formally introduced but was Gary Essels’ dog, Sadie.

In the absence of the secretary-treasurer-repeater trustee, no reports were given, but President Tucker said that he and Jerry planned to work on the 146.67 repeater the following day to get it back on the air. Also, he reminded everyone of the 103.5 Hz CTCSS tone on the 147.72 repeater and said the tone would also go on the .67 machine during the repair process. (UPDATE: The .67 repeater is up again, but the programming software would not link with the repeater, so no tone is required on that repeater.)

Old Business was skipped, save for a reminder about Field Day coming up June 26-27, with setup of the COW trailer that Friday.

In New Business, President Tucker said things look good for the club to use the National Guard Armory for the hamfest August 14. He plans to confirm that with the Armory’s commander the coming Monday.

Net Control Stations:

* May 18: Phil, WØRHP
* May 25: John, KAØNES
* June 1: Charles, KBØSQL

The 50-50 drawing was won by Bryon, KAØIIU. He split $12 with the club. The T-shirt drawing was won by visitor Bill Graves, N7TDK, who said he is not the former Kansas governor.

Gary Essels, NØFHF, showed photos and videos of his trip to see Corvettes and a prison. When he was done he admitted that it had nothing to do with amateur radio.

President Tucker adjourned the meeting at 1951 hours. The next meeting will be June 8 at the AMVETS.

Minutes: April 13, 2021

Minutes: April 13, 2021

April 13th meeting was called to order at 1905 Local.

March meeting minutes were read and accepted.

Treasurer’s report was read and accepted.

Repeater Trustee report: The 146.670 repeater is back on the air. Its original power supply requires repair.

Old Business:

Field Day will be held at the Armory.

Hamfest date has been set for August 14th, Armory is our first choice for venue, else AMVETS.

147.120 Repeater will be changed to require a 103.5hz PL Tone to mitigate ducting/intermod issues. It is highly recommended that you add the 103.5 Hz CTCSS tone to your radios now, just needed on transmit.

New Business:

Bill Worthington will begin organizing Radio in the Park events.

NCS:

Apr 20 – WØRHP

Apr 27 – KAØNES

May 4 – KDØYLA

50-50 Drawings:

President Charles, KBØSQL, won the money drawing but donated the winnings to the club, $15

Clint won the shirt drawing.

Gina did not bring milk and cookies.

 

Respectfully submitted:

Jerome (Jerry) Kahn, ACØRL
RCKARA Sec’y/tres.

Minutes: February 9, 2021

Minutes: February 9, 2021

Meeting called to order at the AMVETS Feb. 9, 1905 local

Announcement

3120 DMR talk group again on Bandmeister, good news for hotspot owners.

Minutes were read and accepted

Treasurer’s report was read and accepted

Repeater Trustee report:

Some intermod/hetrodynes/ducting has been causing the 147.120 repeater to kerchunk occasionally.

I listened to the input and heard various signals. The repeater is not malfunctioning.

There is a solution, which would probably be very unpopular, require a 103.5hz PL tone to access the repeater. This is why many repeaters require a tone. Personally I would rather not take this step. If you are willing to live with the occasional kerchunking then I will leave it as-is. What say you?

Old Business

Hamfest

No date has been set and we are awaiting word back from the armory if we can use the facility.

Derby Radio Shack has declined to attend any hamfests this year

We need to contact D&L to see if they are interested in attending.

Field Day

If we cannot use the armory we can use the AMVETS facility. We have many options, indoors, outdoors, and a large open field for antennas.

New Business

The membership present voted to exempt Jake Fields from dues because of his generous shirt giveaways to club members.

NCS

Feb 16 WØRHP

Feb 23 KAØNES

Mar 2 KBØSQL

50/50

WØRHP won but returned the winnings to the club. $10

Gina won the shirt drawing.

1931: Meeting adjourned with much fanfare

Next meeting March 9th

Minutes: November 11, 2020

Minutes: November 11, 2020

Meeting was called to order at 1900

Announcements:

Butler County ARES meets at 2100 Thursdays on the KanOkla repeater system.

It was determined that a quorum was present. Minutes were read and accepted.

No treasurer’s report, no financial activity.

Repeater Trustee, no issues reported

Old Business

We have decided upon Hog Wild to provide the food. We will order enough for 16. Motion made and carried to authorize $200 for the party expenses.

The Christmas party will commence at 7 PM December 8th.

If you have not responded to the invitations sent out over the last couple of months, there may not be enough food to cover unanticipated arrivals.

New Business:

Club dues for 2021 will remain the same as in 2020.

Slate of officers up for election to serve 2021:

• Pres: Charles Tucker
• VP: John O’Connor
• Secy/Treas: Jerry Kahn

The above slate was voted on and passed in its entirety.

NCS:

11/17 Phil Muth
11/24 John O’Connor
12/1 Charles Tucker

Presentation:

Nate presented a power point on hail. Those that were in attendance now have the equivalent of a master’s degree in hailology. 🙂 It was a very interesting and informative presentation. Thank you, Professor Nate.

Meeting adjourned at 2000.

Minutes: March 10, 2020

Minutes: March 10, 2020

Meeting called to order at 1900
Announcements:
· BSA merit badge event went fantastic. Great turnout from the club. Well done!
· 160 Meter contest at ACØRL’s was a lot of fun and very challenging. Thanks to all that attended.
· Storm Spotter event was well attended and very informative.
Minutes from previous meeting were read and approved
Treasurers report was read and approved
Repeater trustee reported no issues with any if the repeaters.
Committee for Field Day will need to be established.
· Armory will be the location
· Weekend of June 27-28
· Mad Cow is going to be used to support antenna(s)
Christmas Party:
· Club will provide meats and drinks, etc.
· Members should bring a dish or desert.
· Club will have Hog Wild pulled pork, brisket, hot links, along with rolls and side dishes.
Hamfest:
· Charles will handle vendors, vendors committed to date:
o Derby Radio Shack
o Jake, vinyl signs and tags
· Jerry will handle presenters
· Gina will handle snacks and drinks
· We will need to have Richard (KØRCJ) arrange for VE testing
· We will need a sound system
· Vendors will need to provide door prizes.
· ARRL sanctioned?
New Business:
· Motion was made and carried that Jake Fields will be exempt from dues for 2020 because of his giving the winners of the 50/50 second drawing free shirts or hats.
NCS:
· March 13: KBØZIA
· March 24: ACØMO
· March 31: KEØBWJ
· April 7: KBØSQL
50/50:
· Gina won the pot again, of course she spent big, buying five tickets improving her odds. $10 to her and $10 to the club!
· Philip Muth won the shirt/hat drawing, again.
If you haven’t yet; please support your club and pay your dues. You can pay them online via PayPal, the club’s PayPal account is ACØRL@yahoo.com, please add an extra two dollars to cover PayPal fees, $27 for single, $32 for family.

Minutes: February 11, 2020

Minutes: February 11, 2020

RCKARA members, guests, and wannabees,

I want to thank all of those that turned out at our last meeting. It was great to see so many show up and support our club. If you haven’t been to a club meeting in while, we welcome you to visit. We have many exciting projects and we have a lot of fun!

Meeting was called to order at 1900 local.

· I, ACØRL, will be hosting the CQ World Wide 160m SSB contest at my QTH, 1824 Nickerson Blvd. I am east of the bridge closing. My 160m station is running great and we should have some great fun making contacts all over the world. This contest runs from 2200Z/4pm local Friday the 21st until 2200Z Sunday the 23rd. We can operate overnight for best results. New and old hams should show up to get a taste of some high energy “Top Band” action.

· A new face/ham showed up at our meeting, Dick Oswald, KEØWZW. He will need some Elmering so let’s show him what a helpful and knowledgeable bunch we are.

· Dave Powers attended our meeting. He is moving back to Hutchinson from Missouri. He brought a vintage Henry 2020 radio set, with the second VFO, matching speaker, service and operating manual, and an all-band fan dipole. Joe, ACØMO, purchased the set. We look forward to Joe cleaning it up and getting it on the air. Bet it will sound great!

· We had a guest appearance from Gary, NØFHF, so the rumors of his disappearance from the face of the Earth were premature. Aliens don’t even want him…

· The Christmas party for this year will be held at the Mennonite Manor on our regular meeting night December 8. Club will provide the main meal and members and guests can provide the side dishes.

· QCWA meeting will be the last Tuesday of February, if you wish to attend this meeting we will be departing from Larry Cannon’s house, 17th and Jefferson, at 5PM to carpool to Wichita.

· Storm Fury on the Plains storm spotter training will be March 9th at the Fire Training Command Center, East 4th Avenue across from the Dillon’s distribution center.

· Roger Darrow from the Boy Scouts of America gave a presentation on their Merit Badge College and solicited help from our club to put on the communications merit badge training, March 7th at HCC. Contact Charles, KBØSQL, charlesmtucker@hotmail.com, 620-727-2862, if you can help out on that day.

· Gina, KEØBWJ, won the evening’s 50/50 and generously gave her half to the club, $14 to the charity fund!

· Gary, NØFHF, won the second drawing for a t-shirt with his call emblazoned conspicuously on it. The t-shirts are provided by Jake Fields.

· NCS’s for Tuesday Repeater net, 2000 local Tuesdays:

* ACØMO, Joe

* KCØZBO, Nancy

* KBØSQL, Charles

Meeting was adjourned at 2000 local.

Secretary/Treasurer Jerry Kahn, ACØRL