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
- We need folks to help sort NØFHF items for sale at ACØRL QTH Friday morning 8AM
- 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
- 2022 Hamfest
- New Business
- Christmas Party December 13th 6PM
- Location TBA
- Suggestions solicited
- Location TBA
- 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
- Christmas Party December 13th 6PM
- 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