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News Letter -- October 2005
Volume 23, Number 9
 
 

 

PRESIDENTS CORNER

 

Fall is in the air. Nice to see the temperatures cooling off. Better sleeping weather. Now it is about time to clean up the garden.

Was nice to see a nice group at the meeting, and thanks to Darryl, KCØEWH for showing us the pictures of their group climbing Devils Tower.

The ARRL Division Convention in Fargo was great. It was nice to meet the President of the League, Jim Haynie W5JLP of Dallas TX. Our Director, KØQB Jay Bellows, Vice Director, NØJPH Twila Greenheck, our Section Manager KAØLDG Kent Olson, and several other ARRL appointees, and Members. Also the Vice President of QCWA NØUF Bob Roske, Gladstone, MO, and the President of QCWA Dakota Chapter 102,  NUØF Frank Shaw, Rapid City SD. The Banquet was great also very nice meal, and the Speaker DR Tony England gave a very good presentation. The seminars were also very good. Many thanks to the radio club of Fargo for a great convention. Joe NØQAU and Stan WDØDAJ held a very informative meeting on Super link. A lot of the information is on the Yahoo Group.

Our show and tell at the mall is October 22nd.

Was sorry to hear of NØMVN Vern of Lake Park, MN becoming a silent key. And we all will miss Larry

WØIRY, from our club that became a silent key. Larry enjoyed the meetings when he could attend. Our Condolences to the Family.

Our next meeting will be October 3rd at the LEC

 

73 de Bill KØUB

 

 

 

 

 

Theodore Roosevelt Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

September 12, 2005

 

 

 

Minutes submitted by Laurie, KCØNHW, Secretary/Treasurer.

 

Bill, KØUB, President called the meeting to order.

 

Introductions of members and guests followed.

 

Minutes of last meeting were approved on a motion by Irene, WDØDAW and seconded by Margaret, KB7ITR.  Motion carried.

 

Laurie, KCØNHW, gave treasurer’s report.  Motion to approve by Emil, NØDK and seconded by Mick, KCØRLF.  Motion carried.

 

Old Business

 

  1. Repeaters – 440 repeater is not working.  Joe, NØQAU has the APRS ready to go.  An antenna was picked up from Burghardts at the Dakota Division ARRL Convention in Fargo for the 64 APRS.  Motion made by Emil, NØDK to approve the purchase of this antenna.  And seconded by Darryl, KCØEWH.  Motion carried.
  2. Special Service Club – Our renewal is not due until 2006.
  3. Outstanding bills – Payment for the use of electricity for our picnic and a $30.00 donation was made to the Trap club.
  4. ARRL Dues – Club will get $2.00 for each renewal when renewed thru the club.

 

New Business

 

  1. Silent key – Bill, KØUB sent the information to QST on our member Larry, WØIRY and updated our silent key club plaque.  Larry passed away on August 27, 2005.  Bill is making arrangements to pick up his radio gear and remove his antenna.  Thank you Bill for doing that.
  2. Updating newsletter and membership list – Bill, Laurie and Odo will get together to delete and update our membership and newsletter mailing list.
  3. Public Service – Emergency courses Level 1,2,and 3 are $12.95 each.  Field resources manual, message forms are $2.00 each.  Net directory $5.00 each.  Emergency communication handbook is $19.95.  Discussion on having this material available for the E.O.C.  The club would purchase them and have them available to be checked out. Motion to approve the purchase of the material made by Laurie, KCØNHW and seconded by Emil, NØDK.
  4. Hurricane Katrina – Salvation Army and Red Cross need volunteers. Do not deploy on your own.  Go through the organizations, information on ARRL web page.
  5. Website – www.arrl.org is a good site for all amateurs.  They have interesting surveys on the hobby.
  6. Dakota Division ARRL Convention – Many of our club members attended this convention in Fargo September 9th, and 10th.  Joe, NØQAU presented us with some information on the weekend.  Jim Hayne, president of the ARRL along with Astronaut Tony England, from Apollo 17 were some of the guests present.  Friday night was a pizza party.  Saturday during the day was seminars and a flea market.  Burghardts was also set up there.  Stan and Joe did a seminar on Super link.  About 12 people attended.  One of the discussions was to join the Yahoo group to post some of the issues of super link.
  7. New Question Pools – The NCVEC’s new question pools adjusted schedules are as follows:  Tech will be released on January 1st 2006 effective July 1st 2006.  General was scheduled for July of 2008 will be released December 2006  effective July 1st 2007.  Extra will be released December 2007 effective July 1st 2008.
  8. Emergency Exercise – The Stark and Bowman County emergency exercise was re-scheduled for October 8th at logging camp ranch.  Contact Stan or Joe if interested and to verify date for sure.
  9. Handiham Camp – Our member Larry whom we helped sponsor went to the camp in August.  He had a good time and learned a lot and even got some hands on experience.  With a little more studying he should be ready to test.

 

 

Winner of the meeting drawing is Marge, KB7LQB.  Congratulations!

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.

 

 

 

 

 
CHECK YOUR CALENDAR 
 
Oct 3 ................................. TRARC Meeting @ LEC 7 PM
Oct 7-8 .............................  Emergency Exercise @ Burning Vein Campground
Oct 22 ..............................  " Show and Tell" at Prairie Hills Mall
                                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TEST SESSIONS 
 
If you are in need of a test session, contact either Bill Bosch, KØUB or Emil Wieglenda,
NØDK. Bill is associated with ARRL VEC and Emil is W5YI. They will let you know when
the next test session will be held.
 
Bill 701-483-3869               Emil 701-483-4953
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margaret's Corner
 
    Leaves turning colors, grass getting brown,days getting shorter - where has the summer gone? I guess we can't really complain though. We have been inundated with stories of New Orleans and hurricane Katrina but we can count our blessings. Life for us goes on as usual such as camping, vacationing, various functions and  school in spite of little annoyances like high gas prices and now promises of higher heating costs.
    Some of the TRARC members namely Bill and Irene, Stan and Betty, Kim and Joe,and Leon and Cindy attended the ARRL convention in Fargo the weekend of Sept. 10th. Reports are that the forums and seminars were informative particularly the ARRL forum which addressed numerous issues facing Amateur Radio in the United States. Stan and Joe conducted a seminar on the SuperLink system which was attended by 12 Hams who represented various nodes. There were several flea market tables. Rumor has it that Leon found Burghardts there too. Since there was nothing for the ladies they spent many hours at West Acres at their favorite pasttime - shopping. Bill was the only one that won a prize - a $25 gift certificate to West Acres. Guess who got that one?
    We lost another long time member of our club just short of his 90th birthday. Larry Sanders WØIRY passed away on August 27th. Our sympathy goes to Emma and the family.
    It's nice to hear Mark, Al, Clarence and Charlie on the air once in a while again.
    So much for now! Enjoy our days as they come and may they only get better!
 
73, Margaret
 
 
 
 
Birthdays for September
Duane Splichal    KBØIXX
10 - 04
Margaret Wieglenda KB7ITR
10 - 06
Lenny Mack NØDZN
10 - 07
Randy Jilek N7EEE
10 - 12
Paula Scheeler KCØFKL
10 - 14
Dean Williams KIØLL
10 - 14
Mich Lewton KCØRLF
10 - 15
Curtis Kittelson KCØHSR
10 - 16
Mark Tollefson WØZCM
10 - 17
 
 
THANK YOU!!
 
Thank you to Mike Walton, KCØADK for the donation of a new Diamond Antenna for the Killdeer APRS installatiion.