November
6, 2002
Marathon
Library
Members
Present (9)
WA4JFJ WA4JFK K0KTB W4WHN KQ4AZ
KO4WG ND7K KD4BJM KG4KZT
Parking
lot flea market of miscellaneous meters, radio gear and books donated to the
club by David Young of Key Largo.
Call
to order by Tom at 7:55 p.m.
Minutes
from the October 2, 2002 meeting approved as read.
Treasurers’
report of $24.26 in the bank and $20.00 cash after paying the club insurance.
OLD
BUSINESS
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Tickets
for the Miami Hamboree to be held February 1 & 2, 2003 are available from
Shirley for $6.00 in advance. They are $8.00 at the door.
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Tom
reported that ‘Jamboree on the Air’ was held at Camp Sawyer with Jack, Rick and
himself. Propagation was not favorable and Tom broke an antenna but there was a
SSB contact made and the boys did ask questions. Possibly a demo of PSK-31 next
time would work better.
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The
tower on West Summerland is back up and appears to be doing well with coverage
from Key West to Duck Key. The link between 146.67 and 147.255 is only one way
going north at this time. George will be working on this problem.
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Information
on the Christmas Dinner in Key West will be going out via e-mail soon.
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The
nominating committee conferred with the following results;
Other members that have not
expresses their wishes shall be contacted and nominations from the floor will
also be taken at the December meeting to be held in Big Pine at ‘St. Francis in
the Keys’.
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Melbourne
will be holding a hamfest on November 13.
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Discussion
on foxhunt or not got a yes. Tom will be available to hold a foxhunt this
Saturday on Big Pine. Meet at 4:00 p.m. at the Blue Heron Park for information.
Upon conclusion of the hunt we will meet at Deans’ house for pizza. E-mail
notification will go out to members.
NEW BUSINESS
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Chuck
informed us that Harry , AB2DA is having cataract surgery and will be arriving
here November 24.
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Info
was given about the ARRL mail forwarding system for those members that change
providers periodically.
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Dean
noted that there is new software out for EME. Also ‘Microsoft Office 11’ is
unsupported unless installed on 2000 or XP.
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Motion
to adjourn at 8:57 p.m.
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