In spite of the lack of rain in the last month, the week of the 7th grade Deboullie Mountain trip was a wet one. They were unable to climb the mountain because of slippery conditions. They hiked on the ridge loop trail instead. I hiked with them over that scenic trail on Friday  Sept. 26th. One of the students developed asthma after a few steep climbs. The game warden-parent, Kenneth Jandreau,  hiking with us volunteered to take her back to where the bus dropped us off. After they left, I realized they would not get back to the bus before it left the drop off.  With my pocket sized Yaesu VX-5 I called on Rocky Mountain (147.715-) the next time we were up high. N1JHD answered me. It took awhile, with the moving of Gil's beams and me climbing a bit higher, but I finally got the message to him to call Fort Kent and have them call Norman, the bus driver at Deboullie to pick up the stricken student. Norman got the message and drove from the pick-up place back to the drop-off place, thus saving a long wait for the warden and the girl.
 
      When I showed my little radio to the warden, he was impressed that that little thing could do what a cell phone couldn't. 

       Address comments, questions, or suggestions to: 
Gale Flagg  108 Franklin School RD
Fort Kent  ME 04743 
Phone: 207-834-6670
E-mail: galeflagg@sjv.net

Have you paid your dues yet? We need you as a member to continue our ARRL Affiliation and to continue the work of the club.

Old Business:
Rocky Mountain: The repeater is functioning without a tone necessary, but  if you don't get any results, press any single tone to activate it. 146.715-
    Has the road been cleared to the tower base yet?

146.640 Repeater:  We are getting good signal reports from Presque Isle, however there are places in Fort Kent where acess to the repeater is marginal. Those present discussed again the relative non-use of 146-640-.   Is it worth the expense to keep it going? Maybe this is a case of Use It or Lose It! But seriously, we have not given up on the idea of relocating the repeater to Fort Kent, but we still need a tower to do that! 

N7GLR has been suggested that we look into putting up a "HAM  146.640-" sign. I have seen a similar sign in St. Quentin, NB.

Those present decided to have a Harvest Get Together instead of the November meeting. (See below)

Program: We watched part of the ARRL video "Amateur Radio in the Elementary School".  The audio quality was poor. We would not want to show it at school, but there are some presentation ideas that will be helpful.
 

Next meeting: TUESDAY. Dec.4, 6:30, Grindle Conf. Rm. UMFK

Submitted by: N1UYA

Dave Bishop 11-09     Charles Zafonte 11-25
 Ruth McKinney            Bert St.Onge    12-10

Starting Dec. 3, 20001, anybody doing business with the FCC must have an FRN. This is a 10 digit number assigned by CORE---the Commission Registration System.  N1UYA has had an FRN for several months. However, the FCC on line system is not what is known as user friendly. A recent attempt to file an application for a vanity call sign resulted in circular action for a couple of hours every day. A paper form was acquired from the ARRL, when they told N1UYA, it would be much easier. Registering for an FRN was NOT difficult.
 

       CAN AM DOG SLED RACES 2002, 10TH ANNIVERSARY
      The dog races will be held March 2,3,4,5 
      Please note that our control center technicians are both out of the area now. We need someone to set up the antenna and radios at control center and many people to operate during the races. Please save the date and give all the time you can. Our club is now pressed for providing enough operators. We will have to make a statewide appeal again, which we will do soon. We would appreciate it if you would contact N1UYA soon about what you can do, so that you will get the job you want before she lines up the outsiders. If you want to be at control center or a certain check point , please tell  N1UYA by Nov. 1st.