Indiana County Amateur Radio Newsletter for the Month

September 2007 News Letter

Prepared - August 14, 2007

By: Darrell R. Norris - WA3AJQ

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Scheduled club activities.

Dave Dzelsky's, N3DZ, Mini Field Day is scheduled for Saturday August 18^th at our repeater site shortly after breakfast at Eat*N*Park. Bring your own equipment and something to eat for an evening picnic.

Our club covered dish picnic is scheduled for Sunday September 16^th at Richard Stinson's, KB3KBC, starting around 2:00 PM. The club will furnish the hot dogs, hamburgers etc as we did last year. Hope we have a good turn out. Hope the weather is nicer than last year.

Our Christmas party is scheduled for Sunday December 9^th at Fire Mountain in Indiana. Show up around 6:00 PM for some social time with dinner scheduled around 6:30 PM.

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Some Reminders.

The five year registration for telephone "DO NOT CALL" is now expiring. If you want to continue enjoying not having a bunch of phone calls about the time you set down to dinner, you have to re-register with the states Attorney General's office by, I Think, September 15^th.

We are still looking for Monday night net control operators. Please consider taking this for a month of Monday nights.

It's approaching the time when we need to give serious consideration to filling our club offices for 2008. I'll be completing a nomination list for the October meeting.

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ARRL Field Day -- June 23^rd & 24^th -

Our Indiana County Amateur Radio Club presented an award of Achievement to Melissa Carnahan, KB3MDS, at our August 7^th meeting. Melissa had fifty one contacts, of which several were with other countries. Her father Terry, KB3JOD, received the award for her since Melissa was unable to attend the meeting. Congratulations Melissa!

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ARRL:

At the July ARRL Board of Directors meeting, ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, brought the Board up-to-date on the first six months of 2007 as it relates to ARRL Headquarters and staff. With the elimination of the Morse code testing requirement, a "transformation occurred in Amateur Radio," he said. The ARRL, he said, was prepared for the changes the elimination brought forth: new licensees, license upgrades and a renewed interest in Amateur Radio overall.

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General Notes:

KQ3W, Phil, reported there was a break-in to his summer home, near Home, PA. A Ten Tec Corsair II, SN# 2555, with matching power supply was taken along with other household items. They (police) said it was "professionally" done. He asked to pass this on to area hams to be on the lookout for this radio, and to contact the State Police in Indiana if they know of any leads.

We're always looking for new club members so if you know of anyone that might be interested in amateur radio and would like to join the club, please don't hesitate to invite them to a meeting.

Sometime in the future we should be having our pictures taken for the RACES ID cards. Rusty, WB3EUQ, will keep us informed.

Robert Zugates, KB3JOF, our ARES Emergency Coordinator now has identification cards he's issuing.

Please plan to attend our meetings. There the first Tuesday of each month at Eat*N*Park in Indiana. The board meets at 7:00 PM with the regular meeting at 7:30 PM.

For what it's worth, we have forty two (42) members in the club.

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Thanks and 73's,

Darrell R. Norris - WA3AJQ
President - 05 / 06 / 07

Meeting Minutes - Tuesday August 7, 2007

President Darrell Norris, WA3AJQ, called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM.

Minutes from last meeting: (July 3, 2007)

There were no additions or corrections to the July 3rd meeting minutes.

Financial Report: Kim Frech

Kim reported she had paid the bill for the portable John rented for field day and also mailed a check to Kathy Lute to finalize the expenditures for the 2006 Christmas party.

We need to consider a future fund raiser such as the Sheetz coupons.

Old Business:

ARRL Field Day -- June 23^rd & 24^th -

Terry Carnahan, KB3JOD, received the clubs achievement award for Melissa Carnahan, KB3MDS, Terry's daughter.

ARES: Emergency Coordinator: Robert Zugates, KB3JOF

Robert has new ARES Identification cards.

Kent Badger, N3KB, and his wife attended our August meeting. Kent spent over an hour discussing message preparation and traffic handling. We appreciate their attending our meeting and Kent's very informative presentation.
We congratulate them on their wedding anniversary.

Net Coordinator: Jerry Kiehl, WB3DUD

Jerry reminded us that we need volunteers for net control for the remainder of the year. Please consider helping out.

RACES: Rusty O'Donnell, WB3EUQ

Rusty left a note indicating our September 4^th meeting will be held at Indiana Counties Emergency Operations Center. RACES identification cards will be issued at that time. We will confirm this with Rusty.

ECHOLINK: Rusty O'Donnell, WB3EUQ

A short time ago Rusty indicated we need to find a new location for our Echolink. We need to discuss this at the September meeting.

Repeater Operation - Elmer Sorisio, KB3WG (Not at the meeting)

Board Meeting - Darrell Norris, WA3AJQ

At an earlier meeting Darrell made sure board members are to feel free to have agenda items added for discussion at the meetings.

50 /50 drawing was won by: Darrell, WA3AJQ, He donated the money to the club, thanks Darrell.

New Business:

Mini Field Day August 18^th

Dave Dzelsky, N3DZ, requested a Mini Field Day be scheduled for Saturday August 18^th after Saturday breakfast. Bring your own equipment and a few dot dogs for a picnic later in the day.

Jerry Kiehl, WB3DUD, made a motion; The club authorize Dave to use our Repeater facility for the event. The motion was second by Robert Zugates, KB3JOF, the motion passed

VE Testing -- Bill McMillen, N3QM - 1^st Saturday in April & October

Club Picnic

The covered dish picnic is scheduled for Sunday September 16^th at 2:00 pm at Richard Stinson's, KB3KBC. The club will furnish hot dogs, hamburgers, rolls etc the same as they furnished last year.

Kim Frech, our secretary, will let Richard, KB3KBC know exactly what items the club will furnish.

Christmas Party - Roger, N3PHX, & Kathy, N3SJY Lute

Roger & Kathy Lute made arrangements at Fire Mountain for our Christmas party on Sunday evening December 9th at 6:00 PM, dinner at 6:30 PM.

Notes or comments?

We need to keep thinking about offices for next year. (2008)

Darrell, WA3AJQ, reminded everyone to re-register their telephone numbers for the "Do Not Call" list. You do this with the States Attorney Generals office.

Motion to adjourn was made by: Robert Zugates, KB3JOF and Second by: Fred Maize, KM3M.

The meeting adjourned at: 8:56 PM. (Local time)

ATTENDANCE:

Respectively Submitted by:
Kim Frech, Secretary / Treasurer
05, 06 & 07

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