Historical Electronics Museum
Amateur Radio Club Minutes of the meeting of October 2005
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****DON’T FORGET: The
November meeting will be the 17th. (Third Thursday)***
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The meeting began was called
to order at 6:03 PM by President Jim Nowotarski N3GOO.
Attending on the sign in
sheet were:
Gene Kern KB3JHR
Steve Stitzer WB3ZWC
Heru Walmsley W3WVV
Paul Gates KD3JF
Bill Ferguson KB3JJS
Norman Smith WB6ABD
Gary Henderson W3DTN
Bill Thompson WT3B
Sparky Terry KD4KA
Bill Corley NG3O
Sam Bryant WC3SAM
Jim Nowotarski N3GOO
Les Jamison WR3X
Chip Weems W4PBG
The minutes of the September 2005 meeting having been
distributed and with copies on the table were accepted without modification.
The treasurer was not present
and the report will be differed.
Foundation for Amateur Radio
Report
The winter (final) issue of
AutoCall will be mailed the first week in November. There will most likely be an annual FAR
AutoCall but it is anticipated that many of the functions of the regular
AutoCall will be assumed by an improved web site.
The offices of FAR are open
and volunteers are being solicited. Diane Zimmerman reported that the
Scholarship fund had received an undirected estate distribution in the area of
$145,000.00 and this will be used to increase the 3 FAR Silent Key Annual
Scholarships from $1,000.00 to $2,500.00 each.
Dianne and Hugh Trumble W3ABC
discussed the overall operation of the Scholarship Committee. It seems to be
going very well.
FARFest
It was acknowledge that
HEMARC contributed by doing a very good job on the equipment test table. Next year, however the basement location will
not be available due to its cost (unless an unanticipated increase in vendors materializes.) It appears that FAR made about $600.00
profit. The Saturday attendance was
about 600 less than last year but the Sunday attendance was about the same
(though small.) The 2006 FARFest will be
on September 9th and 10th. We
will discuss HEM Arc’s equipment test table participation will be discussed at
a future meeting.
Medical Expense Benefit for
K3HDM (Flyer issued at meeting) Frank Scott ‘HD’ K3HDM has suffered a severe
medical problem which has incurred expenses far beyond his means. A dinner/dance/entertainment benefit will be
held Sunday November 6th. Complete
information at:
http://kb3jko.net/K3HDM_benefit_flyer.pdf
JOTA (Flyer issued at
meeting)
The Boy Scouts of
National Capital ARES Council
(Flyer issued at meeting) An agenda for the council
institute to be held on October 22, 2005 was discussed. Contact KG4GIY@arrl.net
for more information.
FT-920 Antenna Tuner Problem
(Rol Anders email issued at meeting)
Linear Amplifier Input Power
To achieve full power output
from the linear the input power should be raised from 208VAC to
220/240VAC. Heru W3WVV has a transformer
that might have a transformer capable of supply the 2KW necessary.
New Slate of Officer
The call for officer
nominations was made. All elected
offices are open for nomination. Please contact any officer to nominate
yourself or another member who has agreed to serve.
HEMARC Storage
Bill Thompson reported that
hooks have been provided and our antennas are now stored off the floor in the
museum storage area.
Field Day 2006
Jim Nowotarski N3GOO suggested
that a permanent field day committee be formed and volunteers were needed.
Training
Les Jamison WR3X reported
that 9 students are doing well on the training program.
Router
Norman Smith WA6ABD reported
that the router has been purchased and is now available for installation.
Adjourned 6:45 PM
The technical program was a
talk Emergency Communications in
Submitted by Chip Weems
W4PBG 17 October 2005