Key West Amateur Radio Club

January 25, 2001

Members (10) Visitors (1)

K9CCZ K4MG KF4NWV W4WHN KG4CGX W5TWR

WA4JFJ N1WON K1TC W4TBW WA4JFK

Call to order by President Tom Clements at 7:12 pm

Welcome to Ed

Minutes from the November 16, meeting approved as read.

Treasurer's report of $862.26 filed as read.

Old Business

Tom reported that AMSAT 3D has had a variety of problems

2 meter antenna not working-Engine malfunction-hopes for it being fully functional as planned are not good

Dean brought along several QSL cards received from Field Day and Cory will try to give us a count as to how many actually sent QSL cards. Cory will bring info on ordering QSL cards.

L.T. reported the Key West Repeater appears to be working as no one has complained of problems.

There have been multiple problems with some of the repeaters up and down the Keys that will need to be addressed.

New Business

Bill Marsh will be overseeing the 7-mile bridge run this year. If anyone is interested in helping out contact him as the event is on April 21.

Info on Miami, Charleston and Orlando Hamfests is available from Shirley

Jerry questioned the feasibility of changing the time for the net, however no changes are planned at this time.

Ed Crowell, W5TWR, gave an impromptu talk about some kits available for PSK31 and a CW Transceiver (350 mw) utilizing SMT. More on this next month. For info on this you can go to www.smallwonderlabs.com; the site of NN1G, Dave Vincent.

Jerry Turner gave a program on APRS uses with all the bells and whistles. For info go to www.hamradio.aprs: and some 8800 websites will be available to you.

Election of Officers

Nominating Committee Recommendations

President Tom Clements

Vice-President Jerry Turner

Sec'y/Treasurer Shirley Perpall

With there being no additional nominations from the floor a proposal to cast a single vote ratifying the nominations was made by Cory and seconded by Dean. The motion passed unanimously.

With no further business a motion to adjourn at 8:15

Next meeting on February 22, @ 7pm

Ed Crowell joined the club and will be conducting next month's program on SMT.

Foundation for Amateur Radio Scholarships Available:-

The Foundation for Amateur Radio, Inc., a non-profit organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C., plans to administer sixty-seven (67) scholarships for the academic year 2001 to 2002 to assist licensed Radio Amateurs. The Foundation, composed of over seventy-five local area Amateur Radio Clubs, fully funds ten of these scholarships with the income from grants and its annual Hamfest. The remaining fifty-seven (57) are administered by the Foundation without cost to the various donors. 

Licensed Radio Amateurs may compete for these awards if they plan to pursue a full-time course of studies beyond high school and are enrolled in or have been accepted for enrollment at an accredited university, college or technical school. The awards range from $500 to $2500 with preference given in some cases to residents of specified geographical areas or the pursuit of certain study programs. Clubs, especially those in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, are encouraged to announce these opportunities at their meetings, in their club newsletters, during training classes, on their nets and on their World Wide Web home pages. 

Additional information and an application form may be requested by letter or QSL card, postmarked prior to April 30, 2001  from: 

FAR Scholarships 
Post Office Box 831 
Riverdale, MD 20738

Find more information here: www.amateurradio-far.org