Central Wisconsin Repeater Association, Inc.
http://www.qsl.net/cwra                                                                                             January 2000
The Official Newsletter of the Central Wisconsin Repeater Association, Inc
PO Box 8211, Madison, WI 53708-8211

Baraboo 28/88 - WR9ABE                  Madison 34/94 - WR9ABE/MSN


!! Dues Are Due !!

It is time for the year 2000 dues. Just $20 brings Family Membership, the 28/88 and 34/94 repeaters.


ELECTIONS

The three year term of Dave, N9VHS, completes this year and is up for reelection or or reelection. Dave is going to run and has been nominated.

Nominations open on January 18, 2000 and close on February 2, 2000.

Please check with any candidate you have in mind before nominating to be sure that he or she will be willing to serve. The terms run for three years with anywhere from 3 to 7 meetings per year.

Also, please provide background information about the candidate for insertion into the next newsletter. Something a couple of paragraphs long.

Please submit your nominations to the CWRA mail box. The address is on the letterhead.

The election schedule is-

  • Nominations Open - 1/18/2000
  • Nominations Close - 2/2/2000
  • Ballots Sent Out - 2/16/2000
  • Ballots Due In - 2/23/2000

Swap Net

How do you like it? Gary, N9DRA always needs Net Control people and alternates. Sign up... its fun!


Weather Net

Your thoughts and concerns. How is the new format working?

Do you see a role for remote receiver sites? Who pays for them and maintains them? Who secures the site. (Free)


Dues

The ugly question! Should they be higher? CWRA has not had a change in 20 years!! We have kept it there with frugal management. There isn't anything fancy... the repeaters just work properly. This type of management does not lend itself to a lot of newsletters, picnics and grand annual meetings with prizes, presents and center pieces. Nor does it build a reserve for equipment replacement.

This was brought home most dramatically when the tower fell down. Only generous donations put 88 back on the air. The entire antenna system had to be replaced. All the existing system had been reduced to just so much junk.

So, what do you think about the dues structure? No one likes increases. But to keep 88 going ... its got to happen sometimes sorta soon.

Dues (Cont.)

We have some spare parts for the machine. They are no longer available from Motorola! As such, they have become scarce and expensive. It is reasonable to consider that one day we just can't fix it!

Its been a great run since 1977, but...

Replacement isn't all that far off. And it will cost thousands of dollars to match what is in place now. This is just the repeater. The duplexer and antennas are all OK (for now).

Note The New Address


Annual Meeting

The by-laws state that CWRA has an Annual Meeting in the first quarter of the year.

The Annual Meeting will be on March 4th, 2000. That is on a Saturday.

It will be done a little differently this year!

The Meeting will be at the Roxbury Tavern! Not the Dorf Haus. Its in the next Block.

The meeting starts sometime after noon. Order from the grill whenever and whatever you wish. We are set up to be there at 1:00 PM to have lunch. The meeting will start at 2:00 PM.

Election results will be announced and the board introduced.

There will be a discussion of:

  1. The repeaters. How are they doing?
  2. The "new tower noise problem". It seems to be gone.
  3. Remote receivers. Additions or changes?
  4. Autopatch on 94. Should we keep it?
  5. Open discussion. Talk about whatever you want to talk about.

We will have on hand copies of coverage maps and repeater specs.


Send in your thoughts comments and concerns. Better yet, come to the meeting and express them. Share your thoughts with others. Maybe we will change something. Or find out why something can't be changed. Than it might not bug ya so much.!


Web Page

Thanks to Jim, N9KAN for the CWRA web page and its maintenance. Log into http://www.qst.net/cwra

There are links there. A very useful link is to WAR. Get a repeater list, sorted by frequency or city.

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PO Box 8211, Madison, WI 53708-8211

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