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There were 17 members and guests present.
Ron opened the meeting at
12:43 EST
The club web site has needed to be
updated and Sal has stepped forward and volunteered to do the job. The URL is www.n4wis.org. Other clubs will be notified
about this. If anyone has ideas for the site, notify Sal. Ron has received some
feedback about the site. Amateur Radio Club has been changed to Radio Club
according to Bus's wishes. Bus always thought that leaving out "Amateur" might
attract some Navy radio operators. Rich Siff also had some input about the club
site. There was a round of applause for Sal for his efforts. The financial
report was not available as Terry was absent. Ron mentioned that Joe Lenihan has
become a silent key. Joe had dreamed of getting his Extra class license and was
stricken at a class he was attending pursuing this goal. He never recovered.
NV4NV sent Ron an Email which never arrived so Ron is now trying to contact him
to make sure he knows he is welcome in the club.
The
Pearl
Harbor operation was discussed. Since the
7th does not fall on a week end, it was decided to set up for
operation on December 2nd and 3rd and also on December
7th. A joint meeting for December was discussed. We have done this
several times in the past. The hamfest is coming up September 16 and 17. We
decided to have a table and display there. Club tables may be in the hallway but
this is not certain. Our table will be for display only, no sales. It will also
be for recruitment of new members.
Ron displayed a Yaesu 757GX
transceiver. It is from an estate and could be purchased for the club for
$200.00. Ron has checked it out and the only flaw is a noisy headphone jack. He
said that it would be a good idea if we had our own radio so no one would have
to break down their station to operate on board the ship. The club members
agreed and we voted to buy this rig.
A joint QCWA/VADXCC/Wisconsin Christmas meeting is planned
for December 9th. Butch asked about how many antennas we wanted up.
Ron answered that for the last operation, we had only the Windom up and did
fine. It was brought out that it was already too late to advertise the event in
the Ham publications.
The meeting was closed at 1322
EST
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