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SCRAMS Club Meetings and News Happy New Year!!!! The 53.71 mhz Six Meter
repeater is back at the A reminder that the annual
dues are due again and can be paid by mail or at the next meeting. There is
an application on the website that you can print out and mail to the club PO
Box 1174, Waterford, CT 06385. This year we would like to get
the 224.26 repeater back in service at the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital.
There are many possibilities that we can explore at the Hospital site in
cooperation with the Hospital Department of Emergency Management. Please show your support for
the club by paying your dues and coming to a meeting, or getting on the air
and using the clubs repeaters. Thank you, Harrison Fortier JR W1HAF W1NLC Trustee Happy New Year!!!! The next club meeting is Thursday
January 3, 2008 at 07:30 hrs at the Jordan Park House located on Avery Lane
and Rte 156 in We will be discussing the
status of the 53.85 rpt and the future plans for the club in 2008. I would
personally like to thank all those involved in the 53.85 rpt project for all
the time and effort they have given to making this rpt happen. I especially
would like to thank Joe K1IKE for all his assistance with the repeater. I
also would like to thank Fred N1WLI and Mike W1MCT for all the time they have
spent working on this project. Hope to see you there. The 53.85 six meter repeater
and the 224.26 repeater have finally been moved to the Vauxhall Street Ext
water tower. President Mike Tucker along with Tech Committee Chairman Fred
Carlough and Trustee Harrison Fortier made the move on Saturday July 21,
2007. Unfortunately the repeater did not perform up to our expectations and
was removed from service on Saturday July 28, 2007 for a thorough check on
the bench by Mike Tucker. He found that the receiver preamp was not
performing up to spec, probably due to a previous lighting strike at the old
location. Mike made the necessary repairs and the repeater was put back into
service on 7/31/2007. This project was a long time coming from first approval
until now. I hope that the new location serves Southeastern Connecticut well.
We also performed some minor
maintenance to the 146.97/ 448.975 repeater site by cleaning up site and we
discover that one of the fans on the 146.97 amplifier was not working. Mike
took the old fan and will be working on replacing it as soon as possible. The
repeaters were performing up to standard and were left in that state. “If it
aint broke don’t fix it!” The status of the
146.67/223.96 repeater is still up in the air. We will try to have it back on
the air even temporarily if possible until we can negotiate a new deal with
the Town of Groton, CT. We are looking into several locations at this time. March 2007 ***************************************************************************************************************** Dave Reed,W1RED, has volunteered to put the “N”
connectors on the hard-line at the Vauxhall St Ext Site so that we might move
forward with this ongoing project to move the 53.85/ 224.26 repeater to that
location. There was some discussion in regard to the Groton Site at the
meeting and to the reasons why we moved our equipment out. There was concern
that we were losing a good site for our repeaters. Unfortunately we had to
move due to the condition of the building and the problems with the tower not
being registered or maintained by the Town of Groton. Much discussion ensued
about grants and alternate means of financing the project. These discussions,
though appropriate, must be between the club and the Town of Groton, CT. They
own the property, the building, and the antenna tower and it is their
responsibility to maintain it. The 146.67 repeater has been taken off the air
temporarily due to a report from John Spigel, W1AN, that it was causing interference
to his repeater. A reminder to all club members Dues are past due and
are still only $25.00. They can be mailed to SCRAMS, PO Box 1174, Waterford,
CT. 06385. The application may be printed off the web site and
mailed in with your dues. We still need members and volunteers to help keep
the club active and going. Without members the club would not exist nor would
the six repeaters maintained by the club. Please consider attending a meeting
on the first Thursday of each month at the Jordan Park House located on Rte
156 in Waterford, CT. at 07:30 pm. November 2006 ******************************Special
Announcement*******************Special
Announcement*************************** The Groton Connecticut
Repeater site located on Fort Hill Road has been removed due to the
conditions of the building provided by the Town of Groton Emergency
Management Department. The roof had numerous holes and leaks in it and there
was Black Mold growing inside all the rooms. The Town was made aware of
the problem by us and they proceeded to fix the roof by nailing a large blue
tarp over it. This temporarily addressed the holes and need of a new roof but
did not address the mold issue. Therefore in the best interest of the club we
had to remove our equipment from that location and are in the process of
finding a new location for the repeaters. Currently the 146.67 repeater is
temporarily on the air at the Presidents home in Montville Connecticut so as
to maintain our frequency. The repeater has limited coverage but please feel
free to try it. Thursday May 4, 2006 Club Meeting at the ***************Special
Vote************************** Vote on change to bylaws
requiring a quorum of 5 members and one officer to conduct an official
monthly business meeting. This is a change from the current bylaw which
requires a quorum of 10 members and the President or Vice President to
conduct an official monthly business meeting. We also need to conduct a
special election to replace our Vice President WA4VWV, Steve Smith, who has
unfortunately become a silent key. Please attend this meeting! Thursday, September 1 - 7:30pm |
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Thursday, October 6 - 7:30pm |
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Thursday, November 3 - 7:30pm |
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Thursday, December 1 - 7:30pm |
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Sunday, December 18 - 12:30pm - 3:00pm |
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