Emporia Amateur Radio Society
Science Hall 156, ESU
20 February 2016
Meeting Minutes:
1. Call to Order - President, Tim East (KØEMP), called the meeting
to order at 9:04 AM in SH156 with 14 members & 1 guest present.
Prior
to proceeding through the agenda items Tim East (KØEMP) showed sample
educational material that is available to ARRL registered instructors. He also discussed the 25% discount offered
for the registered instructions on educational material. He indicated that registering as an
instructor is much simpler than getting approved as a Volunteer Examiner so
anyone interested should go to the ARRL website to submit to be registered
instructor. Discussion was also had on
the potential use of aa9pw.com as another avenue for testing related items.
2. Meeting Minutes - The minutes from the 16 January 2016 meeting
were read by Jason Brinkman (KØSSZ) in lieu of printed / distributed meeting
minutes which were approved as read.
3. Treasurer’s Report – Jason Brinkman (KØSSZ) provided a verbal update
on the status of the checking & savings accounts.
Note: Membership dues received
after Jan 11th (including at the January and February eyeball
meetings) will be deposited on 26 Feb 2016.
4. Announcements
and Reports
·
Executive
Committee Meeting –
Jan Exec. meeting not held due to scheduling conflicts.
·
Builder’s Corner –
o
George
Phoenix (KDØRII) provided a demonstration of his new Sennheiser headset and PTT footswitch.
o
Tim
East (KØEMP) gave a brief presentation on the Heathkit AM Receiver kit that he
recently assembled.
·
·
Calling the Thursday Night Net – Sign-up sheet was passed with
the results as follows:
| DATE | CALL SIGN | NAME |
| 25-Feb-16 | KDØAZZ | Dean Binns |
| 03-Mar-16 | WØNXS | Lonnie Worthington |
| 10-Mar-16 | ADØSF | David Claridge |
| 17-Mar-16 | ADØSF | David Claridge |
| 24-Mar-16 | KDØOIX | Dwight Moore |
| 31-Mar-16 | KCØUVH | Linda Schock |
·
Next Exam – TBD –
potentially April 12th or 16th.
5. Continuing
discussion and activity items
·
Technician
training with community – Four EARS members (KØEMP, ADØSF, KDØRTY &
ADØSG) are providing a technician license training session meeting on Tuesday
evenings at the church that Tim East (and family) attend. There are six (6) students participating and
they have completed the 9 of 18 ARRL training modules over the course of 3
weeks (3 modules per evening) with a mid-class review of the first 9 modules
scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 23rd.
·
Trailer
Committee Update –
Jim Belford (WXØU) has completed the installation of the whiteboard walls and
the BLT donated rubber mat flooring has been laid and is beginning to flatten
as it had taken a set during storage.
The operating station desks / tables have been fabricated, welded and
powder painted by Mike Pate (KCØNFG) and they are awaiting installation. Dean Binns (KDØAZZ) is coordinating the
donation of the required electrical components.
Once the electrical components have been procured, Lonnie Worthington
(WØNXS) will be requesting any volunteers that wish to assist in the
installation of the electrical and operating stations.
Update – Dean Binns
(KDØAZZ) informed the trailer committee lead, Jim Belford (WXØU) on Feb 21st
that he will no longer be able to assist with the community service trailer
therefore anyone interested in filling Dean’s role in assisting with trailer
should contact Jim Belford (WXØU).
·
KØV Report – Dwight Moore
(KDØOIX) reported that the Veteran’s Day Special Event call sign (KØV) has been
reserved again for Nov 5th – 11th.
·
DK 200 Update – Tim East
(KØEMP) reported that discussions continue with the DK promoters on the
expanded use of the EARS club members for the 2016 DK 200 and that some of the
Kansas City Jeep Club members have indicated that they will have their
technician licenses prior to the event which is schedule for June 4th. Discussion was had regarding the probable
need for several volunteer operators as the event will span a significant
amount of time so multiple operators will be needed for coverage during the
entire event. Tim East (KØEMP) will
provide more information in the coming months as discussions with the DK 200
promoters progress.
·
Field Day Update
–
Dwight Moore (KDØOIX) has coordinated with the ESU personnel and secured the
ESU practice fields again this year which will be held June 25-26. Dwight also indicated that we will be allowed
to utilize the Community Service Trailer on the practice field it must remain
only on the sides/ends and not on the actual practice field surface. Discussion was had regarding whether we
should operate as a 3A station as in the past or as a 2A station which is more
realistic given the number of operators that we actually have on the air at one
time during recent field day outings.
There was also discussion regarding the value/use of the GOTA
(Get-On-The-Air) station. The
declaration of a 2A vs 3A station and the use of the GOTA station were tabled
for future discussion. UPDATE (not
included in originally distributed minutes) David Claridge (ADØSF) has
volunteered to be Safety Officer for Field Day.
·
Additional
Discussions –
Discussion was had regarding the EARS club license (KØSSR) as it expires in
June as well as the need to change the address of record. It still currently reflects a Madison, KS
address, therefore in the event that we received any official FCC correspondence
to the address of record and it was returned there could be a potential issue
with our FCC licensing. The potential
for allowing the current license to expire and reapplying for a new license and
different call sign was discussed. The
topic was tabled for future discussion with the executive committee to provide
further research into the potential options and steps needed.
6. Election
of Officers – Prior
to the election process, Tim East (KØEMP) thanked the outgoing officers;
Vice-President, Andrew Wayman (KDØRTY) and Secretary/Treasurer, Jason Brinkman
(KØSSZ) for their service over the past year.
Elections were held for the
following 2016 EARS Club Officer with the following results:
President
- Tim East (KØEMP)
Vice-President
– David Claridge (ADØSF)
Secretary/Treasurer
– Lonnie Worthington (WØNXS)
President, Tim
East (KØEMP) and other members in attendance also thanked George Phoenix
(KDØRII) and Dean Binns (KDØAZZ) for running for Vice-President and
Secretary/Treasurer, respectively. Dave
Winfough (KCØURW) also expressed how nice it is to see that the EARS meetings
are well attended and how active the club is as compared to when he first
joined.
7. Presentation
– Dwight
Moore (KDØOIX) provided an informative presentation on the use and
cost-effectiveness of utilizing a QSL Bureau for the handling of international QSL
cards. Our area QSL bureau is WØ QSL
Bureau, PO Box 907, Florissant, MO 63032.
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on the ARRL website via the following links:
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