25-May-17 | AD0TV | William Wolcott | ||||||
01-Jun-17 | KE0LKR | Rusty Lidzy | ||||||
08-Jun-17 | AD0SF | David Claridge | ||||||
15-Jun-17 | KS1ERS | Dean Binns | ||||||
22-Jun-17 | KE0LKR | Rusty Lidzy | ||||||
29-Jun-17 | KS1ERS | Dean Binns | ||||||
06-Jul-17 | AD0SF | David Claridge | ||||||
13-Jul-17 | KE0LKR | Rusty Lidzy |
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
January 2017 Meeting
January 21, 2017 EARS
Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER: Tim, K0EMP, called the meeting to order at
9:03 am. We had 21 members present, no visitors.
MEETING MINUTES: David Claridge, AD0SF, gave a summary of the
November 19, 2016 meeting minutes. Larry, N0YNN moved to approve the minutes as
presented, William, AD0TV, seconded, passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT: David, AD0SF, presented the Treasurer’s
report. William, AD0TV, moved to
approve, Larry, N0YNN, seconded, report approved unanimously.
COMPONENT CORNER: Jim, WX0U, provided a short recap on a
previous presentation on voltage dividers, OHMs Law, and using transistors as
switches. He then discussed use of
transistors as audio amplifiers (Class A) and how overdriving them leads to signal
distortion or clipping. This lead to a brief discussion on how this messes up a
signal, such as causing intermod issues and mic gain issues.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS:
Tim, K0EMP, presented a short summary of the Dec 31, 2016
Executive Meeting. David, AD0SF, took an action to make sure our EARS Annual
Report is sent to ARRL and a copy sent to George Phoenix, KD0RII. (From the Dec
31, 2016 Exec Meeting Minutes, noted K0EMP sent the annual report to Lonnie,
W0NXS, on Jan 1 and Lonnie sent it to ARRL on Jan 3. Also noted Lonnie updated
our EARS membership information on our ARRL club page on Jan 3.).
ACTION: Send copy
of Annual Report to George, KD0RII.
Builder Corner presentation:
1.
George, KD0RII, presented two items. One was a
very fashionable leather bag he was using as a small go bag complete with two
HTs and associated equipment. The other
item was a small Chinese coupler unit he purchased off EBAY for $16. It has two
leads with 2 pin connectors (Baofeng style) used to connect two HTs together to
make a repeater. He also had an audio
connector cable several feet long to connect to one of the leads then to one of
the HTs, to get more antenna separation between the HTs.
The Thursday Night Net signup sheet was passed around.
DATE
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CALL
SIGN
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NAME
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26-Jan-17
|
ADØTV
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William Wolcott
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02-Feb-17
|
KCØUVH
|
Linda Wolcott
|
09-Feb-17
|
KS1ERS
|
Dean Binns
|
16-Feb-17
|
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23-Feb-17
|
ADØTV
|
William Wolcott
|
02-Mar-17
|
KCØUVH
|
Linda Wolcott
|
09-Mar-17
|
KS1ERS
|
Dean Binns
|
16-Mar-17
|
ADØSF
|
David Claridge
|
23-Mar-17
|
ADØTV
|
William Wolcott
|
30-Mar-17
|
KS1ERS
|
Dean Binns
|
06-Apr-17
|
KEØLKR
|
Rusty Lidzy
|
13-Apr-17
|
Tim, K0EMP, announced the tentative dates selected for the
2017 VE Testing sessions, Feb 18 at 1300, May 6th at 0900, Sept 12
at 1900 and Dec 1 at 1900. Larry, N0YNN,
suggested we try and put on a Ham Cram for the Extra Class this year. Tim explained that such an effort would be
very lengthy and difficult to put on due to the size of the question pool and difficulty
of the material and that we have not had much interest in doing this in the
past. GEORGE, KD0RII, also mentioned the Extra class that the Topeka club puts
on in January.
CONTINUING DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITY ITEMS:
Trailer Committee Update:
Tim, K0EMP, announced the trailer build is on hold due to weather. It is
time to renew the trailer tags and we are waiting on insurance information from
our insurer.
AUXComm Training: Tim,K0EMP,
asked William, AD0TV, to provide comments on the class, he gave a nice summary
of what we did, the class prerequisites and the forms we used, and we had a
brief discussion of how Lonnie, W0NXS, had incorporated some of the training
and forms into the Race for the Chase event.
Larry, N0YNN, mentioned it would be a good idea for us to put on an emergency
drill to get interested club members up to speed on what to do and how. Tim
agreed that was a good idea and that he would talk with Mike, KC0NFG, about it
as that needs to be coordinated through ARES.
Immediate Past President: Tim,K0EMP, announced this position
was approved and that Dwight, KD0OIX, is our current Immediate Past President.
Repeater Committee Update:
Tim, K0EMP, announced there was no update to report at this time. David,
AD0SF, added that we were still wanting another member or two to join the
committee. During the meeting, Jim,
WX0U, made contact with Brian, KC0BS, and asked for his input on a new
controller for the 985 repeater. Brian said the SCOM 7330 controller for about
$495 is the best one in his opinion, and is the one being used in several KLINK
repeaters now. Brian also agreed to
assist in installation if we got one. Decision
tabled at this time so we can turn the information over to the committee for
discussion and evaluation. It was noted
that the discussed price is well below our budget allotment of $750 for a new
controller.
Social Media Committee Update: Dean, KS1ERS, committee chairman, stated that
the committee had a short meeting before the eyeball meeting, and that our Facebook
page is going well. Dean and David,
AD0SF, are both keeping an eye on member requests and posts to limit new member
additions to only those in EARS or that are licensed or pursuing a license, and
to delete any questionable posts. George,
KD0RII, continues doing a great job keeping up the EARS webpage.
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS/NEW BUSINESS.
Dwight, KD0OIX, passed around the QSL cards we received for
KOV. He also showed a QSL card he created for our club to use for field day
contacts, stated that he has loaded all our QSL contacts on LOTW (Logbook Of
The World), and that he has reserved KOV for 2017 for us.
Nomination of Club Officers:
President, Tim East, K0EMP, and Dean Binns, KS1ERS
Vice President, David Claridge, AD0SF
Secretary/Treasurer, Dwight Moore, KD0OIX, and Dean Binns,
KS1ERS
Gravel Ride for Maisie’s Pride: David, AD0SF, gave a short summary of what
the ride is, where and when, and the Manhattan Jeep Club requesting our help
with communication (they use CBs which have poor performance in the
hills). David and Tim, K0EMP, are
interested in helping. David will contact David Dinsmore of the jeep club to
get more details following their next meeting and will present that at our next
meeting to see if we have enough interest to support the event.
2017 Ears Club Potential Events/Activities: Tim, K0EMP, presented the list of
events/activities generated from the executive committee meeting making
particular note of VE test dates and main events such as DK200, Lunar Kanza,
et.
2 Meter SSB Net:
David, AD0SF, presented a new net Sean Lynch, KD0WUF, is proposing, it
will be a 2 meter SSB net, probably on 144.255 and probably on Saturdays at
1900. He is interested in also a second day during the week and is asking for
interest and suggestions. William,
AD0TV, Linda, KC0UVH, Tim, K0EMP, George, KD0RII and David, AD0SF, were
interested in participating. Short discussion on antenna orientation needs for
this and need to have a radio with 2M SSB capability.
Sale Items from Larry, N0YNN: Larry announced he is now engaged and needing
to raise some cash. He has tower sections, a quad band base antenna, a Pyramid
PX-39XL power supply and miscellaneous non-radio items for sale.
PRESENTATION: Tim, K0EMP, showed a YouTube video on a Knight
Ocean Hopper transceiver, a WWII British spy radio (Paraset). He then presented
the QRP kit radio he built, the Bayou Jumper Transceiver by the Four State QRP
Group and based on that original Paraset design, and including the actual
completed radio, instructions, schematics, and audio clips of him tuning in
several stations on it. Total cost of the completed kit was around $100 and
puts out 7 watts.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:58.
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