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MIAMI COUNTY
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Meeting Minutes- July 9, 2010

The July meeting was called to order by President Josh/KC8OZA at 7:30pm.
Present were:  Gary/WB8ROL, Scott/KB8JOY, Dave/KD8GEB, Robert/KD8GEH,
Dave/WB8PMG, Chuck/KD3SQ, and Brad KD8LWZ.

There were no printed or posted June minutes to approve.

Treasurer’s Report:  Income which included $90 in donations, $40 in club dues, $45 from Dayton Hamvention booth sales, and $800 from Strawberry Festival PA.  Checking balance is $2771.93.  Report approved by acclamation.

Station/Repeater Committee:  The IC706 does not power up.  Josh/KC8OZA was appointed to find a qualified service agent to begin repair process.  It was suggested and agreed upon to not include antenna/tower work in the club work party.

Building/Grounds Committee:  Discussion held pertaining to work party to be held Saturday July 10.  Focus to be on cleaning both buildings, disposing of trash and boat anchors to the county transfer station, and use for the meeting room in the north building.

Public Address:  Systems at Miami County Fairgrounds are 2 work sessions away from being ready for the fair August 13-19.  (That’s way ahead of schedule).  MCARC will again provide man power on Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th.  Contact Dave/WB8PMG or Scott/KB8JOY if you can volunteer some hours.  Easy duty.

MCARC Web Site:   There is a need to re-load the ARES documents and the Sunday W8FW net rotation list will be published on the site.

West Milton Triathlon:  Kudos are to be shared around to the 11 operators who supported the event June 19th public service event.  Event sponsors were extremely complimentary and noted our group’s emphasis on welfare/safety for the participants.

Field Day:   Several members commented on the event held at Piqua Edison College in cooperation with Piqua Amateur Radio Club.  Deemed a successful event the crew ran class 3A and operated on batteries for the most part.  NOTE:  See pictures on the W8FW web site.

August Club Meeting:   Scheduling of a work party for tower/antennas and discussion for a potential Christmas party.

September Club Meeting:   The club will dispense with the business end of things and a program dealing with Digital Modes will be presented by Gary/WB8ROL.

October Club Meeting:  The club will again table the business end of things and a program will dealing with PowerPoll and RigRunners will be presented by Josh/KC8OZA.

December Club Meeting:  Again no business meeting……but a broad overview of RACES/ARES emergency communication will be presented by Dave/WB8PMG and Chuck/KD3SQ.

Announcements:  Scott/KB8JOY is looking for a small (30-40-50 watt) stand-alone stereo amplifier for a project he’s working on.  Working-old-used is okee-dokee.

Meeting adjourned at 8:18pm.

Submitted by Scott/KB8JOY

Miami County Amateur Radio Club met on June 11 at the Harrison Street clubhouse.  Meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm. 

On motion of Dave, WB8PMG, and second of Steve, KC8TPF, minutes of the previous meeting were approved.

Committee Reports

Station/Repeater

I-Com 706 is reported as down.  Autopatch still down due to no phone line.  Tri-band Beam antenna still having issues.  Dave has expressed an interest in adding another antenna.

Work Party

There will be a work party on July 10, from 8:30 am to noon.  KB8JOY will provide coffee and donuts.

PA/TSF Wrap-up

WB8PMG announced that TSF PA work went well, and that the club made $800.  Dave also thanked everyone who helped out with the Strawberry Festival.  T-shirts are still available.

New Business

Field Day was discussed with the members of the Piqua Radio Club who were present.  Piqua Club will provide meat for the picnic.  KC8OZA will provide antennas, and the MCARC will provide drinks.  KC8OZA will provide logging programs.

Public Service

Volunteers are still needed for the West Milton Triathlon.  Scot, KB8JOY will act as net control and the 145.23- repeater will be used.

Announcements

Scott, KB8JOY announced that anyone may call up a net at any time regardless of affiliation(RACES, ARES, etc.) Scott then explained the function of RACES and ARES.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 8:44 pm.

Bradley Boehringer KD8LWZ, secretary

March 12, 2010
The March meeting of the Miami County Amateur Radio Club was called to order at 7:40pm by Dave/WB8PMG, club trustee after a brief delay involving Dave/KD8GEH getting the clubhouse furnace running.

Those present included: Dave/WB8PMG, Scott/KB8JOY, Josh/KC8OZA, Johnnie/W8JAG, Dave/KD8GEH, Brad/KDLWZ, Gary/WB8ROL, and Joshua-visitor.

There were no minutes to approve.

Treasurer’s report: Expenses included $44 for the post office box and $369 for insurance. The club treasury balance is $3195.56.

Station Committee: The IC706 has shown sporadic boot up issues. Seems to work ok when in consistent heat/environment.

Repeater: KB8JOY volunteered to coordinate the settings on W8FW repeater after procuring the manual for the RC850 from Tom/WD8JPP.

Vehicle: Van needs to be out of the Emergency crew building by the end of April. Jeff/KB8ZAE will be contacted to coordinate this activity.

OLD BUSINESS: Motion by Scott/KB8JOY seconded by Brad/KD8LWZ to spend $100 dollars of club funds for speaker voice coils. Motion passed by acclamation.

NEW BUSINESS: Gary/WB8ROL volunteered to host and educational activity/demonstration for April meeting.

Hamvention: Motion by Gary/WB8ROL, seconded by Dave/KD8GEH to spend a total of $140 for MCARC annual participation at Dayton Hamvention. Sam/WA8GKD and Dave/WB8PMG to coordinate the activity. Per past practice amateurs will be able to send equipment to Hamvention to be sold at club site in fleamarket. Equipment can be checked in Wednesday before (4-6pm). Seller forms, etc. will be available at that time.

MCARC Meeting: A long, long discussion was held involving not needing to have a club business meeting monthly. No action taken but Scott/KB8JOY will make the following motion at the April meeting: That the MCARC conduct business meetings in May, June, July, August, November, January, and March along with announcements/program format in April, September, October, December, and February.

Brad/KD8LWZ was appointed club secretary by acclamation and Gary/WB8ROL was re-appointed club treasurer for 2010.

Josh/KC8OZA volunteered to help manage the club web site. He will coordinate with Gary/WB8ROL.

It was agreed that it was not too soon to start thinking about the 3 service activities involved with the 2010 Strawberry Festival.

Gary/WB8ROL led a brief discussion concerning VHF digital (FL Digi) in the area. Tentatively scheduled, he will lead a demonstration/educational activity at the June club meeting.

Field Day: Will be an agenda item for the April club meeting. Josh/KC8OZA, and Dave/KD8GEH are interested in spearheading this activity.

March minutes to be posted on MCARC club web site by Gary/WB8ROL.

Respectfully submitted,
Scott/KB8JOY
pro-tem