Wayne Amateur Radio Club

Minutes of April 19th, 2007 Meeting

President Russ McQuate, K8RMC opened the meeting at 19:30 hours with 13 members and guests present. The membership was introduced.

Secretary’s Report

A copy of the minutes for the last WARC meeting held February 16, 2007 was available. Meeting was not held during March. A motion to accept this report was made by John, KF4uty and 2^nd by Harvey, KD8CMN. This motion was voted and passed.

Treasurer’s Report

The clubs treasurer presented a report detailing the current finances of the WARC. A motion to accept this report was made by Charlie, KC8CMN and 2^nd by Mark, N8MFS. This motion was voted and passed.

Trustee’s Report – Mark, N8MFS

• Still need to adjust the 21 repeater output.
• The 21 repeater has been programmed to return to PL after the net.
• Building a pre-amp for use with the repeater or the portable repeater.

Emergency Coordinator – Duane WD8BVV

• Tornado drill was held during March. Checked out Hospital radio during the net.
• We did a comm. Check between the Justice Center & Overton bridge area.
• Removed unused cables from JC roof, replaced antenna & guide wires removed during construction work.

Skywarn – Duane WD8BVV

• Skywarn training – several new at Wooster; 72 attended at Orrville – 68 were new.

Steering Committee – Stan N8RNK

• Next meeting May 2^nd.

DX Group – Tom N8JBG

• March meeting was held at Gooses House.
• Next meeting is April 24^th at Russ’s House.
• Special events: Talked about antennas, Swain Island DX event.
• Field day preparations – 2A + GOTA radio’s this year June 23/24. Need SSB operators.

Hamfest and Computer Shows

• Breeze Shooters Butler, PA. Farm Show Grounds – June 3
• Dayton Hamvention - May 18, 19, 20
• Massillon Amateur Radio Club – October 28^th

Old Business

• 100 mile run – June 16/17
• Spring Wing Ding had 21 attendees.

New Business

• Motion by Charlie, KC8CMN and 2^nd by Tom, N8JBG to allocate $60 for Spring Wing Ding door prizes. Motion voted and passed
• Motion by Charlie, KC8CMN and 2^nd by Harvey, KD8CMN to allocate funds for field day expenses not to exceed $250. motion voted and passed
• John, KF4UTY sent a letter to Major West, commander of the local Salvation Army outlining / suggestions for a communications plan for her chapter. She was advised to purchase a commercial radio (Motorola) from the local vendor and have it programmed where she can communicate with her local vehicles and those from Cleveland and include the county emergency net frequency. He also recommended she check with Saturn Hq in Chicago as to what frequencies the net operates on and then purchase HF equipment for that requirement.
• Bill Blanchard emailed Russ – requesting digital photos of Wayne County Agriculture. The photos will be combined into a book. Anyone can submit photos. Contact Russ for additional information.

Motion to adjourn by Charlie, KC8CMN and 2^nd by Mark, N8MFS. Motion voted on and passed.

Meeting adjourned at 20:00 hours.

Program:

Submitted by Stan Kinney, N8RNK

WARC Secretary