[SARC] Fw: SARC Minutes August 2009

[John Brown]

SARC August Minutes 2009Here are the minutes from the August Meeting.
I hope there are not too many errors. 
Pat, please make copies for the meeting........John - KE4HIE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Brown 
To: John A. Brown ; Wayne Alday ; Tim Trent ; Pat Henagan ; Pat Henagan 
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:08 PM
Subject: SARC Minutes August 2009


Minutes of the South Alabama Radio Club

August 20th , 2009 

Call to order: 

Pat - KG4LNX called meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

 

Those present:

Members:                                                       

Pat Henagan - KG4LNX                             Bob Sullivan - W5RE             

John Brown - KE4HIE

Visitors:

Susan Carpenter - EMA Director - Covington County Alabama

Susan asked that she speak to the group before the business as she needed to leave.

 

Minutes from previous meeting : 

Minutes were passed out to group. Bob - KI4RWL made motion to accept the minutes. Pat - KG4LNX seconded motion. 

 

Treasurer's report : 

Treasurer's Report of $472.00 given via cell by Wayne Alday -  W4WEA.

 

Old business:  

Name Tags:

Bob Lawrence stated that Jacob was working on the SARC name tags.

 

Logging Program for Field Day -It was agreed that we purchase the N3FJP Field Day software with networking for $10 under the Club Call - WC4M. 

Motion made by John - KE4HIE, seconded by Bob - KI4RWL.

 

Generators -Bob - W5RE has been in contact with Yamaha - North America about this noise issue.

 

Repeater - We have determined that the problem with the SARC repeater is on the tower. We are looking for someone to climb tower to replace antenna, jumpers, or feedline as needed.

Bob stated that he has downloaded the tuning instructions and will be looking at tuning the duplexers.

 

New Business:

A Severe Weather Spotter's Class was discussed. John will contact the NWS Mobile about having a class on either the September 17th or October 15th Club Meeting dates.

Pat started discussion the Milton and Huntsville Hamfests

Bob - W5RE mentioned that we should work on a vacuum tube transceiver that would not contain any solid state parts as a club project. This radio would not be affected by most EMP like a modern rig .

Hospital Radios - John discussed ADPH grant for Amateur Radios for hospitals.

 

Adjournment: The July meeting of the South Alabama Radio Club was adjourned at 8:09pm. These minutes submitted by John Brown - KE4HIE
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