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Minutes: April 11, 2023

Minutes: April 11, 2023

1901 Meeting called to order

Introductions

March minutes read
Treasurer’s report read
Repeater trustee’s report

Old Business

Field Day
A motion was made to hold it at the Armory. We will run two radios: phone and digital/cw. We need to look into bandpass filters and duplexers.

Hamfest
This will also be at the Armory. We will need two rooms.

KS QSO Party
This will be a W0WR event at ACØRL’s QTH. We will operate phone, CW, and FT8.

New Business

NCS
4-18: WØUY
4-25: KAØNES
5-2: KBØSQL

Show and Tell
Clint, KEØJVX, brought a Morserino-32. See photo below.

50/50
ACØRL won and put the $10 into the club’s treasury.

Also
WØUY is scaling back his equipment needs and has provided a list of items. See photo below. These things have already been sold: solder, radial ground plate, and QRP rigs.

20:00 Meeting adjourned

Clint’s Morserino-32 Morse Code device, combining keyer, trainer, decoder, and transceiver.
A list of things WØUY has for sale. Note in the minutes what has already been sold.
MINUTES: October 11, 2022

MINUTES: October 11, 2022

1900 Meeting called to order at the Chamber of Commerce

  • Announcements
  • August minutes read
  • Secretary-treasurer reports we have a current bank balance of $6976.64
    • WØZC suggested we put some of that in a CD
  • Repeater trustee reports all machines nominal
  • Old Business
    • Christmas Party
      • Dec 13 6PM
      • Building at Rice Park
      • Meat provided by Carriage Crossing
      • Club members provide pot luck, whatever you make best
      • We will have a slideshow of past club events and Christmas music
  • New Business
    • Chamber of Commerce IGNITE program
      • Oct 28th at the Stringer Fine Arts Building
      • We have been given four seats and a display table
      • We have two seats open for whoever replies first
      • 9:30AM – 2PM
    • 2023 Hamfest
      • August 12th at the Armory
    • Field Day
      • We are canvassing our members for ideas on a new venue
        • Safe, good area
        • Public
        • Shelter
        • Overnight
        • Trees
        • Mad Cow accessible
    • ARRL has a program for new members and renewals where the club gets a portion of the fees. It costs nothing extra to the member.
      • Please contact us if you are up for renewal or wish to become a member.
  • NCS
    • Oct 18   WØRHP
    • Oct 25   KAØNES
    • Nov 1     ACØRL
  • Program
    • Mark ranking put on a educational presentation on the VOACAP
      • It is now browser based
      • VOACAP Online for Ham Radio
      • It is a great tool for your dx’ing
      • [WEBMASTER’S NOTE: A link to VOACAP for HF has been added to the sidebar for your convenience.]
  • November elections
    • If you desire to be a club officer please let us know prior to the November meeting when we will be holding our vote for the 2023 slate.

2013       Meeting adjourned

Minutes: July 12, 2022

Minutes: July 12, 2022

1901 Meeting called to order at the AMVETS building

  • Announcements
    • August meeting will be at the Chamber of Commerce.
    • Gary Essells has not been well.
  • Old business
    • Hamfest 2022
      • The Armory has been secured for the location.
      • We may not have VE testing.
      • Club will sell water, coffee, and doughnuts.
        • Motion by Jake and Clint to allow up to $100 for food, passed.
      • We will have a couple of vendors.
      • Club will not buy a door prize; door prizes will be supplied by vendors.
      • Setup will begin Friday August 12th at 5PM.
      • Hamfest will start at 7AM Saturday the 13th.
    • Field Day
      • Discussion on next year running two stations.
        • Two stations will require bandpass filtering.
          • Mark is going to experiment on building some filters.
          • Club does have funds to buy two DX Engineering filters.
      • New public location
        • Site that is visible
        • Can support more than one antenna
    • Grant
      • Grant has been written and sent off for mobile repeater and HF.
  • New Business
    • The Hutchinson DMR repeater is back online.
  • NCS
    • July 19, NØUNI
    • July 26, KAØNES
    • Aug 2, KBØSQL
  • Presentation by Todd, NØUNI
    • He brought and operated a 1938 National NC100XA. See photo below.
  • 50/50
    • Jake won, donated winnings to club, $12.
    • Bill Graves, N7TDK, won a dog helmet for Radar, K9DOG.

2000 Meeting adjourned

Todd Wilson, NØUNI, demonstrates his 1938 National NC100XA.
Minutes: June 14, 2022

Minutes: June 14, 2022

1900 Meeting called to order

May meeting minutes read
Treasurer’s report read and distributed to the membership present
No repeater complaints

Committees

Field Day
* Emma has asked Papa Johns to donate pizzas for Saturday meal, they agreed
* John will supply doughnuts and coffee
* Jake will supply water
* Setup will begin at 9 AM Friday at the armory
* There will be 800mhz system setup and testing

Scholarship
* No applications received

Hamfest 2022
* Slated for August 13th
* Published with ARRL
To Do’s
* Testing?
* Vendors?
* Flyer updated?

Old Business
* Discussed committees and events

ARRL Grant Application
* The grant has been applied for.

New Business
* None

ACØRL did a presentation on his design and building of his HI-FI Mono block amplifiers.

NCS
* 6/21 KB0SQL
* 6/28 KA0NES
* 7/5 W0UY

50/50
$5 in the kitty, Emma won, donated back to club
Shirt drawing won by ACØRL

2008 Meeting adjourned

Minutes: May 10, 2022

Minutes: May 10, 2022

1900 Meeting called to order

• Minutes of April meeting read
• Treasurer’s report read.
• Committees
 ◦ Field Day, no new reports.
   ▪ Field Day is the last full weekend of June, 25-26.
   ▪ Setup will be Friday the 24th at 9 AM at the Armory.
   ▪ Teardown will be Sunday at 12 PM
   ▪ We will have the Mad Cow
 ◦ Scholarship, no applicants as yet.
• Guests
 ◦ Roger Lower, W5TOQ
• Old Business
 ◦ Mark is acting as our club historian, and he is wanting any old articles, photos, or stories about our club. Contact Mark at kf0bzm@gmail.com.
• New Business
 ◦ ARRL is accepting applications for grants.
    ▪ The club discussed applying for a grant to build a tower trailer that would have a generator and could act as a portable U/VHF repeater.
     ▪ Mark and Jerry offered to gather data on such a tower.
 • Ideas presented
   ◦ US Tower manufactures such towers
   ◦ Used Construction Light tower
   ◦ Used TV remote van
 ▪ The tower could be used for the various emergencies that we encounter
• NCS
   ◦ 5/17 KBØZIA
   ◦ 5/24 KAØNES
   ◦ 5/31 WØRHP
   ◦ 6/7 KIØKG
• 50/50 was won by Mark, but he had the club keep the proceeds of $13
• The shirt was won by WØRHP which he donated to our guest W5TOQ

19:39 Meeting Adjourned

Minutes: April 12, 2022

Minutes: April 12, 2022

1901 Meeting called to order at the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce conference room. Many thanks to our VP Mark Rankin for securing this location for our meetings

Charles visited the Topeka radio club and noted their great attendance but poor financial condition.

March minutes were read and accepted.

Treasurer’s report was read.

Old Business

Field Day

· Friday, June 24, 9 AM Setup

· Sunday, June 26, 12PM Teardown

· We will be using the Armory location.

· We will be needing folks to show up for the setup and teardown.

· Items:

o Water – Clint

o Coffee and doughnuts – John

Hamfest

· Saturday August 13th, 7AM-1PM

· Armory

· Items

o Coffee, doughnuts

o Water

o Door prizes

· Vendors

New Business

Motion made by Jake Fields, seconded by Clint, to reimburse Mark Rankin the $175 he advanced for the yearly CoC dues. This is a great deal. We were paying Amvets well over that to use their facility. RCKARA is now a Chamber of Commerce member, which gives us access to their facilities and many other chamber events.


NCS Duties

· 4/19 KBØZIA
· 4/26 KAØNES
· 5/3 KBØSQL

50/50 had $26 in the pot which was won by Melody; she donated her winnings to the club.

1933 Motion to adjourn by NØRHP and KAØNES.

Minutes: February 8, 2022

Minutes: February 8, 2022

Meeting called to order at 1900
· Minutes of Jan. 12 meeting read
· Treasurer’s report read, current balance is $4,839.19
· Repeater trustee reports no issues.
· Scholarship committee reports all six districts have been contacted and our website has the application available.
Old Business
· We are set to hold Field Day at the armory, and we have use of the mad cow.
No new business
NCS
· 2/15 KBØZIA
· 2/22 KAØNES
· 3/1 ACØMO
· We had a guest speaker, Tom Dhoose, KCØTWY, to promote and explain the new REACT group.
· 50/50 was won by KBØZIA, $5.50 to Jake and to the club; KIØKA won the shirt drawing.
Meeting adjourned at 1929

Minutes: January 11, 2022

Minutes: January 11, 2022

Meeting was called to order at 1900.
ACØRL thanked the membership for their participation in the 160M SSB contest where we placed 1st for the state of Kansas.
October 2021 minutes were read.
There was no treasurer’s report.
Old Business:
* WØWR Scholarship: Mark Rankin, KFØBZM, has agreed to present our scholarship to the area schools.
New Business:
* ARRL sent out a Field Day survey. Please complete it if you received one online.
* Our next Hamfest will be August 13th at the Armory. We’ll look into the Square credit card reader to accept debit and credit cards.
* AD6P’s, Cleon’s, ham radio gear is going to be sold, with priority to club members. Gary, NØFHF, is going through Cleon’s treasures and will provide a list.
* Motion and vote to allow Jake Fields, KBØZIA, to forego dues in consideration for the shirts he provides throughout the year.
* The 50-50 raffle was won by Joe, ACØMO, who donated his winnings to the club, total $9.
* The shirt raffle was won by Mark Rankin.
* Dues are due. You can make a payment via PayPal, $26, to ac0rl@yahoo.com or you can mail in your dues to PO Box 1304, Hutchinson, 67504-1304.
Meeting adjourned.

Minutes: June 8, 2021

Minutes: June 8, 2021

1902 Meeting called to order

Minutes from 4/13 and 5/11 read and approved

No treasurer’s report

Repeater trustee reports all repeaters nominal.

Field Day:
June 26-27
At Armory
Setup Friday the 25th at 9 am
Two stations will be used, one at a time, voice/cw and digital
Budget for refreshments set to $200

Hamfest:
August 14th 7am to 1pm
Need a flyer
Laurel testing, free of charge at 9am

Sidewalk sale in Derby June 19th

Kansas QSO party:
August 28-29
Multistation high power at ACØRL QTH
Need voice, CW, and digital ops.

NCS:
6/15: ACØMO
6/22: KAØNES
6/29: KDØYLA
7/6: KBØSQL

1941 Meeting adjourned
Jerome (Jerry) Kahn, ACØRL, secretary-treasurer

Minutes: May 11, 2021

Minutes: May 11, 2021

The May 11 meeting was called to order at 1901 hours local time by President Charles Tucker.

There were no announcements. Everyone introduced themselves. Seven members, three guests, and one dog attended. The dog was not formally introduced but was Gary Essels’ dog, Sadie.

In the absence of the secretary-treasurer-repeater trustee, no reports were given, but President Tucker said that he and Jerry planned to work on the 146.67 repeater the following day to get it back on the air. Also, he reminded everyone of the 103.5 Hz CTCSS tone on the 147.72 repeater and said the tone would also go on the .67 machine during the repair process. (UPDATE: The .67 repeater is up again, but the programming software would not link with the repeater, so no tone is required on that repeater.)

Old Business was skipped, save for a reminder about Field Day coming up June 26-27, with setup of the COW trailer that Friday.

In New Business, President Tucker said things look good for the club to use the National Guard Armory for the hamfest August 14. He plans to confirm that with the Armory’s commander the coming Monday.

Net Control Stations:

* May 18: Phil, WØRHP
* May 25: John, KAØNES
* June 1: Charles, KBØSQL

The 50-50 drawing was won by Bryon, KAØIIU. He split $12 with the club. The T-shirt drawing was won by visitor Bill Graves, N7TDK, who said he is not the former Kansas governor.

Gary Essels, NØFHF, showed photos and videos of his trip to see Corvettes and a prison. When he was done he admitted that it had nothing to do with amateur radio.

President Tucker adjourned the meeting at 1951 hours. The next meeting will be June 8 at the AMVETS.