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Minutes: October 8, 2024

Minutes: October 8, 2024

1900 Meeting called to order by President Charles Tucker.

Announcements
* Bob Stone is in a critical care unit. For more details, please contact KBØSQL.
* We earned First Place in the Kansas QSO Party Club Category, besting second place by over 60,000 points. We earned over 152,000 points.
Reports
September minutes were read. Motion Phil/Todd, passed.
Treasurer’s report was read. Motion Joe/John, passed.
Repeater Trustee reported all repeaters nominal.
Committee Reports
* Hamfest ’25 discussion. The date will be August 9, 2025. We discussed prize ticket raffle, having guest speakers, and whether to try to be the ARRL State Convention.
* Christmas Party will be December 10. Carriage Crossing catering roast beef, turkey, ham, and mashed potatoes. Motion to budget $400, Todd/Mark, passed.
Old Business
* None.
New Business
* Field Day 2025 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. Having a GOTA station and a cookout were discussed.
NCS
* 10/15 ACØMO
* 10/22 KAØNES
* 10/29 WØRHP
* 11/05 ACØRL
50/50
* Ken won, donated back to club, $7.
Motion to adjourn, Nancy.

Meeting adjourned 1941

Meeting: July 9, 2024

Meeting: July 9, 2024

1900 Meeting Called to order

Announcements
* RCKARA Hamfest August 10th
* Wichita Hamfest, Oct. 5th
* Kansas QSO Party Sign-up sheet distributed
Minutes, Reports
June minutes read, Motion Jake/John Passed
Treasurer’s report read, Motion Phil/Larry passed
The .67 repeater may be failing due to heat exhaustion, will need to verify if it is having issues.
Hamfest Committee
We should have a total of 28 tables available. We will have at least three vendors. About 8 tables will be reserved for vendors. Cash only. Will need to provide water and ice, coffee? (NOTE: In a follow-up e-mail to Jerry, Zack, WØZC, notes there are drinking fountains in the HCC Fire Science Building. — Editor.) Friday afternoon setup; the guard will open up for us before 5 p.m. Saturday we will open up around 7:15 a.m. Not sure about VE’s.
NCS
* July 16: NØUNI
* July 23: KBØSQL
* July 30: KAØNES
* Aug. 6: ACØMO
50/50
Mark won again. I think this raffle may be a bit crooked. He donated the $7 proceeds to the club.

1940 Meeting adjourned

— Jerome Kahn, ACØRL, secretary

We need ops for the QSO party. Please look at the sign-up sheet and let me know what time slots you can commit to.

Schedule
Minutes: September 12, 2023

Minutes: September 12, 2023

19:02 Meeting called to order

Announcements
* KAØNES’s brother passed away in Wisconsin.
* EOC wants to do a test of our capabilities to communicate during a trunking system failure. They are requesting 14+ local hams using HTs or mobiles position themselves throughout the county at predetermined locations, fire stations most likely. We are giving everyone a heads-up because we will need to have the folks available. We’ll let everyone know when the test is scheduled.

Reports
August Minutes read and accepted, Phil/Clint
Treasures report read and accepted, Joe/Larry
Repeater trustee reports all WØWR repeaters nominal.

Old Business
* KS QSO Party WØL
Thanks to all of the participants who made it a huge success. We really put WØWR on the state map as an active club that can get things done!
* Band-pass Filters
New shipping date of Feb 7, 2024, just in time for Field Day
* Club funds
We discussed taking a portion of the club funds and putting them into a high yield CD. We will choose a term and yield to maximize return. Motion to spend $5,000 for the CD by Larry/Roger was passed.
* Hamfest review
We spent a total of $363.08 between food and door prizes. We deposited $105 for refreshments and $327 for raffle and donations for a total of $432. We profited $7.97 from refreshments. We profited $60.95 from raffle and donations. The total gain was $68.92, which is not an outstanding financial gain, but we are gaining a reputation for holding a great hamfest.
Some of the takeaways:

  • We had a lot of food leftover.
  • Food did not generate revenues, either lower costs or charge more next year.
  • Need more door prizes, require vendors to provide a door prize, donations from other sources.
  • Stick to a schedule of what will be raffled and when.

The next hamfest will be August 10, 2024.

New business
* Motion to purchase a second antenna and required feed line by Clint/Joe, passed. It will be an Alpha Delta DXCC type, 120 feet RG8X. We will purchase is from the Derby Radio Shack, and we set a $350 budget.
* Armory cookies
To remain in their good graces, we should continue to give them cookies on occasion. No oatmeal raisin.
* Christmas Party
This will be at 6:30 p.m., December 12, at Rice Park. We will use Carriage Crossing to provide cooked meats. We will be charging a per-plate fee which will be determined by per-plate costs from Carriage Crossing. If a member brings a side dish or dessert, they will pay half price; if a member does not bring a side dish, they will pay the entire fee.
* DMR repeater
This repeater was struck by lightning a while back, and it needs some parts replaced. We have a good number of users on that repeater as it supports DMR, Fusion, and AP25. Motion to spend $150 to reimburse expenses on the DMR repeater repair by Mark/Clint. Passed
* ARRL membership renewal via the club
Have to ask Ron Cowan

NCS
9-19 ACØMO
9-26 KAØNES
10-3 KBØSQL

20:23 Meeting Adjourned

KS QSO Party 2023 coming soon

KS QSO Party 2023 coming soon

The Kansas QSO Party is right around the corner!

The club call WØWR is sponsoring the WØL special event call at the ACØRL QTH, 1824 Nickerson Blvd., Hutchinson.

It runs from 9 AM to 9 PM Saturday the 26th and 9 AM to 3 PM Sunday the 27th.

Please let me know if and when you can attend and operate a station so I can make sure we have all of the stations manned.

If you have ever wondered what it is like to be on the receiving end of a pile-up, here’s your chance.

We will be operating multi-op, four stations:

1. FT8 – operated by KBØSQL
2. K2 CW/SSB 40m
3. K3 SSB 20m
4. K3 CW/SSB 15/10m.

Water and snacks will be provided.

Please review the rules at the party website.

Minutes: June 13, 2023

Minutes: June 13, 2023

1900 Meeting Called to order

Announcements

* Derby Sidewalk Sale Saturday June 17th

*Field Day: Set up at the National Guard Armory at 9 a.m. Friday, June 23. Tear down will be at noon Sunday.

Minutes read

Treasurer’s report

Repeater trustee report

Old Business

* Band-pass filters will not be available until September (maybe).

* Field Day:

KAØNES – Water

ACØRL – Pizza

ACØRL will bring K3 and computer for logging

KFØBZM will bring Yaesu 891 for FT8

*Kansas QSO Party:

9AM- 9PM, August 26 and 9AM-3PM August 27. We will be at ACØRL’s QTH. We’ll be running multi high power CW, PHONE.

New Business

NCS
* June 20 WØRHP
* June 27 KAØNES
* July 4 NO NET

Next Meeting on July 11

50/50

WØRHP won and donated $7 back to the club

1938 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