{"id":1295,"date":"2026-02-11T21:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:10:29","slug":"minutes-february-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/?p=1295","title":{"rendered":"Minutes: February 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

1900 Meeting called to order by Vice President Todd Wilson, N\u00d8UNI.
\nRoll Call<\/strong>
\nFifteen members and guests were in attendance. Introductions were made, and we had a new face, Jason Graham; he is currently unlicensed and will be working on his tech.
\nReports<\/strong>
\n* January minutes were read; KI\u00d8KG and KA\u00d8NES made motion to accept, passed.
\n* Treasurer’s report read; KC\u00d8RWI\/W\u00d8ZC motioned, passed.
\n* Repeater trustee report: 67 working normally, still waiting on connectivity plan for Internet; 12 repeater, complaint of poor reception last net. This is usually due to atmospheric phenomena. There could also be some desensing caused by other transmitters in the penthouse.
\nOld business<\/strong>
\n* The National Weather Service’s Storm Fury on the Plains spotter session has been moved up to 6:30 PM Feb. 23. It will be at the Hutchinson Command & Fire Training Center, 3201 East 4th Ave.
\n* Field Day. State fair officials would require us to provide event insurance, so we declined. EOC has offered to let us use their new facility on G and Plum. We need to look it over and decide if it will work for us.
\n* Gina is in a private room at St. Luke’s Hospital in KC. She has had multiple surgeries for her heart valve replacement. She is awake and recovering.
\nNew Business<\/strong>
\nNo new business.
\nPresentations<\/strong>
\n* Zack, W\u00d8ZC, brought his latest tracker which uses WSPR. He had launched a couple of test balloons in the previous week. You can follow their progress on APRS.FI<\/a>, W\u00d8ZC-17.
\n* Jeff, KC\u00d8RWI, brought an interesting bird tracker. It is a series of receivers designed to track collared birds with transponders.
\n* AC\u00d8RL brought a Pace desoldering machine for sale, bought by N\u00d8UNI.
\nNCS<\/strong>
\nFeb. 17: N\u00d8UNI
\nFeb. 24: KA\u00d8NES
\nMar. 3: W\u00d8ZC.<\/p>\n

Motion to adjourn, Joe\/Ron, passed. 2006 Meeting adjourned.
\nThank you to N\u00d8UNI for running the meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1900 Meeting called to order by Vice President Todd Wilson, N\u00d8UNI. Roll Call Fifteen members and guests were in attendance. Introductions were made, and we had a new face, Jason Graham; he is currently unlicensed and will be working on his tech. Reports * January minutes were read; KI\u00d8KG and KA\u00d8NES made motion to accept, passed. * Treasurer’s report read; KC\u00d8RWI\/W\u00d8ZC motioned, passed. * Repeater trustee report: 67 working normally, still waiting on connectivity plan for Internet; 12 repeater, complaint…<\/p>\n

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