{"id":993,"date":"2022-08-12T03:39:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T08:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/?p=993"},"modified":"2022-08-12T03:40:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T08:40:56","slug":"minutes-august-9-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/?p=993","title":{"rendered":"Minutes: August 9, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting of the RCKARA at the Chamber of Commerce conference room<\/p>\n<p>1900&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Called to order by Charles Tucker<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome to new faces\n<ul>\n<li>Jeff Roberson KC\u00d8RWI<\/li>\n<li>Roger Lower W5TOQ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Minutes from July read<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer&#8217;s report read<\/li>\n<li>Repeater trustee reports strong ducting due to strong temperature inversions aloft over the last several weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Old Business\n<ul>\n<li>2022 Hamfest\n<ul>\n<li>We need folks to help sort N\u00d8FHF items for sale at AC\u00d8RL QTH Friday morning 8AM\n<ul>\n<li>1824 Nickerson Blvd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We will begin setting up Friday 5PM at the Armory\n<ul>\n<li>We will need to setup tables and chairs<\/li>\n<li>Set up the PA<\/li>\n<li>Assist vendors setting up<\/li>\n<li>Setup club items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 6:30AM\n<ul>\n<li>Open doors<\/li>\n<li>Setup coffee and doughnuts<\/li>\n<li>Assist vendors<\/li>\n<li>Collect donations and give out entry tickets<\/li>\n<li>Sell prize tickets for $5<\/li>\n<li>Occupy the RCKARA table<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>9AM\n<ul>\n<li>VE testing begins<\/li>\n<li>Open classroom<\/li>\n<li>Have one of our team present during testing to ensure nothing is taken out of the room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>10AM\n<ul>\n<li>Begin announcements for prize ticket drawings every 30 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gary N\u00d8FHF\n<ul>\n<li>Gary is terminally ill<\/li>\n<li>N\u00d8FHF requested that we clear out his ham radio stuff to sell for the benefit of RCKARA at the hamfest<\/li>\n<li>Last Saturday; Charles, Mark, and Jerry began removing ham radio gear from N\u00d8FHF&#8217;s QTH<\/li>\n<li>Last Sunday; Charles, Mark, Todd, Jake, and Jerry removed most of the remaining gear<\/li>\n<li>This Friday we need help sorting at the AC\u00d8RL QTH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>New Business\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas Party December 13<sup>th<\/sup> 6PM\n<ul>\n<li>Location TBA\n<ul>\n<li>Suggestions solicited<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>State Fair Week\n<ul>\n<li>We need folks to camp out on the 147.120, 146.670 repeaters to assist visiting hams<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s show our visitors that we are a friendly and helpful community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NCS\n<ul>\n<li>Aug 16&nbsp;&nbsp; W\u00d8UY<\/li>\n<li>Aug 23 KA\u00d8NES<\/li>\n<li>Aug 30 AC\u00d8RL<\/li>\n<li>Sep 06 KB\u00d8SQL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Presentation\n<ul>\n<li>AC\u00d8RL showed a power point on the building of the 80\u2019 North Tower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mark won the 50\/50 but donated to the club treasury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2023 Meeting adjourned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting of the RCKARA at the Chamber of Commerce conference room 1900&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Called to order by Charles Tucker Welcome to new faces Jeff Roberson KC\u00d8RWI Roger Lower W5TOQ Minutes from July read Treasurer&#8217;s report read Repeater trustee reports strong ducting due to strong temperature inversions aloft over the last several weeks. 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