Meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM. Mainly because the lazy secretary was 30 minutes late!<\/p>\n
Attending: new licensee Charlie KG5IHJ (congrats!), Jason KF5EJX, Gary K5QOW, David W5DUH, Jim AB5JK and Erik K5WW.<\/p>\n
Items discussed: we had Field Day in a comfortable 70 degree Fahrenheit shack, giving Mary KU5Z the opportunity to do some RTTY again. We had “standard contesting food” (the President’s words!). We made several great QSOs on 6 meters; and altogether logged about 400 QSOs.<\/p>\n
We got a nice certificate for our efforts in the 2014 CQ WW WPX Contest<\/a>, where we got 1st place in the SSB Multi-Two category in the 5th call area, 13th place in the North American continent, and 9th spot in the United States. Not bad!<\/p>\n The kind folks at Yaesu appear to have our T-shirts ready to be mailed. They will have our club’s name and callsign printed on it. All of this is Yaesu’s “thank you” note for us testing their DR-1 repeater. Let’s hope they’re not dark black! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n The treasurer’s report lists $696 available; but will go up now that the President finally paid his dues. Shameful!<\/p>\n The original constitution and bylaws were revised and signed by the board, and forwarded to the ARRL to have them considered for ARRL affiliation. As discussed in previous meetings this – among other things – will allow us to get affordable equipment insurance for the shack, let us participate in the ARRL DXCC program, and so on, and so forth.<\/p>\n The meeting was adjourned at 8:09 PM, after which idiot K5WW – with the help of a few friends – managed to get back into his car after locking his doors with the keys in the ignition. Always carry a spare fob!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM. Mainly because the lazy secretary was 30 minutes late! Attending: new licensee Charlie KG5IHJ (congrats!), Jason KF5EJX, Gary K5QOW, David W5DUH, Jim AB5JK and Erik K5WW. Items discussed: we had Field Day … Continue reading