February Meeting

It was great to see a lot of you at the Traverse City Swap. Hope everyone had a great time and found some great deals. Our next meeting will be on February 19 at 7:30 in Petoskey High School. Chuck Brew N8NXP will be presenting a presentation on the Mackinaw. This is a great opportunity to find out what is happening on the ship and how you can be a part of it. In March the National Weather Service will be here to give a weather spotter presentation and at a later date, Jerry Hollopeter KC8FAR will be giving a presentation on Slow Scan Television. We will be sure to keep you posted.

SAARC VEC

Here is the schedule of our test sessions for 2008. Please contact KG8JK, our test liaison, at least one week prior to the test date if you are planning on attending. We have several new VE's around so if you are one of them and would like to participate in the test session, give me a call. We would love to have you. Please call 231-348-5043 or email kg8jk@qsl.net. To save wear and tear on our small group of ve's, we will cancel a test session if no one signs up. We are also looking for someone to take over as the VE Liaison officer as I will be starting graduate school in the fall, which will require me to be gone most Saturdays. It is not a difficult or time consuming job and is a rewarding way to give back to the hobby

March 1st
June 7th
October 4th
December 6th

These dates are subject to change so be sure to check "The Static" for updates

Remember to bring a photo ID, a copy of your license and, if applicable, a copy of your "Certificate of Successful Completion of Element" you received at your last session. You will also need $14, a pen and pencil, and a calculator if you think you'll need it.

SAARC Area Nets

MONDAY
08:00 pm EST The Bill DeMay Memorial Two Meter Social Net
146.680- MHZ pl 110.9 - Net Control - Rotating

THURSDAY
01:00 Z Northern Michigan Amateur Radio Emergency Services Net
Primary net frequency 146.520 MHZ Secondary frequency 146.550 MHZ
Net Control - Jim Davis - KC8NTE 

SATURDAY
08:30 pm EST The Dip Net
146.680- MHZ pl 110.9 - Net Control - Cliff Rosebohm KC8NVI

DAILY
06:30 pm EST The Nothern Lower and Eastern Upper Pennisula Traffic Net
146.64- MHZ - Net Control - Marv DeWitt KC8MLD

22:00 UTC - The Michigan Upper Peninsula Net
3.921 MHZ - Net Control - Rotating - Pre-net at 21:30 UTC
Additional net on Sundays at 1700 UTC

Bill DeMay Memorial Net Controllers

Here are your net controllers for the Monday night net. After the first of the year, Annette will no longer be acting as a net controller due to other commitments. Our plan is to give each of our remaining net controllers one net a month. On the other days we will have a "Wild Card" net controller. We used to do this when Bill would not be able to take the net. If he didn't show up, one of the people standing by would step in and run the net for the evening. It is not difficult (all you need is a pad of paper and a pen), it is great practice for controlling radio traffic during an emergency, and it is lots of fun. I will be making the schedule for the nets so if you would like be a net controller, just let me know and I can add you in whenever you would like to give it a try.

 

Straits Area Amateur Radio Club
Petoskey High School
Room 106
Petoskey, MI. 49770
Minutes for January 15, 2008

Meeting called to order by Present Jack Felton KC8VXI at 7:32 pm

Motion to waive reading of December's meeting by Bob Still KD8CYQ, seconded by Chuck Scott N8DNX. Vote unanimous.

Treasurers Report: by Maxine Holmes KC8WXN:

Savings account $79.33
Checking account $579.58
Total $658.91
Please pay your dues !

Old Business:

Discussion about moving our swap to 2nd Saturday in October. School calendar not made up until May. Dirk will keep us posted.

Bill DeMay Net Monday evening

Net control 1st Monday of the month Cliff KC8NVI

Net control 2nd Monday ??? Net needs a volunteer

Net control 3rd Monday of the month Dwane KC8LJX

Net control 4th Monday of the month ??? Net needs a volunteer

Please help your club by volunteering 1 Monday a month!

Ham of the year plaque:

2008 Cliff KC8NVI

2007 Jack KC8VXI

Traverse City swap Feb 9th at Immaculate Conception Church. VE testing at 10 am. Walk in welcome. CCECPO will have a table at the swap.

SAARC Swap (date uncertain) KB8RJ will make up 5 vouchers for free entry to our swap to be given as door prizes at the T.C. swap.

Maxine KC8WXN will get the 50/50 tickets.

Dirk KG8JK will make up fliers.

Club will have an easel set up to display prizes and winners during the swap.

Ham stuff for kids:

Friday night net for kids on 147.12 at 8:30 pm.

Discussion of organizing a youth conference dealing with ham radio (goto wd8dx.com for details)

NWS (National Weather Service)

Weather Spotting 2nd Tuesday in Feb.

We are trying to get a presentation in Petoskey.

CCECPO

Grant monies received. D-Star equipment purchased for the EOC and 1 for our trailor. D-Star equipment is being used in Grand Traverse county. D-Star is a digital & data standard. At this time Icom makes the equipment. Hams will use the D-Star equipment to help the EOC's during emergencies on 2 meters, 70 cm and 1.2 ghz

Program dealing with Echo Link cancelled due to firewall problems with the school computers.

Mike (K8RVR) has an Echo Link setup. Use 144.910 Pull up node numbers from the Internet.

Extended Elmer program. Each of us can expand amateur radio by sharing our areas of expertise with new hams or those who wish to get their license. Bring a friend interested in amateur radio to the next meeting.

Motion to close the meeting:

Chuck N8NXP

Seconded by Bill KD8CNS

Meeting closed at 8:15…on to the cookies!

50-50 drawing won by Ralph WB8TBL His $13 winnings were donated back to the club. Thanks for your support Ralph!

Minutes submitted by Jack KB8RJ Jan. 22, 2008

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FOR SAARC Dues: Regular - $10.00 Student - $5.00 Family - $15.00 Associate - $4.00 Help support this great organization and repeater system. Thank You.   Name - Call Sign   Address   City/State/Zip   Phone Email Send to: Maxine Holmes KC8WXN 4047 Quarter Mile Rd. Harbor Springs, MI 49740 Make Checks Payable To: STRAITS AREA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Regular______ Family_______ Student_____Associate______TOTAL______

www.qsl.net/k4adl 

  The SAARC Officers

73 KG8JK