June Meeting

This month we will be doing our annual clean up of the repeater site. We are very lucky to have such a great location for our repeater and at no charge to the club. For the past several years we have shown our appreciation by cleaning up the brush and weeds around the buildings and other structures at the site. We will be meeting at 7:00. Be sure to bring chainsaws, rakes, weed wackers, etc. The repeater site is located just off Stuttsmansville Rd. Turn at the Stuttsmansville township hall. Be sure to monitor the '68 repeater if you need help getting there. Don't forget all those other Northern Michigan necessities like sunscreen and bugspray.

Our July and August meetings will be held at the Petoksey waterfront. Be sure to check the Static for more details.

We also have a firm date for our Swap. It will be on Saturday October 25 in the Petoskey High School cafeteria.

Farewell

To be quite honest, I can't quite remember how long I have been the editor of The Static. I have always considered it to be an important part of our club as it is often the only way for many of our members to find out what is going on in the SAARC. As many of you know, I am starting my master's degree in Spanish this summer. So for the next several years, I will be quite busy traveling to CMU and studying. This means giving up many of my duties as part of the SAARC, including my job as the editor. We are still looking for someone to take over the job although we do have a few candidates in mind. I hope you have enjoyed The Static as much as I have enjoyed bringing it to you.                               -73 KG8JK

SAARC VEC

Due to my commitments I will no longer be available on Saturday mornings to provide testing. We are currently deciding whether to find another liaison person who can do the testing on Saturdays or change the test days to a weekday. If I continue as the liaison, we would have to switch to Mondays at 6:00 or so. If you have any suggestions, we would be happy to hear them. As of now, the October 4th and December 6th test sessions will be cancelled unless we find someone to take over as the liaison.

SAARC Area Nets

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

TUESDAY
08:30 pm EST - TopOf Michgan Social Net
146.820 MHZ w/Pl 118.8

WEDNESDAY
08:00 pm EST - The Chain O' Lakes Net
147.280 MHZ w/Pl 103.5

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 - 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. Cliff KC8NVI and DeWayne KC8LJX will be taking the first and third Mondays of the month. On the other days we will have a "Wild Card" net controller. One of the people standing by will 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. If you are interested in signing up ahead of time for a particular Monday night, 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 May, 2008

Meeting called to order by President Jack (KC8VXI) at 7:30 pm

Introduction of members - 18 present

Minutes of the April meeting passed around for those who didn't see them on the Internet. Some questions.

Motion to approve the April minutes made by Bob (KC8CYQ). Seconded by Tom (WA8AA) Motion passed.

Treasurers Report:

Savings $79.33 Checking $583.30 Total $662.63

Old Business:

Some discussion about our swap in October. Still no firm date. Cliff has talked to some vendors interested in attending.

Bill DeMay Net….Net Controls needed. Please volunteer one evening.

Field Day-All is ready. The grass has been cut. The trailer is ready. The rigs are ready. Tom (WA8AA) is organizing the food. Maxine will bring the silverware. Operators and friends are welcome. Please invite someone who has not been exposed to ham radio to learn more about our hobby.

Our June meeting will be held at the Repeater site 7 pm on June 17th. Please bring rakes, chainsaws and hand trimmers.

Our July meeting will be at the Waterfront park in Petoskey (beyond the ball diamond).

Flyers for various swaps were passed around.

New Business:

Mackinac City Memorial Weekend Parade will be Saturday May 24th. The CCECPSCO trailer will be in the parade.

The moving VietNam wall will be in Petoskey May 31.

June 7th -Ships on the Air contacts. There will be 48 ships on the air including the Icebreaker Mackinac museum ship using the callsign W8AGB. This icebreakers designation is WAGB-83.

June 14-Mac Bike Tour radio operators are needed.

Dayton Report:

Fewer vendors in back parking lot. Smaller crowds. Has the high price of gasoline reduced attendance at Dayton?

Chain of Lakes Wednesday Social Net meets on 147.28 at 8 pm. Drop in to say HI!

Motion to close the meeting made by Chuck (N8NXP). Seconded by Jack (KB8RJ). Motion passed. Meeting closed at 8:01 pm.

50/50 drawing ($14) won by Chuck N8NXP. Chuck donated $7 back to the club treasury. Thanks for your support Chuck.

Our program for this meeting was presented by Jerry (KC8FAR) dealing with SSTV. Jerry sent and received SSTV on 10 meters with Ken (N8XYR). For many of us it was our first exposure to SSTV. Lots of new vocabulary to learn. The software is free. Photo quality is excellent.

Goto www.kiva.net/~djones for info on DIGTRX.

Goto www.aa3bm.net for EASYPAL software info.

Program ended at 8:31 pm.

Starting at the April meeting the attendance sheet will by type written. Please correct any information and fill in the left hand column. If your name does not appear on the list, please add your information at the end. This new, improved list complements of Jack (KC8VXI). Thanks Jack!

Submited by Jack Staats (KB8RJ), Secretary

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