November Meeting

Our next meeting will be on November 20th at 7:30 pm in room 106 of Petoskey High School. This month is "Bring a Friend" month. If you have a friend who is interested in ham radio, bring them along to the meeting. There are also a lot of hams around who haven't been to a meeting for a while. Give them a call and offer to pick them up and bring them to the meeting.

As part of our program, we will be holding a Mini-Swap. Bring along a couple of items that you are looking to sell. After the business portion of the meeting, we will have everyone set their stuff out on the tables and you can enjoy some coffee and snacks while you browse through the items. If you have an antenna or tower that you want to sell, take a picture of it so you can show people what you have.

Fox Hunt

Mike Gilmore N5GKZ and I are working on organizing a foxhunt. We are looking to do our first one sometime this winter. Our plan is to use the club foxhunt transmitter. So far we have had good luck getting things working on both low and high power. We still haven't played with the setting which will allow you to run high power early on in the foxhunt and then drop the power down as the hunt progresses. We are planning on changing the frequency from 146.52 to 146.55 to prevent interference to the calling frequency. We have a nice antenna design which works well and is very economical to build. We still need to find some good (and inexpensive) attenuators, preferably in kit form so we can have a little project night. Let us know if you are interested and we will get you involved in the different projects and of course the hunt.

Cookie Report

Here is who will be bringing you treats for the next couple months at our club meeting. Just one other reason to attend.

November - John Peterson

December - Christmas Party

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.

January 5th - March 8th - April 7th

All sessions will be in room 106 of Petoskey High School at 10:00 am.


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

WEDNESDAY
08:00 pm EST The Chain - O - Lakes Net
147.280+ MHZ pl 103.5 - Net Control - Rotating

08:00 pm EST - The Wednesday Night CW Meet-Up Net
28.350 MHZ SSB 

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
Minutes for October 16, 2007
Petoskey High School Room 106
Petoskey, MI. 49770

President Jack KC8VXI Called meeting to order at 7:30 pm.

Introduction of Members. 21 present Welcome to new member & new ham Brian Veihl KD8HBB

Dave Slifka, of Allied Ambulance spoke on the HIPPA law regarding the rights of privacy in dealing with disasters.

Minutes of September meeting in Static, with no correction. Motion by Jack KB8RJ to approve minutes Seconded by Tom WA8AA. Motion Passed.

Treasurer Maxine KC8WXN Savings $79.33, Checking $519.58, Total in Accounts $598.91.

Bills to be paid $87.43 to Dirk. $15.00 in petty cash and that money comes from clubs share of 50/50 is used to buy supplies for meetings. Motion by Chuck N8NXP, Seconded Mike N5GKZ. Motion Passed.

Old Business: Dirk was asked if he had heard ask from the school regarding the date change of the Swap he had not. Tabled till next meeting. Cliff KC8NVI, made a Motion to change to a 50/50 drawing instead of a Raffle, Seconded by Chuck N8NXP. Motion passed.

Chuck N8NXP reported on the CCEPSCO's part in the St Mary's Disasters held in conjunction with EOC. Was a success.

Motion by Annette KC8QII not to have a Bill DeMay net on December 24, it being a family holiday, Seconded by Cliff KC8NVI. Motion Passed.

Dirk said he will do the scheduling of the Bill DeMay net for the year 2008. Bill KD8CNS, Jack KC8VXI and Lance KD8EQW will try being net controls next year.

Chuck N8NXP said the repeater will be installed on the Coast Guard Cutter this weekend, the frequency will be 444.375. Also said that the new weather station, at the Stutsmanville tower, is now working and that frequency is 162.475.

New Business: Christmas party will be held in Dirk's classroom at our regular meeting on December 18th. Menu will be finger food.

Nominating committee for officers for next year will be Tom WA8AA, Jack KC8VXI, Bill KD8CNS, & Annette KC8QII.

Elmer Questions: None.

Motion to close by Chuck N8NXP, Second by Bill KD8CNS. Motion Passed.

50/50 of $15.00 won by bill KD8CNS and donated $5.00 back to club. Thanks Bill.

Program: Chrissy WD8KUR presented a power point on her trip to Malta. Chrissy talked about her sea voyage to the island of Malta, located in the Mediterranean ocean. While there, she became friends with the Malta Radio Club members.

Thank you Chrissy for a great program.

Respectfully Submitted by Annette KC8QII.

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______

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73 KG8JK