Iroquois County Amateur Radio Club Minutes of the June 12, 2008 Meeting

President Carl opened the meeting at 7:10 pm at the Red Cross office in Watseka. The May minutes were read, corrected and approved. The treasure’s report was read and approved.

Committee Reports

Technical Committee—Benny reported both repeaters are working. Benny and Sam did remove the Astron power supply from the old repeater site at the elevator. Steve and Sam have sent in the coordination papers.

Program Committee—Phil and Roy reported that the July program would be second half of the DX flim.

Publicity Committee—Sam and Troy are to be on Justin’s radio program close to field day. Justin will try to get some PSA’s on close to field day. Justin is writing a story for publication and radio about flooding. Troy is also working on a story.

ARES Liaison—Roy invited any member of ARES to check in to the ARES net on Sunday. 1st and 3rd Sunday of month at 4:30pm on 3905. Roy asked if Skywarn notes could be sent to State ARES.

Red Cross Liaison—Sam handed out new Red Cross ID cards to Red Cross disaster workers. Tim needs to get one also.

ESDA Liaison—Sam reports that ESDA has applied for a communications grant for interoperability communications for the local ESDA EOC including ham radio.
VE Liaison—Carl reports that a testing session will be held at the Kankakee Hamfest in July..

Incorporation and Non Profit Seeking Group—Troy and Mike have prepared the paperwork but need a very small modification to the constitution. This change was passed out to all members present at May meeting. It involved article XII on dissolution. This motion was approved in June meeting.

OLD BUSINESS

APRS radio has been replaced by a 7950 Kenwood from Sam. Sam gave to Mike. Mike has it wired up and ready to place at east site. Jeremy set up the TNC for 2-2 now.

Field Day Fever has hit ICARC and many plans were made for the gear for Field Day June 28. Generator and radio and VHF antenna (Phil); VHF radio (Carl); HF and wire antenna (Benny); Tent, tables, chairs (Troy); Grill (Tim)

VHF-UHF FM station (Sam). Meeting place for field day to be the Glenn Raymond School. Sam is to invite Mayor, ESDA Coordinator and other public service guests.
Mike made a motion for the club to buy food for the Field Day members.
Benny seconded and Justin is to get the food and then turn in bill to Sam for payment from club funds. Motion carried.

NEW Business

Benny proposed and Roy seconded a motion to change a portion of the Constitution as follows.

Article XII—Dissolution, paragraph 2, would be changed to read:

“In the event any reason arises to dissolve the organization of ICARC, all assets of the organization shall be distributed to the ARRL Foundation, AMSAT, or some other organization which is organized for the purpose of furthering Amateur Radio, and is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time.”

This motion was approved by unanimous vote.

Carl and Chris bought and donated to the club library three CD’s from the Dayton hamfest. They are on 5 Dxpeditions, Emergency Communications, and Introduction to Morse Code.

Snacks for this month were by Benny. July meeting snacks are to be brought by Steve.

We were informed and entertained by a logging program brought in by Phil. It is the program we will use at field day.

Net control for 6/16 Roy, 6/23 Benny, 6/30 Sam, 7/7 Brian

Members present— Keith, Phil, Justin, Tim, Carl, Chris, Mike, Benny and Sam.

Sam W9QKF secretary

Sam Ripple W9QKF KAE7607

Iroquois County Amateur Radio Club Minutes of the July 10, 2008 Meeting

President Carl opened the meeting at 7:20 pm at the Red Cross office in Watseka.
The June minutes were read and approved. The treasure’s report was read and approved.

Committee Reports

Incorporation and Non-Profit Committee—Papers ready to mail, along with a
check to Sec of State for $50

Technical Committee—Benny reported both repeaters are working.

Steve and Sam have sent in the coordination papers and the coordination has been
approved and we have 180 days to tell them when the construction is done.
Program Committee—Phil and Roy reported that the August program would be Carl’s DX trip.

Might try to get room at hospital to have projector.

Publicity Committee—We all thought Justin did a great job on field day project.
Story in Times and lots of play on WGFA radio.

ARES Liaison—Roy reported the state ARES were looking for people to fill
Sand bags.

Red Cross Liaison—Sam handed out new Red Cross ID cards to Red Cross disaster workers.

ESDA Liaison—Sam reports that ESDA has applied for a communications grant for interoperability communications for the local ESDA EOC including ham radio.

VE Liaison—Carl reports that a testing session will be held at the Kankakee Hamfest in July..

OLD BUSINESS

APRS radio has been replaced by a 7950 Kenwood from Sam. Sam gave to Mike.
Mike has it wired up and ready to place at east site. Jeremy set up the TNC for 2-2 now.

NEW Business

We talked about a workday at the WGFA site to improve the building. Due to heat we agreed to wait for cooler weather.

The Kankakee Hamfest is on the July 20 and we have a chance to have an indoor table or outdoor spot.

Snacks for this month were by Roy, Troy and Sam. August meeting snacks are to be brought by Steve.

Net control for 7/14 Sam 7/21 Roy 7/28 Benny 8/4 Brian 8/11 Steve

Members present— Ron, Troy, Roy, Phil, Justin, Tim, Carl, Chris, Mike, Benny and Sam.

Sam W9QKF secretary

Sam Ripple W9QKF KAE7607

Volunteers In Area to Assist With Unmet Flood Needs

Volunteers are in town to assist with the unmet needs of those affected by the January and February floods.

Teams from the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Disaster Response Prgram will be at the First United Methodist Church in Watseka Weds, Thurs and Fri from 1-5 and 7-9, on Saturday from 9-5 and if needed Monday and Tuesday.

For information call the Watseka Area Chamber Of Commerce Flood Referral Center at (815) 432-2416.

To listen to the interview on WGFA Radio just CLICK HERE!

WGFA Interview on Field Day

Here is a link to the interview with Troy Simpson and Sam Ripple – W9QKF regarding the ARRL field day event that was held last weekend in Watseka.  This interview was first broadcast on WGFA on 06/26/2008.

http://icarc.com/wp-content/uploads/062608hamradiofieldday.mp3