| President: | Jack Reed | WA4FXX |
| Vice President: | Dennis Bodson | W4PWF |
| Secretary: | Mike Callaham | NW3V |
| Treasurer: | Mike Ingles | KG4RKL |
| Activities Chairman: | Alan Bosch | KO4ALA |
| Editor: | Mike Callaham | NW3V |
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| Meetings: | Usually Third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 P.M., Red Cross, 4333 Arlington Blvd. (US 50), Arlington,VA. Nonmembers are invited to attend. |
| Net: | Tuesday (except meeting nights) at 7:30 P.M., 144.87/145.47 MHz FM |
| WWW: | http://www.w4wvp.org/ |
| Roster: | http://www.w4wvp.org/roster.censored.txt |
| Affiliate: | ARRL, FAR |
| Information: | Jack Reed, WA4FXX, wa4fxx@amsat.org (e-mail), (703) 685-7933 (phone). |
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At the May 17 Meeting of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club, business items to be discussed include options for rehosting the W4WVP web site and related matters, such as domain registration, email reflectors, and secure login for roster access. Among other things, we hope to arrange for more storage space and avoid bandwidth throttling. We'll also do a little early planning for Field Day, and more.
The program will feature K9AUC's report and demonstration of progress in setting up a WinLink email station in the Red Cross radio room using his own IC-706, portable computer, and AMTOR modem, and W4WVP's 80/40m dipole on 40m. Jim plans to start setting up in the afternoon on May 17, and he'll tell us and show us how far he got at the meeting. Maybe we can help.
Activities Chair Alan, KO4ALA, will postpone screening the rest of the ARRL video, Everything You Wanted to Know About Antennas, But Were Afraid to Ask, until the June meeting.Possibly Treasurer Mike, KG4RKL, will distribute Field Day 2005 T-shirts and pins to those who ordered them, and will be glad to redeem IOUs. If OUMike, bring $12.95 for each T-shirt and $5 for each pin ordered on credit. You could look this suave:
--Mike, NW3V, AARC Secretary
President Jack, WA4FXX, convened the meeting at 19:33 ET. Also in attendance were Mike, KA8OPT, Treasurer Mike, KG4RKL, Vice-President Dennis, W4PWF. Members attending were: Ian, KI4DTP, George, KR4MU, Alan, KO4ALA, Dan, N8YSZ, Chuck, KI4DHW, Jim, K9AUC, and Jack, KBeKKY. Roy, AI4GO began the meeting attending as a guest but left as a member.
Jack asked if any members had comments or corrections regarding the March Meeting's minutes, as posted to the Web. There were no corrections and the minutes were approved unanimously.
Treasurer Mike reported a balance of $1,202.95; with about $20.00 owed for Shelby expenses. Purchase of Field Day T-Shirts and pins was discussed.
There was a motion to reimburse George for expenses incurred with shelf repairs. It was approved with Dennis noting that such a motion is not required for expenses under $25.00
Membership for Roy, AI4GO was unanimously approved.
Dennis discussed the status of ARRL activities regarding Regulation by Bandwidth, Semi-automated operations, and narrow-band FM above 29 MHz. These will likely be discussed further at the ARRL's July meeting. No major action in these areas is expected until the NPRM for `Restructuring' is finalized.
A discussion of Arlington ARES and RACES followed. Jack will follow-up with the appropriate public officials to be sure that there is no confusion.
No FAR activities to discuss.
Alan is going to check on the status of the Antennas at the Arlington EOC. A meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 21, with Arlington Hospital to discuss a repeater.
Chuck is coordinating assistance to the Potomac Run on May 1, 2005. This is being coordinated between Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, and the Mt. Vernon Radio Clubs. There are six locations required at first aid stations. Activities will be from 5am till 1pm.
The MS 150 Mile Bike ride in Loudon County is scheduled for May 9^th. Bo Pierce is coordinating.
The club (Jack and Chuck) will be making a presentation regarding amateur radio at the Arlington CERT Training Course next Tuesday, April 26.
Jack attended the Arlington County Red Cross volunteer reception on Saturday.
Alan pointed out that the NCAC Institute is on April 23 in Prince Georges County. Members are encouraged to attend. Several members noted that they had not received Alan's email notification. Alan agreed to send out a test message.
George discussed the scheduled Pentagon exercise on June 8, Gallent Fox III. George will get more information for the club. Jack strongly recommended defining objectives for the EMCOM portion of the exercise.
Welcome to Roy, AI4GO!
The Virginia QSO party was much fun for those who attended.
The Tillman Island DxPedition, sponsored by the Vienna Wireless Club was much fun.
The group gave many thanks to George for fixing the shelf.
Discussion of a change in web name registration was deferred till a future meeting.
Jack reminded all of Field Day, scheduled for June 25-26, and of the need to read the updated rules. The group discussed trying alternate digital modes such as RTTY, PSK, PACTOR, or AMTOR. Lacking Internet connectivity the group decided it would not be possible to try WinLink or IRLP. George discussed food for Field Day and the group decided to order Pizza for Saturday evening and to have George prepare his legendary breakfast on Sunday morning. Jack will draft a letter to invite Red Cross officials and other friends.
George reminded the group of the need to deal with the "junk" in the radio room
At 20:43 ET the meeting adjourned. Alan showed a very interesting videotape on antennas, polarization, and propagation.
P.S. 1: The Minutes above were recorded in my absence by Jack, KB3KKY, acting as Secretary. I'm grateful to Jack for recording, typing, and emailing me the Minutes. P.S. 2: The Minutes have been revised as voted at the 2005-05-17 meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
--Mike, NW3V
AARC Secretary
ARLS-004: Amateur Radio satellite in orbit
ARLB-012: Resolution Calls on FCC To Evaluate BPL Interference, Review Rules
This is just a sample. For other recent bulletins, check out http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/, or listen to W1AW.
http://siteflip.com (Nominated by Adam, KG4VNC)
http://pwrhosting.com (Nominated by Adam, KG4VNC)
http://www.dreamhost.com (Nominated by Dan, N8YSZ)
http://obscure.org (Nominated by Dan, N8YSZ)
http://brauhausdc.org/n8ysz/ (Nominated by Dan, N8YSZ)
CERT
D-STAR System
Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)
http://live.irlp.net:8000/listen.pls (IRLP Crossroads Reflector)
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