THE ARLINGTON BEACON

The Official Organ of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club
April 2007
President: Jack Reed WA4FXX
Vice President: Dennis Bodson W4PWF
Secretary: Adam Hahn AI4QB
Treasurer: Mike Ingles KG4RKL
Activities Chairman: Alan Bosch KO4ALA
Editor: Adam Hahn AI4QB
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., 145.47- MHz FM
WWW: http://www.w4wvp.org/
Affiliate: ARRL, FAR
Information: Jack Reed, WA4FXX, wa4fxx@amsat.org (e-mail), (703) 685-7933 (phone).
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE AARC WILL BE TUESDAY, APRIL 17
April Meeting Information Minutes of the March meeting

April 17 Meeting

The April 17th meeting of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club will be held at the usual time (1930L) and place (4333 Arlington Blvd).

Our very own Ken/WB4AKK will be giving a presentation on digital modes.

I will be sending a packet of QSL cards to the outgoing bureau at ARRL shortly after the meeting- if you have cards you want to send out please bring them to the meeting and give them to the acting Secretary. Please remember that we must provide proof of ARRL membership for everyone using a club packet like this, so please bring a copy of your ARRL membership card or QST mailing label. I'll keep these on file once I get them so this should be a one-time thing.

Hope everyone else can make it to the meeting!

73,
--Adam, AI4QB, AARC Secretary

Minutes of the March 20, 2007 meeting.

Call to Order

President Jack/WA4FXX called the meeting to order at 1938L. Attending, besides FXX, were:
Adam/AI4QB, Roy/AI4GO, Dan/N8YSZ, Mike/KA8OPJ, Ken/WB4AKK, Jack/WA4FXX, George/KR4MU, Ian/KI4DTP, Aric/KI4THM, Alan/KO4ALA, Chuck/DI4DHW, Andrew/KI4THF, Mike/KG4RKL, Jim/K9AUC, Paul/WG4M, Mike/NW3V

Minutes and Finances

Minutes- change date of (this) meeting to 3/20. Move to accept as ammended- seconded/passed.

KG4RKL gave report on current finances.

ARRL Report

Dennis/W4PWF absent so no report this time.

EmComm

Chuck/KI4DHW- need volunteers for marathon, Bull Run and Dulles drill.

Old Business

WA4FXX- KO4ALA didn't get his award at FrostFest, still working on where he'll get the award. Upgrades- KI4DHW and KO4ALA upgraded to General. ARES reminder- sign up with Virginia ARES web site if you haven't already- vaares.com. SkyWarn class 3/31 at fire training academy. Virginia 400th anniversary- no news. Recent contests- Int'l DX contest, VAQP.

WG4M VAQP report- park closed, went to Warren County near a commercial antenna site, then Sky Meadows State Park, then up Route 50 to the ridge where it crosses the Appalachian trail.

N8YSZ VAQP report- worked from home Saturday, Sunday went mobiling with W4ART. Started at antenna site on Bull Run mountain, then lunch in Manassas Park, then High Knob mountain antenna site.

WA4FXX- should try 10m at next net- 28.4333 USB.

New Business

WA4FXX noted that we need to start planning for Field Day.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 2015L

Respectfully submitted,
--Adam, AI4QB
AARC Secretary

Links to Bulletins


05-Apr-2007 ARLS002 Fifth civilian to visit ISS
05-Apr-2007 ARLB002 DXing on 60 meters has a downside, ARRL advises

This is just a sample. For other recent bulletins, check out http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/, or listen to W1AW.

Accessing Web Pages by Email

Arlington ARC web pages, and most web pages, can be accessed by email. For details, address an email message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and send only the following line as the body of the message:
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email

To get an ASCII text version of the latest issue of The Arlington Beacon, just address an email message to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp and send only the following line as the body of the message:
send http://www.w4wvp.org/latest.html

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