| 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 |
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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., 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). |
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The August 21st meeting of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club will be held at the usual time (1930L) and place (4333 Arlington Blvd).
Kerry Kingham from VWS, who is an astronomer at the Naval Observatory, will come talk to us about “The Sun and its Spots”.
Hope everyone can make it to the meeting!
73,
--Adam, AI4QB, AARC Secretary
President Jack/WA4FXX called the meeting to order at 1934L and
welcomed all attendees. Introductions were made. Attending, besides FXX,
were:
Ken/WB4AKK, Karen, Chuck/KI4DHW, Gary/KC5QCN, Aric/KI4THM, Roy/AI4GO,
Mike/KA8OPJ, Adam/AI4QB, Arthur/W4ART, Mike/NW3V, Ian/KI4DTP,
Dennis/W4PWF
WA4FXX- any comments?
AI4QB- missed sign-ins, must be added
W4ART- moved to accept as amended, WA4FXX seconded, passed by acclamation
Treasurer's report- Mike/KG4RKL absent so deferred for later.
Dennis/W4PWF- getting ready for board meeting- leaving tomorrow. have the documentation needed to submit the w4wvp field day results, will do it electronically from there. will probably discuss regulation by bandwidth, petition was withdrawn.
WA4FXX: nothing in particular happening now
Chuck/ki4dhf- playing with d*star stuff, will have future. Lots of people were paying attention to KO1D posting on message board.
W4ART- will talk about that after the meeting.
WA4FXX- Field Day, VA 400th anniversary, Arlington County Fair have not thought any more about 400th anniversary FD- 270-280 some contacts. 45 states. Generator worked fine. Wasn't loaded as much as usual. A lot of the loggers put down FL/NY/MA/etc- state instead of section. Wouldn't take 4U1WB. Other than that it worked well.
NW3V- maybe later we consider appropriating an amount as a donation.
AI4QB- have receipts forgot to bring them, will bring them next time.
WA4FXX- get the receipts together ad get them to Mike.
WA4FXX- what to give the log folks- $10 should be ok.
NW3V- Move to donate $10, W4ART second, passed by acclamation
WA4FXX- got a complaint about the kitchen, not sure what exactly, waiting for George/KR4MU to get the details. Believe we left it in good condition.
WA4FXX- antennas seemed to work well. perpendicular one worked well. maybe one more space.
AI4QB- power line noise was bad when it was here.
WA4FXX- headphones useful as always, a little short on "y" connectors, maybe need to get standardized
W4ART- heil noise cancelling ones are great if you're willing to spend the money
W4ART- went to stafford, built a stack on a rented crane- 60ft up on rohn 25 tower segment put mobile hf rig on picnic table nwith lots of radials and a screwdriver antenna also visited w3d in delaware, worked with national guard, got the governor to come out. gave them a 1296m contact. also, w4hsg- steve gilmore- guy at hro made 40/80 mobile antenna with loop outside of car.
ki4dhw- lots of fun, sucessful, got a lot done
kc5qcn- visited races mobile command center
ki4thm- first field day, was fun, surprised and happy at how many contacts I made
ai4go- glad that new folks got to make contacts. miles got to make one, Laura made a couple.
ki4dtp- down in alabama enjoying southern fried hospitality, took an HT but didn't make any contacts
nw3v- was great, dan/n8ysz had things together, we knew our class and had things going just from the start
ka8opj- enjoyed seeing dan's ft-817- went out and bought one- with g5rv under back porch railing.
ai4qb- enjoyed being here for the first time for a while, glad to see all the people here and helping
wb4akk- if there's a lot of power line noise we can call the power company and get them to come out and clean the power lines.
wa4fxx- should see if we can use the red cross' name to call dominion power
Wa4fxx- arlington county fair- there has been some interest, for some years we didn't have enough people to work it.
w4art- there was supposed to be a map left to show where tables would be- should be about the same place as last year. unless we try to remote control a station outside, or if the fair people would allow us to set up an outside station and do something about this for the 400th anniversary station [fair is 8/16-19/2007]
wa4fxx- the fall contest season coming up- what would people be interested in operating? cq ww rtty- end of september, JOTA in october, cq ww phone in october, ss phone in november.
ki4dtp- on the 4th the mobile command vehicle with amateur radio station was debuted. arlington center at 8550 arlington blvd will have ham station as well.
ki4dtp- we discussed build parties, such as power poles. solar charger, etc. ai4qb- going to place powerpole order, will send mail to list
The meeting was adjourned at 2034L
Respectfully submitted,
--Adam, AI4QB
AARC Secretary
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The Arlington Amateur Radio Club
4333 Arlington Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22203
