THE ARLINGTON BEACON

The Official Organ of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club

October 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, OCTOBER 16

October Meeting Information Minutes of the September meeting

October 16 Meeting

The October 16th meeting of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club will be held at the usual time (1930L) and place (4333 Arlington Blvd).

Hope everyone can make it to the meeting!

73,
--Adam, AI4QB, AARC Secretary

Minutes of the September 18, 2007 meeting.

Call to Order

President Jack/WA4FXX called the meeting to order at 1934L and welcomed all attendees. Introductions were made. Attending, besides FXX, were:
Ken/WB4AKK, Chuck/KI4DHW, Gary/KC5QCN, Roy/AI4GO, Adam/AI4QB, Arthur/W4ART, Mike/NW3V, Ian/KI4DTP, Dennis/W4PWF, George/KR4MU, Jack/K5OTZ, Alan/KO4ALA, Andrew/KI4THF, Bob/WB4KLJ, Prentiss/K4PDJ, Paul/W4RI, James/KB1JMV, Sam/AA9BG, Paul/WG4M

Minutes and Finances

WA4FXX- Minutes publised on web- MSP to accept

Treasurer absent, no report.

ARRL Report

Dennis/W4PWF- No gory details right now. Quiet all around right now. League determined to do nothing on regulation by bandwidth right now. back from VA beach hamfest- good turnout. increased attendance from last year league is currently working on easier way to log on to LOTW. lots of people say that it's hard to login to, especially the first time. electronic field checking will be available by end of the year. what is this? dxcc checkers can put info from physical cards into electronic system. this is the hardest part of the process.

EmComm

wa4fxx- recommended cert classes- very worthwhile, take care of yourself and help take care of your neighbors. no continuing commitment required after the training.

Alan/KO4ALA- MCM is devouring SET preparation- haven't heard a thing about SET. marines have added several new jobs along the course. this year need 120 hams instead of 100 like last year. As of last week they only had half the volunteers they needed. sign up online at http://ncacdc.com

Chuck/ki4dhw- was victim at reagan airport test- once again, our professional first responders are first rate.

andre/ki4thf was down at baggage claim in terminal c- coordinating transport of victims- could receive fine but not transmit. interesting experience. ian/ki4dtp- trouble communicating within building with uhf handhelds

art/w4art- it's an architectural problem- metallized mylar film on windows makes rf mirror

Old Business

wa4fxx- RTTY roundup sunday 9/30 barring emergencies. opening 1100l close when interest wanes or 1600l

w4art- made up sample badges from artwork of club logo, will show it to people and see if anyone wants to get badges made.

wa4fxx- va 400th anniversary- county isn't going to do anything else. if anybody wants to sign up to lead that then let him know.

w4pwf- field day- we are most likely the only entry in the category

wa4fxx- hurricane season still with us, ten weeks left, keep your batteries charged and go kits ready

New Business

ken- wb4akk- was thinking about screwdriver antenna- dk3 all band hf mobile antenna. if anybody is interested see him w4art donated a webster band spanner mobile antenna

wa4fxx- ian/dtp sent idea for solar charger project. on the league publishing site they're putting together package of 40m qrp rig/book. as winter approaches we might consider these types of things for projects.

wa4fxx- any potential jota participation- 21st of october. if we need to get the room reserved we should do that soon. mcm 11/28, arrl ssb ss 11/18- can open up on sunday if people are interested- send wa4fxx email if interested

wa4fxx- elections in november, anyone who wants to become new officer let somebody know

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 2020

Respectfully submitted,
--Adam, AI4QB
AARC Secretary

Links to Bulletins

No bulletins this month. 10-Oct-2007 ARLX006 October/December 2007 West Coast Qualifying Run Schedule

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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