| President: | Jack Reed | WA4FXX |
| Vice President: | Dennis Bodson | W4PWF |
| Secretary: | Adam Hahn | AI4QB |
| Treasurer: | Mike Ingles | KG4RKL |
| Activities Chairman: | Gary Sessums | KC5QCN |
| 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 February 19th meeting of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club will be held at the usual time (1930L) and place (4333 Arlington Blvd).
73,
--Adam, AI4QB, AARC Secretary
Attending, besides Jack/WA4FXX, were:
Dennis/W4PWF, Gary/KC5QCN, Ken/WB4AKK, Mike/KA8OPJ, Arthur/W4ART, Roy/AI4GO, Jim/K9AUC, Mike/KG4RKL, Prentiss/K4PDJ, Chuck/KI4DHW, Andrew/KI4THF, Mike/NW3V, Ian/KI4DTP
The minutes of the December 2007 meeting were approved, after two things are added which were left out: W4ART noted that there were two motions carried, one to remove the club dues from the bylaws, and the second was to change the dues to $10 per annum.
The Treasurer gave his report. Dues were overdue and were collected at the meeting.
Dennis W4PWF- going to Houston, TX tomorrow for board mtg. Air Force still having problems with 440 repeaters interfering with PAVE PAWS system, has told ARRL about it. ARRL turned to FCC to intermediate since this is the second batch and some of them don't exist anymore.
Paul Rinaldo is going to retire as CTO for ARRL. Search committee looking for replacement. Nothing new on regulation by bandwidth.
Jim K9AUC New info sheet for Red Cross (provided). For last three years used pie pan for ground plane on go kit antennas. Now using gangbox covers instead.
Interesting to hear two National Weather Service stations passing traffic using amateur call signs over Echolionk.
WA4FXX- good time at RTTY round-up. One scout and one leader. Room reserved for CQ WW RTTY contest- February 10 Sunday. Repeater- W4ART- had meetin about repeater. N8YSZ offered use of xcvr to bring rprt back up. W4ART put in bid for motorola radio. Will change call sign to W4WVP with trustee's approval. Looking into red cross ownership of hardware, looking into liability insurance info. NERA will help take care of system in exchange for using site for remote antenna site.Intent is to pull out tube xmitter as soon as we can, will try to repair it. Don't know where all the remote sites are. Randy WB4MJF knows where all the sites are, put up all the antennas. GLB id'er is putting out call sign. Need to approach TMARC- heard from Hugh- asked about what's in the database.
WA4FXX- will not have access to club during month of March- Red Cross month, doing things every weekend. Will be able to hold the meeting but otherwise won't be able to use the room.
MSP to remove dues amount as bylaws element.
MSP to change dues to $10 effective February 1.
K4IC- General Tom Miller SK. Executor Slim Russell is looking to move out antenna, 100' tower, beam, wire antennas ($400), 2k amp ($400). Lots of amplifiers, etc. Call 941-371-4180. Cell 941-587-6156. Lived on Harrison St. He and John Glenn were friends. Across street from Williamsburg Middle School.
Randy WB4MJF- BARC free mini-fest Wednesday 1/23. Timonium Fairgrounds. starts at 3 or 4pm. One hour from here. Vienna winterfest Sunday, Feb 24th
Gary- KC5QCN talking about programs for the year. This month program on NCS by Gary, others ideas some of which may still require speakers.
2045L end of formal meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
--Adam, AI4QB
AARC Secretary
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23-Jan-2008 ARLS002 AO-16 Satellite Serves as Voice Repeater
22-Jan-2008 ARLS001 ARISS Team Looking for Ground Stations
22-Jan-2008 ARLB003 Harrison Re-elected ARRL President at January Board Meeting
21-Jan-2008 ARLB002 ARRL Board meeting in Houston, Texas
17-Jan-2008 ARLX002 Lunar Echo Experiment looking for Amateur Radio Participants
16-Jan-2008 ARLX001 Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72
This is just a sample. For other recent bulletins, check out http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/, or listen to W1AW.
The Arlington Amateur Radio Club
4333 Arlington Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22203