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Maui Amateur Radio Club – Apr 13, 2016 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. The treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. $1837.23 reported balance. 10 members and guests attended. New Business: Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Couldn’t work Herd Island. Short path, just wasn’t possible. Yaesu 2100 working somewhat. Showed grandson’s report in 1st grade. NH6Y-Tom: Worked Heard Island 17M SSB and CW. Juan De Nova worked on 15M SSB and RTTY. Hard to work. Made 10M Australian contact today.. N0DQD-Bob: Working on getting CW speed up. KH6H-Mel: Exercise last Saturday. Didn’t participate. KH6AH-Ron: Working remotes through California, using IPad with Flex 6300 KH6RSB-Shawn: Haven’t spent much time on radio, but found a Yaesu FT101B on Craig’s list. Doesn’t seem to work. Found APC line conditioner. Also a 4000W generator. KH6CJJ - Kent: Didn’t work Heard Island, but did operate in the hospital net. Operated 8 hrs in Japan Intl DX contest. CW, made 150 contacts, 42 areas. WPX SSB contest 5 hrs. WH6EXE-Bill: Still studying for General test. Waiting for Field Day WH6DUB-Amanda: Operated in a multiband contest. Heard lots of stations but they couldn’t hear me. Heard South Africa. Cat doesn’t like radio. WH6DUE-Devin: Not much time talking, but working with the dipole antennas on receive. Installed a good ground. Got a better noise floor. 40 M sounding better. RF output low. This Month’s Discussion: Can we operate 3A or should we operate 2A? We have about 12 people to operate, with 10 being able to help setup and teardown. 40 and 15 M station, and another for 10, 20 and 80M. The idea is for this year is not to have two stations on the same band at the same time. We could put up a VHF station. Satellite? Do we want to use the blockhouse or get the Kihei Rental car van? Diane is doing logistics. If we did that, we could position both vehicles close to the seaside drop-off. Antennas: Idea: use the wood from last year and hang a 2 element 40m inverted V. Also pull up the 15M 4 element vertical dipole array. Put up the tower and put up Tribander or the separate 20 and 10M Yagis. If using the Tribander, that would give the option of running two stations on 15M during the day. Should we have director or driven element closer to the cliff? Need to model. Alan thinks he may have a 80M vertical dipole ready for Field Day. John wonders if a ¼ wave vertical with lots of radials is good configuration. Would we be able to get any help from the VOAD group? We have had little contact. We could plan to do a 2A system, a 40/15 and 10/20/80 station. We could add a station in the blockhouse as an option. Satellite? Or would we add another HF station in the blockhouse. What antennas would we use? 2 element vertical dipole array for 20M. This could be setup on Saturday morning. A discussion about the differences between 2A and 3A. Van: Allan’s K3 mostly CW and the 15 vertical array and the 40m inverted v array MEO Van: crank up tower, stack 20 and 15 M Yagi on it. 40 M vertical on the rocks. Blockhouse: 10M Yagi on push up pole strapped to the pole. 80M Vertical and the 20M vertical dipole array. A discussion on the Saturday night dinner. Nothing decided. Generator: Hope to get one from I&L rentals as last year. Contact other hams or cert people for help setting up and operating Decision back to putting up the three Yagis. 80/40/15 M verticals How do we get more people on the air? Tom will compile input into a Field Day plan.
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Maui Amateur Radio Club –Mar 9 , 2016 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. The treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 12 members and guests attended. New Business: Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Cat got whiskers fried. Talked about building a tapered feedline. Operated some of the contest this past weekend. Interesting propagation. NH6Y-Tom: Alan and Kent were working stations I couldn’t hear in the contest. Best QSO rates were Sunday morning 197Qs per hour. High rates. Mostly on 15 and 10 meters. Hearing Europeans on 40M. Antenna party at Joe and Anita’s. 40 M and 20 M. Diane needs an antenna party.- N0DQD-Bob: Nothing to report KH6H-Mel: Exam April 2nd. There is another Interisland repeater besides 147.02. NH6XO.net has rules for using. 443.925 repeater 123.0 Hz tone. No Phonetics, wants full quieting signals. Please read rules before using. AD6E-Alan: New tower working fine. 70’ remote control. Steppir 3 element. Wants something for 80M. Made 2800 contacts. Operated 24 out of 48 hours. Worked about 50 SSB contacts. KH6AH-Ron: Traveling to mainland often. Put up another remote HF station. K6TU has iPad app. Remote is operational. Made a few HF contacts this past weekend. KH6RSB-Shawn: Nothing to report KC7ASJ – Dave: Listening to Lahaina repeater W1TEC – Jack: Using AOL for internet, having trouble. KH6PO- Diane: Operated KH6RS for SSB contest. Lots of contacts. Win10 on PC. Ham radio deluxe problems. Icom 735 working. Icom 706 – lots of menus. Hex beam rotating by itself. Needs pin in masts. Desires to put it up higher. Listening in evenings to SW. Lots of fading. Kh6HTV – Jim: Unusual experience on 40M. Talked to a remote station in Kaanapali. Had article in Amateur Television Quarterly. WH6EXE-Bill: Have been to Honolulu. Looking forward to Field Day. Been studying. KH6CJJ-Kent: For two weekends SSB and CW 1500 QSOs in each. Lots of activity. Lots of KH6s. Got to work Vermont. Ten meters was very alive last weekend. Interesting band conditions. This month’s Discussion: The GOTA station didn’t yield enough benefit last year. Perhaps VHF would be better this year. ARRL has revised the rules for146.52 as a Field Day station. Last year 3A, blockhouse with Orion and SB220, MEO van, and Kihei Rental Car van with K3 and KPA500. Two 20M antennas, 2 antennas on 15, and a 3 element vertical array for15 , and a 5 element on 10. Discussion about antenna placement for best angle of takeoff, best isolation, best efficiency and perhaps most importantly best isolation. Goal: Two stations on 20, 15 and 40, a single station on 10 and maybe 80m. Blockhouse,Van, RentaCar – Station shelters  Maui Amateur Radio Club January 13, 2016 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. The treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 15 members and guests attended. New Business: Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Listening KH6RS beacon! Renewing license NH6Y-Tom: Lots of contests, N0DQD-Bob: Traveling a lot. KH6H-Mel: Nothing to report AD6E-Alan: Tower is fixed, hoping to get an antenna on it. K5P is now active on Palmara Island. Cwops.org considering hosting a CW class. Conversational contacts. KH6AH-Ron: Not much, helping Delaware friend get a remote running KH6RSB-Shawn: Working on website NH7U-Robin: KC7ASJ – AH6CU – Joe AH6AH – Anita: W1TEC – Jack: Working with new Icom HF transceiver, Having BNC KH6HTV – Jim: PSK31 on 15M sometimes 10, 20M is noisy. Wants one QSO per day! KH6REO – Ed: KH6JAY- Jay: Participated in ARRL RTTY Roundup. CQ WPX RTTY contest in Feb. Wh6EYZ- Maynard: WH6EOD – Greg: KH6PO- Diane: Worked emergency net, worked MARS, worked Chesterfield DXpedition. Cruise ship operation WH6DXW- Robert: Joining tonight. Lots of afternoon net. Worked Chesterfield Island. WH6EXE-Bill: WH6FAM-Trip: First meeting Mike-W5JR: Visiting from Atlanta, operating lots of events, trying to get on National Parks station. KH6TD-Kevin: Veteran from Chesterfield Island K7FR-Gary: Took 2M to top of Haleakala, very quiet. Joining tonight WH6DUE-Amanda: Trying to convince her dad to get his amateur radio license WH6DUB-Devin: Still trying to get tower finished. Thinking about antenna party Next month’s Discussion: Officers for 2016 – Tom President, Shawn Vice President, Kent Treasurer, Bob/Dianne Secretary A tower was offered to the group for taking the tower down. Not much interest National Parks On the Air: Parks service has been contacted, but hasn’t responded. Current thought is to do this activity for one day, during daylight hours. IARU Beacon – K6TD Beacons around the world, KH6RS now transmits on 20,1,15,12,and 10 Meters TS50 controllers, replaced with Icom 7200. Antenna is a 5 band Cushcraft vertical. Located at NH6Y’s QTH. It would be desirable to have a low band 80,40,&160 M beacons. Kevin – Contest station FLEX HF radio, remote, iPad app to operate it remote. Gave demonstration at meeting. Suggested Schedule of activities for 2016: Field Day Series of talks on antennas, types, how they work, modeling, propogation Alternated contest activity - Hawaii QSO party, teams, individuals, Maui Amateur Radio Club – Nov 11, 2015 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. The treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 15 members and guests attended. New Business: Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Worked the DXpedition. NH6Y-Tom: Will work upcoming Sweepstakes. Could be a struggle. Downslope of cycle is more disruptive. CQWW was pretty good. N0DQD-Bob: Installed lead fishing weights in tuning knob. KH6H-Mel: Maui News reported activist, NH6KB, Joyce, recently passed. AD6E-Alan: South Pacific DXpedition, borrowed an A4, bent tower. Waiting for replacement parts. 731 Sweepstakes CW contest. KH6AH-Ron: Not on air much, wants to experiment with unlevel antenna ground. HFTA KH6RSB-Shawn: Nothing to report NH7U-Robin: Some radio, Fiji visit, 200 contacts, KC7ASJ – Dave: working on radio and antenna. Repeater quiet on the West side. AH6CU – Joe – New Kenwood transceiver. Interested in putting up a dipole. VOAD meeting, Simplex testing. AH6AH – Anita: Nothing to add. W1TEC – Jack: Part timer. Condo didn’t sell, wife doing better, wants an Icom IC7000 KH6HTV – Jim: Struggling with PSK31, cable to Yaesu radio. HF antenna raised up another 5’. No HF. Building ham tv linear amplifiers. KH6REO – ED: Not on for the last month, heading to LA for a visit. KH6JAY- Jay: Back in islands, propogation not as good. RTTY contests. 40M seems dead. Some PSK31 Wh6EYZ- Maynard: Listening to HT, heard someone in Oregon, repeaters, Skywarn ARRL Field Day scores have been released. Our score of 3300 QSO was highest in the state, and a record for this club. This month’s presentation is Chesterfield Reef- TX3X DXpedition by Alan-AD6E Field Day on steroids! DXCC Most Wanted List. #24 Chesterfield Reef. Sandbar elevation 5’. Hired a 90’ sailboat for transport. Elecraft rigs, Difficult conditions with the wind. 10 days, 50,000 QSOs, majority CW 55% Next month’s Discussion: Holiday party planned at Tom’s house Maui Amateur Radio Club – Aug 12, 2015 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Meeting minutes and treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 10 members and guests attended. New Business: Check and thank you letters need to be generated for MEO. Motion to use club callsign for the beacon station. Equipment owned by foundation. TS50, GPS, Cushcraft antenna. Motion passed by acclimation. Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Lots of family visiting. Saw 15 turtles at Hookipa on beach. Looking for VHF contest results. NH6Y-Tom: Had request to paint blockhouse! NoKaOi magazine wanted to know about blockhouse’s history. Not on radio very much. Got on one afternoon, worked 50 people on 17 meters. DX conditions seem poor. QST article on texting mode - FSQ. Mesh like qualities. KH6WO beacon station being moved to NH6Y’s QTH. N0DQD-Bob: Donations by MECO- desktop systems with 19” monitors. Letters of thanks have been written to MECO. KH6H-Mel: Exam session, good turnout, everybody passed. Weather briefings on current storms, not expecting a lot of problems for these two storms. AD6E-Alan:Callsign license plates. Took one year. Lots of bureaucracy. Still trying to get a variance for an antenna at home. Got VEC credentials for exam session. KH6CJJ-Kent:NA CQ contest, Phone Fray- 30 minute contest training activity. KH6AH-Ron: Operating in late afternoon. 17&20 not very good KH6RSB-Shawn: New job, IMUA services, NH7U-Robin: Finished with company. Changing cars, RF power in Mercedes, may void warranty. MFJ rotatable dipole with tuner, got LDG antenna tuner, only tunes half the band. FT3000 problem, may have to tear it apart. Good to be home. Not on air much. Bill: Passed test, waiting for Technician call sign. Passed test. This month’s discussion : Kent - Hawaii QSO Party Get as many people on the air as possible. CQ Serenade – A catchy tune about CW mode. Finnish ham OH2’s web site. Bob – Demonstration of AEA Dr. DX, a CW contest simulator. Kent worked a number of stations with a Bencher paddle, all simulated. Tom- Discussion of Maximum Usable Frequency, propagation modes. Space communications. What can we do to get more people on the air? Shawn- Received materials from ARRL for potential new hams. Flyers and brochure holders. Next month’s Discussion: Hawaii QSO party results, emergency operations from last month’s storms? Maui Amateur Radio Club – July 8, 2015 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Meeting minutes and treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 11 members and guests attended. New Business: Field Day Results Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Iperate ARRL VHF contest in June. 60 contacts. CQWWVHF contest coming up. FD was pretty good. NH6Y-Tom: Hawaii Qso party coming up in late August. Trying to work 6m. CA on JT65.Beacon on Oahu on 6M. N0DQD-Bob: Great time at FD. KH6H-Mel: 2 M contact on FD. Exam session Aug 1. Nation Traffic System, CW years ago. KC7ASJ -Dave: No Radio this KH6PO-Diane: AD6E-Alan: FD antennas worked well. 40M Moxon, worked very well. Off air-QRT. Need to get permission from neighborhood. KH6CJJ-Kent- Wonderful FD. Moring and afternoon HF nets. Set record on 6M, 4 way contact.IARHU contest coming up. KH6AH-Ron: Afternoon on 17M and 20M. Helped out on FD installation AH6AH-Anita : Skywarn weather spotter program. A meterologist will train 3rd weekend in August. Shawn wants all FD pictures. AH6CU-Joe: Island wide CERT drill, operators active at CAP, passing ICS messages. Emergency Radio Club – Could we support the non-technical and new ham? KH6JAY-Jay: AH6RQ – Joe: Bill – Helped out on Field Day. Studying for license. KH6CUJ- Les: VR2BG-Brett- WH6DUE-Devin: Didn’t get to operate on FD, but glad to visit the FD site. Putting up tower. Need to pour some concrete. WH6DUB-Amanda: Was out for Friday’s setup. Make two contacts. N6HD-David: Vacationing here. Section Mgr for LAX, National Traffic System messages not being delivered in Hawaii. HR1301- Bill has 80 senators signed into it. This month’s discussion: Field Day results Things went pretty well. Setup and takedown went very smoothly. Results:3393 contacts Things that went well Kihei Van was great! Computers worked better with more RAM Things that didn’t go well Air Freshener for blockhouse If we are 3A next year, figure out how to switch between antennas. Not enough energy to do antenna testing on Friday afternoon. Need to network computers before FD. Need to cable all computers. Need 3 ethernet cables . Waterproof container for router. Next year we need to spend more time on antennas for 80 and 40. 40M Moxon worked quite well. Most were CW contacts. Our problem was hearing calls. Tent poles, red goes to red. Clamps for the edge of the tent. Mosquitos were bad this year. Nets? DELS has good prices for carport covers’ Tom believes we need to replace the main tower Solar contacts only for GOTA for points. Run on DC, charge via solar Maui Amateur Radio Club – Jun 10, 2015 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Meeting minutes and treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 16 members and guests attended. New Business: Field Day Preparation Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Got amplifiers working for field day. NH6Y-Tom: WPX contest, made some contacts. Auroral flutter. N0DQD-Bob: Got new scope. KH6H-Mel: 147.02 back on air. KC7ASJ -Dave: Whaler repeater working again KH6PO-Diane: Have been on radio, Radio problems, all memories are lost. 40M dipole extended. Afternoon net. Skywarn. Lots of special events. AD6E-Alan: WPX cw contest 850 QSOs. Got tower, Ready for field day KH6CJJ-Kent- Afternoon net. WPX CW contest 690 QSO KH6AH-Ron: Off island most of month AH6AH-Anita Cert volunteers June 20 drill. Contacted Emergency Radio Club AH6CU-Joe: VOAD members being encouraged to get amateur license. KH6JAY-Jay: Been to Seoul Korea – HL2ZED operated PSK31 and RTTY.Lots of contacts in Indonesia AH6RQ – Joe: Haven’t been to meetings for a couple of years. Antenna working Bill - Ready for field day KH6CUJ- Les: Visiting, last time visited was long ago This month’s discussion: Field Day Preparations VR2BG-Brett- Visiting till April, will be there for field day Bands are expected to be less active on 10M this Field Day. Field day discussion: Log directly on computer, greet people, Everyone should make there own list and send to [email protected]. Gate should be open at 6AM. Friday setup in morning, test in the afternoon. Leslie is bringing pizza Friday night, Who’s staying Friday night? Shawn was intending on staying the night. Three stations, Tom’s equipment, SSB,CW,RTTY, 10/15/40/80 Kent’s equipment- needs earphone splitter. Hasn’t tested yet. Got amplifiers, will test. SSB and CW Alan-K3, KPA500, has every thing but hasn’t set voltage for 220 yet. SSB and CW Thursday before Field Day, get last update for N1MM+.. Proposal: 40M during the day. 4th radio, Tom’s IC7000 for 40M and 2M, for afternoon net, could potentially operate 4A or GOTA? Interaction with other Hawaii clubs to demonstrate emergency communications. Antennas: Tom 3 monoband Yagis 10,15,20. 40 M vertical. 20M tower, 30ft pole.for 10M antenna support. Lots of forming pins. 40/80 dipole.Lots of coax. Joe to bring Ethernet cable. Alan: 40M moxan, untested thus far. 2 element vertical dipole array 20M. 3 el vertical dipole array for 15 meters. Alan assumes he can transport it. 200’ RG8x, remote antenna switch, 2 pieces of 250’ LMR400 John: Bringing 3 section tower, that will be strapped to the pole. Tom: Need new ground rod and sledge hammer. Diane to bring 8’ step ladder. Bob M coming to FD. Has FD boxes and generator. When you sit down to operate: Control O to log in the person operating. Bring gloves, sunscreen, Diane bringing tables and folding chairs. Get lists to Diane as soon as possible. Maui Amateur Radio Club – May 13, 2015 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Meeting minutes and treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 14 members and guests attended. New Business: Field Day Preparation Talk Around: K6GSS-John: ts f QS cards: NH6Y-Tom: Nt n air that much Phnne sweepstakes, number 1, 4 eement steppir, new antenna N0DQD-Bob: Buit GPS bx, KH6H-Mel: Makani Pahai exercise next mnth Skywarn may thirtyth check in,June 6 main exercise repeater nt wrking 702 KC7ASJ -Dave: ff Isand KH6PO-Diane: Make cas nr respnse AD6E-Alan: ff isand KH6CJJ-Kent- Rtadi in KH6AH-Ron: Band pen, had a gd time new cmputer, new cmputer bues AH6AH-Anita Ditt AH6CU-Joe: Getting ckies,HF antenna n Squadrn buiding CAP dri KG6RG-Jeanie: M cming Dave- AH6DE: haven’t been here in 17 yers Trying t get antenna up KC7I-Bill: - Here ti next mnth w pwr FM statin nine63 FM NH7U-Rbin:Aut tuner nt tuning AH6EE Dave This month’s discussion: Field Day Preparations Station captains, Aan wants t use his rig fr FD, eight hundred watts, n sb220 Kent: Dunestar fiters maybe k , needs t put up a statin at hme fr testing, insurance must d Need t cntact KH7FX fr rpes and stakes Diane gt van, seats remve, van, tent, tabes and chairs, quantity? Snacks? Water, cffee pt John gets generatr, has crds, Bqb: fan, Sat night dinner Tom: ights, need ice, check with Shawn, PB pretzels, snacks, trash bags, caution tape Secnd ME Bus? Need ist who bringing what Mural-painting? The cub practiced using N1MM+ t g and inking fies and databases Maui Amateur Radio Club – Apr 8, 2015 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Meeting minutes and treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 14 members and guests attended. New Business: Field Day Preparation Talk Around: K6GSS-John: Trouble with AC power. Cellphone dead. Has KH6RS cards to go out. NH6Y-Tom: Tried WPX contest, only 100 contacts, 54 different countries. N0DQD-Bob: Experimenting with digital potentiometers. KH6H-Mel: Exam session cancelled, no attendees. KC7ASJ -Dave: No radio this month KH6PO-Diane: Worked QSO party. Wrote letter about CC&Rs. AD6E-Alan: Started process of digging hole for tower base.Invited to TX3X invitation.DXpedition KH6CJJ-Kent- In CQWPX phone contest, 900 co ntacts, personal best. 7Q1 contact. KH6HTV-Jim: Headed back to Colorado till next fall. HF contacts on 15 meters. Other digital TV standards. Taiwan company building digital TV adapter DVB-T. KH6AH-Ron: Talking on 10 Meters. QSO with Nepal. KH6RSV-Shawn: Changed jobs, missed a few meetings. Updating website AH6AH-Anita Interseted in Skywarn Training AH6CU-Joe: CAP net for Cadets. Looking for a pod or van for Field Day Bill: -Visiting, his father was a ham. This month’s discussion: Field Day Preparations June 26,27,28 2015 Last weekend in June. Decisions need to be made for how many transmitters, starting time, antennas. Station Captain – Collect, transport, setup, test, and disassemble a single or multiband station. Transceiver, Amplifier, amplifier keying circuit/cable, spare fuses, tuner, mouse, pad, USB hub, router, computer, cw, Dunestar, ferrite chokes.Power meter, interconnection cables, headsets, splitter, footswitch, RTTY interface, Station connection map and operators guide. N1MM+ guide, Antennas and Coax- Locate and inspect all antenna parts, Get enough coax, radials, connectors, switches, barrel connectors, silicone tape. Construction documentation, tools list for assembly, supervise antenna assembly and disassembly at site. Need 7/16” box end wrenches. Towers and Masts- main tower, 15m tower, 10m mast. Administration – Contact Gerard, MEO, Pacific Portables, I&L rentals, Kihei Renta Car, Press Release Invitees, Welcome Desk, SignIn Sheets, Edit Log, and Submit, Thankyou letters. Power- Diagram Field Day site, Locate and Inspect sufficient power cords to support each station. Power strip for each station, ground rod, backup generator and gasoline Logistics- Tent, tables and chairs, desklamps, fan, outside lighting, water, ice, snacks, Saturday night dinner, coffee pot, trash, transportation, a list of who’s bringing what. Management Jobs- Station Captain, one or more, Antennas and Coax, Towers and Masts, Administration, Power, Logistics Many options were discussed, 3A/4A, High/Low power, antenna types& locations, shelter/additional vans, building a partition for blockhouse, GOTA station. VHF station, alternative energy station, internet access, operator recruitment, painting blockhouse, Kent, Tom, Bob, Alan, Station Captains, Shaun&Diane – Administration, John and Tom tower inspection, John I&L for power. Logistics-Diane, Antenna Plan-Alan, 147.02 Repeater is not working, can’t get access to fix it. Been down for over a month. Next month: May: Field Day Preparation Manager’s report in each area. June: Network all computers, setup a radio without amp to demonstrate operation. Meeting adjourned 9:05 PM. Maui Amateur Radio Club – Mar 11, 2015 Minutes – Maui EOC Wailuku, HI
President Tom Worthington called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Meeting minutes and treasurer’s report were approved, and accepted by acclamation. 7 members and guests attended. New Business: Discussion about the upcoming Field Day event. Discussions about how many transmitters to operate and potentially getting donations of a PODS enclosure, or other available vans. Talk Around: K6GSS-John: NH6Y-Tom: W5JR used Tom’s station for ARRL CW contest. Made 1300 contacts SSB. Band conditions have been great. 220 contacts per hour. Fun! CQWW WPX anyone anywhere contest, coming up. HR1301 bill for CC&R. Tulsi Gabbard needs to be a co-sponsor. Write her. N0DQD-Bob: Went to Japan, electronics shopping. Bought Baofeng BF888S for $15. KH6H-Mel: Upgrade exams on 4/4/s15. Contact Mel. 147.02 repeater off the air. Hope to get it back before the end of May. Many other repeaters in the state are having problems. KC7ASJ – Dave: NH7U- Robin: AH6AH- Joe: KH6RG-Jeanie: KH6PO-Diane: Not on air much, Heard pileups, contacted Chile, KH6HTV – Jim: Not interested in contests, more of how long contacts! Added Africa to his country list. 15M RTTY. Try to do a contact a day. AD6E-(KH6TU-club call) –Alan:CW ARRL DQ CW for 12 hrs. SSB a little. Tower base in a few weeks. W1TEC-Jack: KH6CJJ-Kent-40 meter net, ARRL DX and SSB contests. Good conditions, Great results. 1800 Qs. KH6HTV-Jim: KH6AH-Ron: Not much on radio, helping some ops to use remote rig. KH6RSB-Shawn: KH6REO-Ed: WH6EAV-Marvin: . KH6JAY- Jay: Wanted to work CQ WW RTTY, but the windstorm damaged his vertical. Participated in national contest. Lots of fun. This month’s discussion: Logbook of the World- ARRL sponsored. You upload your contacts, others do the same. ARRL matches the two together. Significantly reduces the number of QSL cards you have to send out. Operates numerous modes, It’s a standardized way to capture information for other programs. Has features for security. No cost, not required to be an ARRL member. LoTW has historical contact information. Tom estimates 30-50% of active hams in contests are using it. Go to ARRL.org to get started. Download the software and request a certificate. ARRL mails you a certificate. Sign and upload your log. Can take an exported N1MM or Ham Radio Deluxe log files. Will take Cabrillo formatted files from Writelog. Next month: Meeting adjourned 9:05 PM. |
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