Loudoun Amateur Radio
Group
Meeting
Minutes for May 19, 2007
The meeting
was called to order by President Dave Putman, KE4S, at 8:40 am with 26 members
present. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
New members,
those who have been away for awhile, and visitors were recognized, including:
John Ives, KI4TXP; Vic Carter, KB9WXV; Sean Sheedy, AI4ID; and Craig Brown,
N4FSC, the original owner/builder of the 145.310 repeater.
The
Secretary’s minutes were accepted as published.
The
Treasurer’s report was received and accepted. We currently have 89 active
members and 6 honorary members on our rolls.
Committee Reports
Training – No report
Interference – No report
Emergency/Public Service and Balloon
Committees – Tom,
WB3AKD, offering thank you’s to those who participated in the Vertex Drill on
April 26 and the Dulles Drill on May 5.
The
Dulles drill has over 70 Amateur Radio participants. We upgraded the services
that were offered. Several areas of service will need to be evaluated as a
result of the exercise, including the hospital infrastructures, APRS
utilization, repeater coverage, and spectrum management. An all hands meeting
will be scheduled at some time in the near future.
Contests – Next weekend is the WPX CW Contest
New Business
Carol,
KF4TJI, shared an interesting story written by an XYL from the YLRL entitled,
“Caring for Your Pet Ham.”
Randy, W4XJ,
announced that the Boy Scouts were holding a Camporee today at
He also
announced that the new ARRL PR Brochures featuring Emergency Communications are
available.
A question
was brought up on the status of DARG and the DARG repeater. It was suggested
that Bill, W3EMH, who was not present, would have the answer.
Program
The May
program was “Contesting 101” by John Unger, W4AU, and Paul Dluehosh, N4PD
The meeting
was adjourned at 10:40 am.
Respectfully
submitted,
Randy Sly