The October 10th, 2022 monthly HARC meeting was held at the Agape House and was called to order by Anna at 19:00.
Member Attendees: KI7CUS, W7JJK, KE4TRR, AA7TH, KD7VX, KF7WQ, AA7AZ, KJ7NYZ
Guests: Lynn Wilson – K7LW
New Members:
The September 2022 meeting minutes and Treasurer’s Report were distributed via email by J. Kelso on 10/10/2022.
A motion was made by AA7AZ to adopt the September meeting minutes as presented. Seconded by AA7TH. Motion passed.
The September 2022 Secretary/Treasurer’s Report was read by Jeff K.
Ongoing Business
1. Anna and Whitley have put together a price list for AA7DD’s estate equipment (see below) and are prepared to make an offer to Lisa, Don’s daughter. It was moved by Whitley that we accept the equipment list generated by the club and propose it to Lisa for her acceptance (or not). Mike seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. If Lisa accepts the offer, the Club will buy the equipment from Don’s estate and then offer the equipment for sale to its members.
2. The first tranche of AWS ChangeX grant money ($4,200) was deposited into the Club’s bank account on 9/22/22. The hospital equipment committee was polled by Anna and she received some feedback from the members of that committee. Based on that feedback, Anna came to the conclusion that the FT-991a is the HF radio that we should purchase for both the hospital (using Hospital Foundation funds) and the Club (using ChangeX funds.) The main rationale behind the decision is that the FT-991a is HF/VHF/UHF and Fusion and WIRES-X capable, while the Icom is HF-only. It was brought up that the coax cable being stored for ARES should be used for this project as it is currently serving no purpose in storage.
The AWS grant requirements state that we will begin working on the three items that we said that we would achieve in a certain amount of time (believed to be six months.) The Club said in our grant proposal that we would train 10 operators on the equipment, use the equipment on the ARES weekly net, and provide support to the hospital in their implementation of their own emergency radio gear that is yet to be purchased.
Alan recommended that we look at purchasing the Blue Sky Mast System for the antenna on these two packages. Lynn Wilson recommended Renogy (renogy.com) for the solar power component of these projects as he has had excellent experiences with them in building his repeater system. Lynn then discussed the W7NEO repeater system for a while and talked about the plans that he has for his system and the systems that it is tied into. He also fielded several questions from HARC members about the W7NEO system.
New Business
- Dennis McKenry gave a solar update to the membership.
- Dennis shared an article about the Starlink satellites and their interaction with a G1 storm that knocked some of the satellites out of the sky.
- Dennis shared an article about the Bluewalker 3 communications satellite.
- Dennis shared an article about a clay printing roll from 600 BC that was found recently that appears to depict a bomb and mushroom cloud.
- The HARC breakfast will be held this Saturday (10/15/2022) at Rayz Dayz at 8AM.
- Dennis announced that his preliminary club inventory has been completed and he hopes to have it finalized by the next meeting.
- Dennis announced that nominations are now open for the Vice President position as he has reached the end of his four, one-year terms and he is not eligible to hold the position for a fifth term. Anna announced that she would like to give up her position as President and nominated Sam to replace her. Sam accepted the nomination and then nominated Anna to the position of Vice President. Jeff K. nominated himself to continue as Secretary/Treasurer.
The meeting was adjourned by KJ7NYZ at 20:10.
Respectfully submitted by Jeff Kelso, W7JJK.
| Don’s personal radios from cars and camper | October 10, 2022 | |||||
| HARC will buy this equipment | ||||||
| and write check to Mary Drayton | ||||||
| Item | Detail/Description | NEW | USED | Notes | Offer | Ext. Offer |
| MFJ 1126 DC MULTIPLE OUTLET PANELS | 120 | 80 | 80 | |||
| Radio Shack Pro 197 | Digital Trunking Desktop Mobile Scanner | 399 | 50 | on ebay | 50 | 50 |
| Icom 7000 | 1465 | 550 | 600 | 600 | ||
| FT8900r | 4 radios w/ mics some w/external speaker | 469 | 270 | 4 radios | 300 | 1200 |
| FT8900r faceplate only | 0 | 0 | ||||
| FTM 400DR | 659 | no find used$ | 350 | 350 | ||
| FTM 400XD | with ext. speaker | 589 | 325 | 325 | 325 | |
| ANTENNAS | ||||||
| 4 x 4′ aluminum poles | ?? | ?? | 4 poles | 5 | 20 | |
| HH9000 Quad band | 2 good ones – 1 broken throw away | 36 | 2 antennas | 20 | 40 | |
| MU4505 | Not sure what this is | 0 | ||||
| 24″ no name | 3 antennas | ?? | ?? | scrap | 0 | |
| Diamond X-50A | New – says ‘MORROW’ on it | 80 | 0 | |||
| TOTAL OFFER TO LISA DRAYTON | $2,665 |
