Winter Field Day, 2023
President’s Report
I want to start off and say a big thank you to everyone involved with Winter Field Day 2023! I think it was a big success. We had 22 people sign the check in sheet. 51 contacts were made.
Thank you to the Morton Knights Of Columbus Hall for letting us use the hall. We very much appreciate it.
I want to remind everyone that in 2 months, at the March 9th Club Meeting at 7 PM, we will be having our National Weather Service Spotter Training event. It’s open to the public so please pass the word along.
Starting in April, we will be moving back to the Red Cross building on downtown Peoria. The American Legion has been good to us. The majority of people I have talked with want to go back to the Red Cross. I am in communication with the Tactical Response Team and they want to work closer with our Club and ARES. More to come on this subject soon.
Thank you again for your participation in Field Day and in any Club event. If really makes the hard work that’s put into planning and running the events worth it.
Justin Flick, N9WX
PAARC President
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Meeting Minutes:
Board of Directors – January 5, 2023
7:07 p.m. meeting begins with Tom, Matt, Justin, Rob, Deb, John and Adam on Zoom.
Bandbits… Rob makes a motion to accept, John seconds… all in favor
other than Deb, who didn’t read it!
TREASURER’S REPORT:
$357.67 in PayPal
$44.96 x2 for monthly repeater internet, $11.45 for ARRL Field Day
pamphlet material, $238 for Rivermen tickets (We still need reimbursed
for two tickets from the Rivermen game)
$4,132.04 in checking, with about $600 in deposits to be made soon
$10,909.50 in money market
$544.65 in savings
Grand total in club accounts: $16,554.86
***Next week’s meeting includes a demo by Scott on DV Megacast
(multi-mode digital radio)
OLD BIZ:
Did we get out to Bill’s (repeater site) and move what is needing to
be moved? No. We’re going to move the D-Star radio into the rack with
the main repeater. Tom and Matt will work out details and let others
know if help is needed.
We haven’t done anything regarding the 85 repeater yet.
The noise during the ARES net was due to simplex interference from
Winterheat, says Matt.
Trademarks. Tom talked to his daughter about it briefly and she
thought it was very simple and easy… going to look into it. Will go
ahead and update Midwest Superfest logo with TM mark.
For our 501(c)3 application, there will be more hoops and research to
come by our next meeting.
Winter Field Day. Unless someone steps up quickly, we won’t be
participating as a club.
SUPERFEST:
Nothing new. Deb still needs to arrange a meeting with Susan et all.
Deb called a guy at the State’s Attorney’s office in Peoria and hasn’t
gotten a response yet regarding the raffle license for 2023.
Justin asks if we have a flyer for Superfest that we can share to
entice speakers? Deb will work on finalizing that.
Matt has a prize donation letter ready and will start sending it out.
NEW BIZ:
Deb will make sure that all board members have access to Google Drive
shared folder and email inbox.
Deb will also check on a business card template for membership cards.
From Adam: Could we come up with “greetings” email from club to new
AND renewing members, letting them know handy links available on
w9uvi.org, social accounts, etc? Also asking for feedback on what
they’d like to see from the club. Deb will look into any existing
documents and put them together; Adam will help update.
John brings up that some of the nets he participates in opens with a
prayer. Wanted to know if something we’d want to try… but consensus
was that it’s better to leave religion out of the club to avoid
causing debate or division.
Winterheat competition. John asks if anyone else is participating…
Deb thinks that Mark is.
7:44 p.m. Tom moves to adjourn, Deb seconds. We’re out!
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Membership Meeting – January 12, 2023
7:02 p.m., our meeting begins at the American Legion in Bartonville.
From Justin: A big thank you to all who paid their dues. If you
haven’t renewed yet, please do so by March.
Winter Field Day is happening!… Justin is taking the day off work on
Saturday, January 28. Location is TBD: May be here at Bartonville
Legion or in the community center in Hopedale, 12 p.m. until 10
p.m./midnight-ish. Details will be posted on w9uvi.org and our
Facebook page. We plan to have one or two stations set up; if
interested in helping or coming out (likely ordering pizza!), let
Justin know.
The next SuperFest meeting will be in two weeks… January 23 on Zoom,
with the possibility that it’ll be in-person at the Red Cross (check
our website and social.)
We still haven’t gotten our bill from Expo Gardens for the 2022 SuperFest.
Treasurer’s report via Justin (since John isn’t at meeting):
Savings = $544.65
Checking = $4,743.04
PayPal = $500.45
Money market = $10,909.50
Tom makes a motion to accept, Jim seconds. All in favor, and it passes.
Repeater committee update:
- Still need to get equipment moved between racks. We still don’t have
a bill for our tower rent, but it will be coming due soon. - Justin was talking to ETSB in Peoria County about moving to the
Peoria Heights tower where the .61 repeater is located, but it isn’t
looking promising due to logistics. - We can stay where we’re at, too. Not sure if rent will remain stable
or go up, though. (Last we checked, tower rent was $1,130 for six
months for two antennas.) - Also need to address our antenna connection issues on W9UVI (075)…
but waiting to piggyback on other tower work to save the club money.
Other business:
- We need to decide whether we’re officially staying at the Red Cross
or making the American Legion our new permanent home. - We already have a memorandum of understanding with the Red Cross and
antennas on a tower. But we need to make sure that we have reliable
access. - Rich will get Justin contact info for the Red Cross to make sure
that access problems are solved. - Group consensus seems to be that we’d prefer to have both as our locations.
Bandbits:
- Jim makes a motion to accept, George seconds. All in favor, and it passes.
Jim makes a motion to adjourn, Rich seconds…. the regular meeting is
over before 7:30 and Scott starts his digital radio presentation on
DVMEGA Cast.
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Peoria County ARES
Feb 1, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Feb 8, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Feb 15, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)
Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.
On-Line Conference Agenda includes: Infrastructure Activities, Training Documentation, Storm Spotter Training, Simplex Exercises, Winlink, and more.
Please submit your Training Documentation form.
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: kd9anu@arrl.net
Winlink: kd9anu@winlink.org
Cell: 309-256-4272
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Superfest
Superfest activities are gearing up more and more, please make sure you have the dates blocked off on your calendars Thursday Sept. 14 through Sunday Sept 17 and plan on helping that weekend. We are so excited about our new home and while it is going to be challenging it is also going to be great for the club. The next Superfest meeting will be on Thursday 2/26 at 7pm via the Zoom link on the Club Meetings page.
Deb WD9EB
Superfest Chair
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January Net Logs
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KD9ANU W8NWG W9WGN KG9DW N9GUE KD9TEG KC9IH W9JDP W9WTF KD9PXZ NM0O KD9AER N9WFT KB9SF KB9OGS KD9NYE KB9ATO KD9IBC N9NDF K9TNT KD9JXR WF9E KD9STL KD9RJH KD9QQU NP2WJ KT9Y WW9DLM KB9TNZ KD9RYH K9UQF KD9SPJ KD9VIN W9GLO KT9TB Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
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K9XJT KD9ANU W8NWG N9WX KD9VYM K9HJZ W9WGN KC9IH W9TTX N9GUE K9TNT W9JDP KD9IVV NM0O KD9PXZ KD9JXR KD9AER KD9IBC N9NDF N9WFT W9WTF KB9ATO KD9ERS KD9VIN KD9WHE KC9YTT KD9QQU WF9E NP2WJ KD9RYH KD9STL K9RCS KB9TNZ W9SEB N9SJZ KB9OGS KB9SF K9UQF KD9TEG Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
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February Club Events
February 1 – 7:00 pm – ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
February 2 – 7:00 pm – Board of Directors via Zoom
February 8 – 7:00 pm – ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
February 9 – Club Meeting – Demonstration of the RFinder radio/phone – Bartonville American Legion, 4501 S Airport Rd, Bartonville: Details to Be Announced.
February 15 – ARES Meeting: via Zoom. Zoom credentials will be emailed to ARES participants.
February 18 – 12:00 noon – FCC License Testing: Morton Knights of Columbus, 616 W. David Street, Morton, IL. FRN Required. Bring two forms of identification and a copy of your license (if upgrading). Testing Fee: $15.
February 23 – Superfest Meeting – Zoom
