President’s Message
(Updated 1/13/23)
It’s a New Year! Wow, 2023. For this new year, I hope to have the membership be more involved. For starters, join us for Winter Field Day at the American Red Cross building, 311 W. John H Gwynn, Jr. Ave., Peoria. This is a ONE DAY Only event. Come for Radio and Pizza! Hope to see you there
I need your ideas, wants, likes and dislikes. I want our Club to have a lot of fun this year. POTA activations, camping trips, satellite communications, a high altitude balloon launch… These are suggestions.
We have the National Weather Service Lincoln coming in March for our Weather Spotter class. This is open to the public and will be at the American Legion in Bartonville. It’s going to be at the normal date and time as our club meeting. The bar and grill will be open. Spread the word!
It’s time for our annual dues. Without them, we won’t have funds for many things. We have tower rent, monthly internet and other costs. Please consider donating as well. Every little bit helps our club.
This year is also the year of Midwest Superfest at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe! Join the committee and get your ideas heard. We can always use the help!
Justin Flick – N9WX
Meeting Minutes
7:05 p.m. Dec. 1, meeting begins
Bandbits:
Deb makes motion to approve. Matt seconds. Approved!
Treasurer’s report:
Nothing much has changed, since John is away.
Repeater committee:
- Matt plans to get to repeater site to reinstall TeamViewer on the
machine or install AnyDesk - Will also move equipment as needed
- Justin talked to Bill… we’re not certain when the next tower
rental bill will be – but he will send an invoice. - Will do two more 6-month contracts for 2023; also specifically said
that he would not be kicking us off unless we want to go. We still
need to get a longer contract to lock in a decent price. - Need to fix the Brimfield repeater site by getting an old computer
in place for Wires-X.
Superfest committee:
- Deb called and left a message for a guy at the state’s attorney’s
office, then learned the courthouse was closed due to water main
break. She did go by the post office and we still do not have a bill
from Expo. - Will need to pay the rest of the deposit for Three Sisters Park
after the first of the year. - Deb has a certificate made for Rich to start sending flyers to
different ham fests. Instead of getting tickets, they will get a
certificate to mail back for tickets.
Other business:
- 14 people have signed up for the Rivermen game so far
- There’s an ARRL grant we might qualify for:
https://www.arrl.org/club-grant-program
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Peoria County ARES
Jan 4, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Jan 11, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Jan 18, 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, Winterheat Event, 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
Winterheat: Open to all Licensed Amateur Radio Operators. This is a Technician-friendly event. Get-on-the-air!
The goal and purpose is to make as many FM voice contacts as possible over a month-long period of time using only designated simplex frequencies. Repeat those same contacts and more the next day.
This will be the fourth year for this event. Runs from January 1st to the 31st (UTC time).
Online QSO Logging system on the web is easy to use. Logs contacts instantaneously and displays data in real time. Participant list, leaderboard statistics, map showing your contacts, link to propagation stats, & more resources.
Go to https://hamactive.com to learn more and sign-up. Check out the logging system and resources provided.
Some Peoria area operators plan to gather daily on Simplex frequency 145.570 MHz at 7:00 PM starting December 31st to get regular local contacts quickly completed, and move on to concentrate on distant contacts. We realize that not everyone may join in at that time every day, and may change the time to optimize as we hear from more Peoria area Winterheat operators. Please join us there.
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December Net Logs
12/4
KD9ANU KC9IH KD9VYM N9GUE K9HJZ W9WGN K9XJT NP2WJ KD9IBC W9JDP K9TNT KD9PXZ N9NDF KD9JXR KD9SZZ KD9IVV KD9AER N9WFT K9RCS KB9OGS WF9E KD9RJH KD9STL KD9HZZ W8NWG KD9ERS KB9ATO KD9SPJ K8UQF KD9NYE KD9RYH WB9RJY KA3BQE K9CEW KT9TB KD9VIN Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
12/11
W9WTF K9XJT KC9IH NM0O KD9IBC W9WGN K9HJZ N9GUE KD9VYM KD9PXZ N9NDF KB9SF W9JDP KD9AER W8NWG KD9IVV KD9JXR N9WFT K9RCS K9TNT KB9ATO KD9NYE KD9QQU WF9E KA3BQE KD9RYH K9UQF KB9TNZ WB9RJY KD9STL KD9TEG KD9SPJ Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
12/18
KD9QQU, W9WTF, KD9ANU, KC9IH, WD9EB, KD9IEC, W9WGN, N9GUE, W9JDP, KD9PXZ, KD9VIN, KD9JXR, W8NWG, NP2WJ, KD9AER, K9TNT, KD9VYO, N8WFT, WFDDE, KD9VYM, KD9STL, WW9DLM, KC9AET, K9UQF, KD9RYH, K9TNZ, TB9OGS, N9NDF, K9XJT, KD9DBQ, KB9ATO, KB9TNZ Submitted by KD9QQU
12/25 – No Net
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January Club Events
January 4 – 7:00 pm – ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
January 5 – 7:00 pm – Board of Directors Meeting – Zoom
January 11 – 7:00 pm – ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
January 12 – 7:00 pm – Club Meeting: Demonstration of DVMEGA Cast Multimode IP radio for DMR, D-Star, and Fusion. Bartonville American Legion, 4501 S Airport Rd, Bartonville
January 18 – 7:00 pm – ARES Meeting: Details to Be Announced
January 26 – 7:00 pm – Superfest Meeting – Details to be announced
January 28 – Noon – 11:00 p.m. Winter Field Day: NEW LOCATION: Morton Knights of Columbus Hall, 616 W. David St, Morton. This is a ONE DAY Only event. Get on the air and meet other hams! Food and Drink available for purchase. For information, contact Justin, N9WX.
Check Upcoming Club Events/Meetings on w9uvi.org for updates.