President’s Report
I would like to start off by reminding everyone that elections for the Board of Directors are coming up quickly. I do plan to run for President again for 2023. That being said, I welcome anyone to run against me. There will soon be a list of available positions posted. Please consider running for a position. If you are currently on the BOD and do not wish to run for next year, please inform me ASAP so we can list your spot as open.
We have a great Club. Let’s keep it going with participation! I welcome any and all ideas for classes and events. Even if you don’t think your idea is a good one, please tell me about it! I love learning and doing new things. Even going back to the roots of becoming a ham for the first time. Someone may have the same question that you do, speak up!
Justin Flick N9WX
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Many thanks to the club members participating in the Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive special event in October.
We activated special event station N9S, and made a lot of contacts.
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Meeting Minutes:
Board of Directors
No meeting due to lack of a quorum
Membership
6:58 p.m. meeting begins
Introductions around the room for those who have joined us tonight…
Time to approve the last meeting’s minutes in Band Bits… Tom moves,
Deb seconds. All in favor and it passes.
Club elections are coming up… so if you want to join the board, put
your name in the hat. (President, VP, secretary, treasurer will be up)
Let Justin or any board member know if you want to run – same for
current board members who want to stay in their positions.
Treasurer’s report:
$135.37 savings
$7,100.23 checking
$8,398.63 money market
$100 PayPal
Justin moves $400 from checking to savings, $2500 from checking into
our money market account.
New balances:
$535.37 savings
$4,200.23 checking
$10,898.63 money market
Mark accepts the report, Jim seconds. All are in favor and it passes.
Repeater committee update:
- Now operating on our 160-ft tower position, which was originally our
D-Star antenna. (1.5 SWR) - 180-ft original position has high SWR (6 to 1 with 100 ohm impedance)
- Need to get original position looked at when other tower work is being done.
- Still sounds good and has decent coverage.
- Have had recent trouble on Sunday nets due to tropo ducting.
- Other work on repeaters to come…
Superfest:
- We still haven’t gotten the bill from Expo Gardens.
- We did a lot better than Deb expected at the 2022 Superfest. Around
$3500 from Superfest once we get money back from the East Peoria site. - The W9UVI website has been updated with the main Superfest page
looking different than the rest of the site. - There is a price change for 2023. Tickets will be $8 in advance for
two raffle stubs, $10 at gate for one stub. If wanting two stubs at
the gate, will be $15. (Two stub option at the gate was an experiment
this year that actually worked!) Tables will be $25 like they have
been, but only up until July 1, 2023 – then $35/table. - We’re not going to charge for site electricity because we aren’t
going to be charged as a club (we were at Expo for 2022) - Flea market will be $10 for first space, $5 for each additional
space until July 1, 2023. Then just $10 for any spot. - Tower Electronics is a lock for 2023!
- Anybody who wants to join us in camping for 2023 fest, Deb is
renting an RV, Tom and Justin are bringing theirs… There’s a
campground in a wooded area that will be the club’s area. - Tom, Rich and Deb have worked on a vendor letter for 2023 that
mentions electrical hookups for people on-site, along with off-site
accommodations. - Next Superfest meeting is in two weeks.
Spoon River Drive report:
- The special event station was during the first and second weekends
of October… Justin and Ben the first weekend. Tom, Mark, Deb, Rich
on the second weekend. - We had QSOs with 37 people the first weekend, with 10 the second weekend.
- The director of Spoon River Drive was real happy that we participated.
- We had a lot of people that stopped by our table, including some lapsed hams.
Event coming up…
- Saturday, October 22: PAWS Giving walk/run. Bring your HT to help
run the race at Junction City. 4pm, done by 6:30 in the evening. Can
email Rich (KD9ANU) if you have questions.
JOTA is on Saturday.
Rich and Jim move to adjourn, Deb seconds… the meeting ends at 7:23 p.m.
Scott gives a presentation on mesh nets.
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Peoria County ARES
Nov 2, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Nov 9, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Nov 16, 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, PAWS Event on 10/22 – Review, Training Documentation, Economy Windows Computers for Hams – Update, Using GPS Position Reports in 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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October Net Logs
10/2
Thanks to the W9BFD group this week!
KD9ANU W8NWG KB9ATO KB9SF KD9AER KD9PXZ WW9DLM KD9IVV KD9ERS N9NDF NM0O K9XJT N9GUE N9WX KC9IH K9HJZ KD9JXR N9WFT KD9QQU KD9STL KD9SZZ KB9TNZ WD9EB W9WGN KD9RYH K9UQF KD9RJH KD9NYE K9TNT KD9VSG Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/9
WD9EB KD9ANU KD9QQU W8NWG KC9IH NM0O KB9SF KD9AER K9HJZ N9GUE KD9HZZ W9JDP W9WGN N9NDF KD9NYE K9TNT KB9ATO WW9DLM KD9JXR N9WFT K9RCS KD9PXZ K9UQF NP2WJ KD9IVV WF9E KD9ERS KD9RYH KD9STL KD9TEG K9CEW KD9RJH K9XJT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/16
W9WTF KD9ANU KC9IH KD9QQU NM0O K9RCS K9HJZ W9JDP K9TNT N9SJZ N0XOH KD9IVV KD9AER W8NWG KD9PXZ KD9JXR KD9ERS WD9EGV W9YES N9NDF KD9NYE W9WGN N9WFT WF9E KD9RYH KD9STL KD9SZZ NP2WJ KB9OGS KD9MPI K9XJT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/23
KD9ANU WD9EB KC9IH KE8UIB NM0O K9XJT KD9TEG KB9SF N9GUE K9HJZ KD9SZZ W9JDP N9SJZ KD9AER KD9IVV KDPXZ KD9NYE KD9JXR K9TNT K9UQF N9NDF K9RCS KD9RYH KD9QQU KD9MPI WB9RJY KB9ATO W8NWG KB9OGS N9WFT KD9STL W9WGN N0XOH Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/30
KD9ANU KC9IH K9XJT W9WGN N9GUE KD9TEG K9HJZ W9JDP N9SJZ KB9ATO KD9AER KD9IVV W8NWG NM0O KD9PXZ N9NDF KD9JXR KD9SZZ KD9RYH K9RCS KD9NYE WF9E N9WFT WW9DLM KB9OGS WB9RJY KD9ERS KD9STL KD9VYM K9CEW Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
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November Club Events
November 2 – 7:00 pm – ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
November 3 – 7:00 pm – Board of Directors Meeting – Zoom
November 9 – 7:00 pm ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
November 10 – 7:00 pm Club Membership Meeting – Traditional shortwave radio and the RTL-SDR (Software Defined Radio). Bartonville American Legion.
November 16 – 7:00 pm ARES Meeting – Zoom
November 17 – 7:00 pm Superfest Meeting via Zoom. This meeting has been moved up one week due to Thanksgiving.
November 24 – Happy Thanksgiving!