Jackson County Amateur Radio Club Meeting Minutes, 7/3/19                       

Brad Arnold, K4NHA called the meeting to order.

Richard Arnold, KB4RMA gave the Treasurer’s report for June

Income:

Dues - $24.00

Donations - $20.00
Expenditures: $92.89 for Give-A-Way Radios

Current balance-$4,061.14

2019 Dues collection is still in progress. Still have 2 members outstanding.

K4NHA made a slide presentation on the Field Day activities and then we watched Paul Smith’s (K4FUZ) video on Field Day setup and activities.

K4NHA distributed shirt orders to members present. All in attendance agreed they look great.

K4NHA then auctioned off Ben Lowe’s 2M loop antenna with proceeds from the auction being donated by Ben to the club general fund. Your’s truly won the short bidding war with a winning bid of $50.00.

KB4RMA then had a short show and tell on the 2M quad antenna that K4FUZ found packed away in the EOC store room.

K4NHA announced that due to the diligence of K4FUZ we may be able to secure a spot on the Farmer’s Telco tower in Section which would allow us to return the 36 repeater to it’s best location. Paul is always looking for ways to aid us in our mission and is a great asset to the club in his position as Deputy EMA Director.

Open floor discussion consisted of Ben Lowe telling of ballon launches and operation in the late 50’s

K4NHA called for a motion to adjourn, a motion was made, seconded and carried.

Jackson County Amateur Radio Club Meeting Minutes, 8/10/19                       

Brad Arnold, K4NHA called the meeting to order.

Richard Arnold, KB4RMA gave the Treasurer’s report for July

Income:

Antenna Auction - $50.00

Shirt money - $264.00
Expenditures: $722.00 for shirt order

Current balance-$3616.75

2019 Dues collection is still in progress. Still have 2 members outstanding.

K4NHA gave an update on the 2019 CERT training class and HamCram training and testing session being held at the Jackson County Board of Education Teacher Resource center in August and put forth a motion for the club to purchase 10 more radios to be presented to the CERT trainees that are also testing for their Technician class license.

Motion carried and was passed by members present.

K4NHA then told the membership of how the 3 VE’s had been absorbing the cosst of ARRL license testing up to this point but would like for the club to pay the licensing cost for up to 14-15 tests to be administered on the same day. A motion for the payment was made and passed by the members present.

K4NHA announced the Jackson County Fair dates and that we were planning to once again be present at the fair along with EMA, CERT and Jackson County Fire Association.

K4JCH told of the success of the HARC Apollo special event at the Space and Rocket Center and then gave an update on Huntsville Hamfest which is less than 1 week away.

K4NHA updated the group on our idea to have a special event station for the Trail of Tears Ride and that after numerous emails he still had no response from the trail organization. Event is questionable at this time.

Open floor discussion consisted of Ben Lowe telling of HF contacts at a past Dayton Hamvention made from his bicycle. 

K4NHA called for a motion to adjourn, a motion was made, seconded and carried.

Jackson County Amateur Radio Club Meeting Minutes, 8/10/19                       

Brad Arnold, K4NHA called the meeting to order.

Richard Arnold, KB4RMA gave the Treasurer’s report for August

Income:

Donations - $41.00

Shirt money - $38.00
Expenditures: 

Radio 10 pack - $212.75

ARRL Testing Fees associated with CERT training - $40.00

Current balance-$3540.35

K4NHA demonstrated the new Echolink setup on the 90 repeater that is currentyl operating through KK4UWF’s Allstar node from his home.

BenLowe explained about the DStar app for Smartphones (Peanut) and gave a demonstration by talking to a ham in the UK across his Smartphone.

John Hilliard (K4JCH) donated an MFJ prize pack consisting of a coffee cup, short PL259 jumper and a pack of coax seal for give-a-way and new member George Patides was the lucky winner.

Ben Lowe then led a lively discussion of changes in the license classes and structure over the years followed by a short presentation and explanation of his latest antenna build out for his 1296 gHz Moonbounce system.

K4NHA discussed the recent CERT training class and the addition of 4 new hams to the radio ranks.

Byron Lauderdale then started a discussion of how we could get in the schools to demonstrate ham radio to the students.

K4NHA called for a motion to adjourn, a motion was made, seconded and carried.