NORTH AUGUSTA BELVEDERE RADIO CLUB

Meeting Minutes for September 14, 2009.

The meeting was held at Aiken Regional Medical Center in Aiken, SC.

Meeting was called to order by Club President Carl Bosard, AJ4AU at 7:29 PM.

16 club members and 5 guests attended.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Tom Arnold – W4KVF was excused due to family illness.  AJ4AU gave the report. 

 

Secretary’s Report

Secretary Steve Czaikowski, W8SC reported. The minutes from the August 10, 2009 meeting were read and approved. 

Committee Reports

A.     Repeater

No repeater problems were reported.

 

B.     Net Manager

Net manager Steve Czaikowski W8SC reported.  Volunteers are needed to serve as NCS for the net.  Please contact Steve if you can take a NCS slot or if you would like training as a NCS.  Without volunteers to serve as Net Control stations the net can not continue to function.

 

 

C.     Public Service

ARRL South Carolina Section Emergency Coordinator Charlie Miller – AE4UX reported that the Healthcare net will be restarted on September 17.  The net meets on the 1st Thursday at 9:00 AM, and the 3rd Thursday at 9:00 PM on the SCHEART system. 

 

 

D.    Community Support

ARRL South Carolina Section Manager Jim Boehner N2ZZ reported that the ad-hoc committee of the ARRL on the “Appropriate FCC Report” has completed their study and submitted their findings to the ARRL Board of Directors.  This weekend all South Carolina operators are urged to join the South Carolina QSO Party.  The Palmetto State Chapter of QCWA will hold their quarterly meeting on September 26 in Columbia.  The PALS Net annual picnic will be held this weekend.  Dr. Jim is running for Vice Director of the Roanoke Division, and all ARRL members are asked to endorse and vote for their favorite candidate.  Dr. Jim’s information can be found on www.qsl.net/n2zz.

 

Old Business

KQ4KK reported that the Schofield Middle School Amateur Radio Club meetings are held at 3:30 PM every Wednesday.  They have their antennas for HF and VHF installed and are awaiting their transceivers.  Aiken Prep is looking at Winter or Spring restart of their amateur radio club and station.

New Business

Dag Evans, W8LVL, constructed the 2-meter double-diamond antenna that was featured in the August 2009 issue of “QST” magazine, and donated the antenna to the club as a door prize at tonight’s meeting.  All meeting attendees were eligible for the random drawing that was held, and the winner of the antenna was Ann Beach, KJ4MWM.

Tonight’s Program:

An excellent program on Using the Linux Operating System with Amateur Radio Applications was presented by William Kroes.  Ralph Mott N4RM demonstrated some of the Amateur Radio applications installed on his laptop.

 

The Meeting was adjourned at 8:32 PM.

Next Meeting

October 9, 2009 at North Augusta Public Safety Station #2, North Augusta, SC.  The program will be SCHEARTS and South Carolina Emergency Communications by Charlie Miller, AE4UX.

 

Attendance

Members:  W8SC, K4NOP, AE4UX, KF4OMP, N4RM, KI4VGP, KJ4IVS, KQ4KK, KJ4MWN, KJ4MWM, N2ZZ, AJ4AU, KI4WAX, KJ4IZW, W4UK, KI4SWN

 

Guests:  Dave Kjellquist WB5NHL, Cy Kurtz KJ4JKE, Gary Buck KJ4NIQ, William Kroes, Sam Scott.

 

 

Respectfully submitted by

Steven P. Czaikowski, W8SC

Secretary