Business Meeting April 18, 2024
Don Dewar KD9NJR President called the meeting to order at 7:17 PM.
Attendees:
| Robert Kocourek W9RKK | Dennis C. Calvey KD9HIK | John Schofield AC9JS |
| Steve Karson AC9EM | Paul Burkett KD9FMN | Kevin Willard KB9QVX |
| Kirk M K9MSG | Charlene Treve K9CMZ | Don Dewar KD9NJR |
| Danny Kafka KD9HIL | Danny Meyers K9LDM | Daryl Jenks KB9RHR |
| WA9FZB Steve Epstein | Leo Ribordy N9NBH | Rob Glowacki N9MVO |
| Howard Mitchell KD9WSV | Joe Barela KB9RCR | Roger Young WB9NBA |
| KE9AHI Jihyuk Park | Alex Suptela W7DNA | KC9VZH Jim Broduicki |
| AC9GN Chris Brewer | KC9VO Charles Gold | W9TMX Jorge Carillo |
| KW9WR Bill Riess | KE9AIA Ovy Stanek | KD8ZZN Oleg Harizanov |
| W9DXR Bob McIntyre |
ZOOM Attendees:
| Scott KB9VRW | Pierre Berube K9EYE | Russ KC9NUV |
| Bill KD9RGX | Bates N9UVI | John Thornton KD9VZJ |
| Roberto WA9E |
Secretary’s Report:
Cliff Sowka K9QD: not present
Treasurer’s Report: Chris Brewer (cbrewer314@gmail.com) AC9GN.
Funds Available $7,275,81
Members on Roster 118
Motion to Approve by Danny K9LDM 2nd: Kevin KB9QVX.
Motion Adopted.
Public Service
Rob Glowacki N9MVO: (n9mvo@sbcglobal.net)
QST MS Walk May 5
- Event will be entirely held on campus of Harper College.
- About 10 volunteers required. Report to campus at 8:30.
- Walk begins 10AM.
EMCOMM:
John Zietlow K9WIC not present. Chicagoland Marathon staffing:
Call Sign First Name Last Name Comments
KD9HIL DANNY KAFKA
W9WEM BILL McGovern BIKE MOBILE
W9VTD DAVE CARPENTER BIKE MOBILE
KD9WSV HOWARD MITCHELL
K9MSG KIRK MUSSELMAN
KD9HIK DENNIS CALVEY
KW9KR BILL RIESS
KD9GOL TYLER BUCHINGER CP
KB9RHR DARYL JENKS
WA9PEB TONY JEDLINSKI CP
N9NBH LEO RIBORDY MED TENT
KC9UFB JIM McGALLA BIKE MOBILE
KD9ZZG ALEX SANABRIA
Repeaters:
VE Testing
John Schofield AC9JS Session Manager
Results for April 6, 2024
| Name | Call | Class |
| Alexander | W2DNA | General |
| David | K9LLC | General |
| Robert | KE9AHS | Technician |
| Gerald | KD9YGI | General |
| Russel | KE9ADR | General |
| David | KE9AHZ | Technician |
| Guy | KE9AIA | Technician |
| Kenneth | KB9LIP | General |
| Class | |
| Technician | 3 |
| General | 5 |
| Extra | 0 |
| Total | 8 |
Participating Volunteer Examiners (VEs):
| Bill | Davies | K9WKD |
| Steve | Karson | AC9EM |
| James | Migalla | KC9UFB |
| Neil | Ormos | N9NL |
| William | Riess | KW9WR |
| John | Schofield | AC9JS |
For license upgrades, the information was in the FCC ULS System on Thursday, 04-11-24. For new licenses, the information was in the FCC ULS System on Saturday, 04-11-24. The delay was due to the inability of the FCC ULS System to accept the new information.
Next examination date: May 4, 2024
Nets:
Don needs Net Control operators, especially on Tuesday. Rob: “this would be good practice for getting Callsigns”.
Radio Hill Gazette (RHG):
Mike K9KMV: Not present.
Special Events:
Volunteers and materials in place for STEM fair on May 2. Leo requested and received a corner table.
Membership:
Scott DeSantis KB9VRW: No report.
Publicity:
Dennis C. Calvey KD9HIK:
- Traffic continues to build on the SARC Facebook page. Roberto (WA9E) is the most frequent contributor. Posts to the site drive visits, and site visits lead to engagement. While anyone can view the site, posting is restricted to SARC members in good standing, within the guidelines presented in the SARC Charter. Enrollment can be requested thru John Script N9IJS or Dennis Calvey (KD9HIK@gmail.com)
- Saturday April 20th will provide two opportunities for SARC members to get involved in Amateur radio activities:
- John Zietlow (K9WIC) will be holding a planning meeting from 09:00 AM to 12:000 Noon at the Hoffman Estates Police Department for the May 5th Chicagoland Marathon. We need more operators to provide the level of coverage we have provided in the past. Please contact John at zietlow@comcast.net if you’re interested in volunteering. PLEASE NOTE: Participation is coordinated with the Village of Schaumburg, not the event organizers. SARC benefits from a close relationship with the Village – this is a great way to reinforce that relationship.
- Don Dewar (KD9NJR) is coordinating support of the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) at the Mount Prospect Emergency Management Expo. The expo will be held at Mount Prospect Fire Station 14, 2000 E. Kensington Road in Mt. Prospect, and will run from 10:00AM (09:00 AM setup) until 2:00 PM. Please contact Don at kd9njr@yahoo.com for more information.
Thursday May 2nd, Leo Ribordy (N9NBH) is coordinating SARC’s participation in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Expo at Anne Fox Elementary School in Hanover Park.
Anne Fox School is in School District 54, with a student population of about 325 students, Kindergarten thru 6th grade.
Leo, Daryl Jenks (KB9RHR), Bill Riess (KW9WR), Robert Benwitz (N9JAX) and myself will be setting up demonstrations of QRP operation, Raspberry Pi, FT8 and local repeater operations.
Leo has arranged to get free promotional materials from the ARRL, and I’ll be handing out copies of QST and CQ magazines.
Right now it looks like we’ve got sufficient representation, but we welcome any suggestions for additional activities.
Social: Chair open
Education:
Leo Ribordy N9NBH: No report
Programs:
Old Business:
none
New Business:
Danny Kafka KD9HIL
Field Day
- Permit application submitted April 16.
- We have our 2nd tower climber (Jorge), with thanks to Paul for describing what this entails)
- Robert RKK will be SSB tent captain
- Daryl will provide a 2nd generator and donate a laptop.
- Leo, John VZJ and Daryl will transport tables and chairs.
Adjourn: 7:40 PM
Program:
Don KD9NJR presented information about Skywarn, especially when and when not to report storm conditions.
Posted April 23, 2024 as transcribed from KD9HIL notes.
Cliff Sowka K9QD Secretary