Business Meeting October 17, 2024
Don Dewar KD9NJR President called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
Attendees:
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Robert Kocourek W9RKK |
Charlene Treve K9CMZ |
Don Dewar KD9NJR |
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Daryl Jenks KB9RHR |
Paul Burkett KD9FMN |
Jim Neumann W9JWN |
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Tom O’Boyle N9GUN |
Dennis C. Calvey KD9HIK |
Chuck Gold KC9VO |
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Danny Kafka KD9HIL |
Joe Barela KB9RCR |
Howard Mitchell KD9WSV |
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Steve Epstein WA9FZB |
John Schofield AC9JS |
Terry Jarnholm AE9TJ |
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John Thornton KD9VZJ |
Jeff Gembala N9QF |
Alex Suptela W2DNA |
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Cliff Sowka K9QD |
John Douglas KD9KSH |
Danny Meyers K9LDM |
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Guy Stanek KE9AIA |
Bill Reiss KW9WR |
Leo Ribordy N9NBH |
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Chris Brewer AC9GN |
Rick Dickens KY0Q |
Bob Benwitz N9JAX |
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Mariusz Szpryngacz AD9DU |
Bill McGovern W9WEM |
Bob McIntyre W9DXR |
ZOOM Virtual Attendees:
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Steve Karson AC9EM |
Roberto Beltramelli WA9E |
Kirk Musselman K9MSG |
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Scott DeSantis KB9VRW |
Jim Campbell KB9RGU |
Kevin Willard KB9QVX |
Secretary’s Report:
Cliff Sowka K9QD: September Meeting Minutes as published in the RHG:
· Bill Reiss KW9WR moved to approve and Danny Kafka KD9HIL seconded. Motion adopted.
Treasurer’s Report
Chris Brewer AC9GN: SCHAUMBURG AMATEUR RADIO CLUB MONTHLY REPORT
Month: September 2024 Report generated on 9/3/2024
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Checkbook Balance |
08/31/24 |
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$7,690.50 |
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INCOME |
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MEMO |
$235.00 |
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5 Zelle deposits |
09/xx/24 |
$135.00 |
Dues (summarized) |
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3 Teller deposits |
09/xx/24 |
$100.00 |
Dues (summarized) |
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DISBURSEMENTS |
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MEMO |
$649.79 |
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Check #1373 |
09/04/24 |
$125.00 |
Field Day tent repl. |
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Check #1375 |
09/05/24 |
$221.48 |
Club picnic cabin fees |
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Check #1376 |
09/06/24 |
$191.00 |
Field day food |
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ACH |
09/09/24 |
$62.82 |
AT&T DSL |
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Check #1374 |
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$49.49 |
New popup canopy |
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09/30/24 |
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Account Balance |
$7,275.71 |
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09/30/24 |
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Bank Statement |
$7,275.71 |
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Petty Cash |
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Original balance |
08/31/24 |
$19.00 |
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Cash (two dues) |
09/28/24 |
$50.00 |
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New balance |
09/30/24 |
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MEMO |
$69.00 |
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PENDING CHECKS |
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MEMO |
–$38.68 |
Check #1377 09/28/24 $38.68 Hamfest CPM vise/coffee cups
Funds Available $7,306.03
· 99 members on roster with more entries posting momentarily
Daryl Jenks KB9RHR moved to approve and Alex Suptela W2DNA seconded. Motion adopted.
Construction Project (CP)
Cliff Sowka K9QD: We’ve been taking a survey of potential projects and find four (4) members are interested in building Octopus HF Antenna but not achieving enough critical mass at the moment to justify the project yet. Joe Barela KB9RCR has been working on a Bill of Material and finds some hardware items require lot-purchase of 100-pieces in order to obtain such desirable items as stainless steel fittings but we don’t have enough build-interest to justify the effort at the moment.
The club continues to organize the substantial SK donation and the initial sorting/cataloging of equipment in underway and stored in the locked cabinets.
Inventory/model/value of the ~200 items requires much effort so we’re going to be consuming time to achieve the final listing during our next few meetings.
The Board of Directors agreed with Dennis C. Calvey’s KD9HIK plan for new student equipment donations from the cache and our Education Team will be in charge of dispensing (HTs, etc.) at the conclusion of Q1 class. The goal is to offer the remaining equipment to our members via an internal auction with suggested minimum bids probably to begin around 50% of recent eBay closed auctions.
Paul Bocci K9NO will be hosting a special station set-up during the October 26th CP meeting and will be in the northern part of the basement to help avoid the ambient noise we generate over at the southern end. He will also have easy access to our roof-top long-wire’s basement termination at the lightning suppressor header on the I-Beam above his station’s table.
Reminds me: we need to purchase a few more tables and chairs for CP meetings now that we’re consistently hosting >25 folks at these gatherings.
VE Testing
John Shofield AC9JC FCC Volunteer Examiner (VE) Session Chair reports:
VE Tests Results for October 5, 2024
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Name |
Call Sign |
Class |
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Kas |
KE9BNE |
Technician |
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Jeff |
KE9BJB |
General |
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Philip |
KE9BNA |
Technician |
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Class |
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Technician |
2 |
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General |
1 |
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Extra |
0 |
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Total |
3 |
Participating Volunteer Examiners (VEs)
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Bill |
Davies |
K9WKD |
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Ed |
Lishka |
AC9SD |
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James |
Migalla |
KC9UFB |
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John |
Schofield |
AC9JS |
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Joe |
Barela |
KB9RCR |
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Mariusz |
Szpryngacz |
AD9DU |
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Kevin |
Willard |
KB9QVX |
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Bill |
Riess |
KW9WR |
We had a good combination of experienced VEs and soon-to-be experienced VEs.
Next examination date: November 2, 2024
John Schofield
Session Manager
AC9JS
Repeaters
Rob Glowacki N9MVO (not present) has been granted a $2,000 initial budget to hire professional antenna diagnostics for the 2M machine on Barrington Road. We have enough funds available to tackle the initial effort and even able to procure a new StationMaster antenna for water tank mounting if needed.
It would be good if we could produce a short video of the 2M Machine installation for display on our website. Maybe we can record and narrate something when the antenna diagnostics is being performed.
No update on diagnostic effort at the moment and we’re hopeful work can begin before inclement weather is upon us.
Education:
Leo Ribordy N9NBH reports we will provide a Technician Class for a 10-week run starting January 11, 2025 at the Hoffman Library facility on Hassle road. Leo will be publishing an Instructor sign-up sheet to garner enough of our teaching members to help educate the expected Ham Radio candidates.
Public Service
Rob Glowacki N9MVO not present.
Publicity
Dennis C. Calvey KD9HIK informed the following:
The Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club will be doing a short (about 10 minutes) presentation about Amateur Radio during the Village of Schaumburg Emergency Preparedness Workshop on Wednesday November 13, 2024.
The event will be held at the Al Larson Prairie Arts Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Ct. Schaumburg IL. (Adjacent to Village Offices), from 6:00 – 8:00 PM).
Anyone can register to attend at their website:
https://www.villageofschaumburg.com/government/fire/emergency-preparedness
If you plan on attending, please drop me a note at ‘KD9HIK@gmail.com‘. Please do not reply ‘ALL”. Also, if you attend and have a HAM radio hat or SARC Membership Badge, please consider wearing it.
73 Dennis C. Calvey
Fox Hunt
Jim Campbell KB9RGU announced our final hunt for this year will be Saturday October 26th. More details at the date approaches.
Social
John Douglas KD9KSH reminded our January Holiday Party is set for Friday January 17th at Pollyanna Brewery in Roselle. SARC will be funding our food offering and refreshments will be cash bar. We announce our Member of the Year [as voted during the November Election] and the winner of Net Login for 2024 at this annual party.
Special Events
Rick Dickens KY0Q reminds:
Illinois QSO Party October 19th and 20th 12Noon ~ 8PM. This event is published on Contest Calendars for more details.
Adjourn 7:54
Presentation: Planned DX Engineering ZOOM call was missing tonight.
Submitted October 18, 2024
Cliff Sowka K9QD
Secretary