Board of Directors Meeting,  4 March, 2020

Burt Shultz AB9CV Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM 

Attendees:  

 Secretary’s Report:  

 Cliff Sowka K9QD absent. No Report.   

 Treasurer’s Report:  

 Chris Brewer AC9GN absent. No Report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 Public Service: 

Rob Glowacki N9MVO absent. No Report. 

EMCOMM:  

John Zietlow K9WIC informed John reports that the next set is scheduled for the last weekend of April. 

Repeaters: 

Leo N9NBH reports the machine on St. Alexius has been shut down. Plans to remove the machine and antenna when the weather improves.   

Construction Project: 

 Bill McGovern W9WEM reported attendance during Construction Project meeting February 22nd:  

Saturday, March 7, 2020 is the monthly SARC breakfast at 8:00 AM at Maxfields in Schaumburg.  The next SARC Construction Project meeting will be on March 14, 2020 held at the Schaumburg Park District Tennis Club (Schaumburg Tennis Plus) beginning at 8:00 AM.
 

Construction Project (CP) cabinet clearance:   Planning to schedule club’s help reviewing eligible sale items once the Dummy Load project finishes.  Next Hamfest is May @ Sandwich. 

VE Testing: 

Ed Lishka AC9SD reported no testing has taken place for the month of March. 

Volunteer Examiner Staff: 

Nets: 

 No Report.  

 Radio Hill Gazette RHG: 

 No Report. 

 Recurring Calendar: 

Insurance needs to be renewed and a Rider for Field day issued. 

Membership: 

Geoff KA9QGH no report. 

 Publicity: 

Dennis C. Calvey KD9HIK Publicity Chair reported the Schaumburg Park District is editing the piece they recorded during Winter Field Day.  Leo made a motion to invite SPD to do additional filming at Field day in June.  Second by Frank.  Motion carried. 

 Social: 

John KD9KSH presented some ideas about a summer activity this year.  

Education: 

Leo N9NBH reported General class will be held for 10 weeks beginning September 5th at the Hoffman Estates branch of the Schaumburg Public Library.  

Programs:  

Bill Crocket KD9AUP will be moving and a new chairman will be required.   

Old Business: 

An invoice was presented for “Website Listing Service” It is believed this may be a scam. Invoice was referred to Matt Walsh for verification.  

New Business: 

 Robert W9RKK proposed the idea of purchasing new club radios for Field Day-EMCOMM use. Frank N9QPD moved and Leo N9NBH seconded the discussion.   

Three units were brought up for consideration: 

Icom IC-7300 

Yeasu FT-991A 

Alinco DX-SR9T 

The motion was tabled until April to allow time for further research. 

 Motion to Adjourn: 

At 9:00PM Leo N9NBH moved for adjournment. Seconded by Geoff.  Motion carried. 

Submitted March 8th 2020 as recorded by Frank N9QPD during my absence. 

Cliff Sowka K9QD Interim Secretary 

Schaumburg Business Meeting       March 2020

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the monthly meeting was cancelled and therefore no actual minutes available.

However, Cliff K9QD was able to provide an abridged version based off of email traffic passed through the club’s group email distribution list.

No Business Meeting

EMCOM, VE, and NET Activity Updated

March 2020

EMCOMM:

John Zietlow K9WIC informed our Village of Schaumburg Emergency Simulation scheduled for April 14^th has been postponed.

VE Testing:

John Schofield AC9JS posted results for March:

VE Tests Results for March 7, 2020

Joseph, AC9WS, passed the Technician, General, and Extra exams in

one session.

Participating Volunteer Examiners (VEs):

NETS:

Steve AC9EM reported March 5^th Net activity. Thanks everyone, for checking into our SARC NET last Thursday.   24 people checked in!!!

The question of the night:  Are you doing anything special to prepare for the Coronavirus outbreak?  We received lots of amusing responses.

Remember your check-in is important and your traffic always welcome.  Also, a lot more interesting than the basic Net Script…  We want to hear from you…

Tonight’s check-ins include:

Tech Net March 3^rd report from Mike Sorensen K9KQX

Good evening,

Tonight I ran the tech net and had 14 Check-ins not including myself.  Pretty good turn-out I must say.

The question suggested by Dave Sims K9KBM, What suggestions do you have for Fall Construction Event later this year.

Below are some of the suggestions

Frequency Counter

Antenna Analyzer

Signal Generator

Oscilloscope

Powered Speaker for Ham Rig with DSP processing

Power Supply

Magic Box which handled remote control of a rig from frequency up and down, PTT functions from Foot switch, and headset- this is something Pierre K9EYE has

Magnetic Loop construction

Check-ins tonight were:

Leo N9NBH hosted the March 12^th Net.

Thank you to all who checked in to the net this evening.

The question for the evening was: Ladder line is used to reduce transmission line loss.

Will ladder line work on the UHF and VHF frequencies?

Leo N9NBH Reported March 17^th Net Activity:

I want to thank the following hams who checked into the net this evening.

We discussed cross band repeaters, maybe start experimenting with digital

modes on the 6 meter or 10 meter bands.  If you have some ideas send me

an email.

Submitted

Thursday March 19, 2020

Cliff Sowka K9QD Interim Secretary