Monthly Meeting Info
We meet the second Thursday of every month, alternating between the McComb library & a location in Brookhaven..Minutes
Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Minutes: June 12, 2008 Brookhaven Western Sizzlin 7:00 PM. Last month’s minutes were read by the secretary and were approved without addition or comment. Bob(K5DWI) Reported $10 to Homer (WB5ASP) for supplies and a $1 bank fee leaving a balance of $1501.45. Old business – The 501 (C)(3) application and amended club byLaws were presented. These had been compiled at a board meeting the past weekend at the Brookhaven Public Library. A copy of the byLaws had been emailed to all the club members that were on the website list. Nancy (KC4YNL) wanted a copy sent to her email address. A motion to accept the amended byLaws was made by Philip (KE5RJT) and seconded by Jay(W5JVK). Since this took a 2/3 vote of the entire membership. A call for the total number was made by the secretary. The Treasury reported a total of 15 paid members. The vote was tallied and there were 12 voting to approved. The motion was accepted. The bylaws will be filed with state. A couple of things are still left to do on the application before it can be filed. One of the items to be completed is the narrative. An email has been sent to all club members with registered addresses requesting a report in writing of any public service and/or emergency work done by them while they were club members. This is necessary to show why we should be granted the status of a 501(C)(3) group. Without this I don't think we will be successful. Dairy Fest- Homer will have a report and pictures on the web site. Bob(K5DWI) – antennas should be labeled better and that maybe a Multi-band portable vertical antennae would be better. Bob (N4RUD) raised concerns about crowds and shock danger. However an emergency vertical would be good. Bude repeater- The engineer is still saying it will be another couple of weeks before someone should be out to bring down our unit. Bob (N4RUD) brought up that the Hospital tower work could lead to grant. Field Day - Everyone plan to get there about 11:00 am. There will not be a GOTA station but a Demonstration station will be available. Bonus points – emergency power. Solar. Media publicity Politician. Message to section manager. ARRL bulletin. Inside the old armory access will be available all day. A motion to allocated funds to buy food at local joint was made by Bob (N4RUD) and seconded by Donnie (KD5RGT). It was approved with a $100 limit. Meeting closed. There was a program on antennaes by Bob (N4RUD) after the meeting. Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Minutes: May 8, 2008 McComb Public Library 7:00 PM. Last month’s minutes were read by the secretary and were approved. Bob(K5DWI) reported the deposit of $25.00 into the treasury and a balance of $1486.95 on hand. 501c - Paul (K5PJM) talked to the lawyer and was informed of several items that need to be addressed. The IRS has a $300 fee for the application. The application is the 1023 (Application for Recognition of Exemption) that has to be filled out and approved. There will also be either an attorney or grant writer fee. Total will be around $500.00 (filing and writing fees). Paul suggested seeking out a grant application specialist. He read out the items that are required by the club to file. There were questions on how to change the constitution. The Board will exam the form and bring it up next meeting. There were discussions on a grant writer. Secretary will make copies for board members to read and a board meeting will probably be required before the next club meeting. Richard (N5IAW) said he would donate connectors for mini 8 coax to be used by the club. There were two non-ham guests at the meeting. They had Inquires about testing session in Brookhaven and were invited to field day. Taking into account the non-hams, Homer (WB5ASP) brought up QST's article on what to buy to start Hamming. He then reminded everyone about the Dairy Festival coming up. The plans are to start operating at 9:00 on Saturday June 7, using the 40 and 20 meter bands. This is not a contest just a fun event, but we will be sending out those cow QSL cards. The radio raffle at the festival was brought up and it was tabled till further notice. On the antenna party scheduled for McComb, Jay (W5JVK) injured himself and the CD - hospital antenna installation will be delayed. There were questions about a possible 250 ft tower site in McComb. The public display chart for special event and field day was presented and it really looked good. Nancy (KC4YNL) designed, made, and explained all the different pictures displayed. Money for printing of brochures and others handouts were brought up and approved to a maximum amount of $50. There was a report on the Bude repeater from Homer. He talked to the Engineer was told he hasn’t forgot about us, but the crew is still out of state. He also reported that the Engineer had worked on several grants for Ham stations on the coast with five of them for Ham stations at hospitals. Jeffery (N5ZNT) led a discussion about special points that are awarded for Field Day. Homer also reported that November 1 is ok for the Club Picnic. Bob (N4RUD) had a program on feed lines and their characteristics following the meeting Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Minutes: April 10, 2008 Brookhaven Western Sizzlin 7:00 PM. Minutes of the March meeting were read and accepted
Treasurer Bob(K5DWI) reported a deposit of $46.00 and a service charge of $1.00 with a $100.00 check for the Brookhaven repeater preamp. This left a balance of $1,613.90 .
New Business: When Jay (W5JVK) was buying the coax and connectors for the repeater, he purchased a 500ft. roll as it only cost $8.00 more for the entire roll compared to a 100ft piece. Everyone agreed this was the proper thing to do and was approved by everyone at the meeting. The cost for the coax and connectors along with the preamp was $249.95 . With $100.00 already given to Jay, an additional check for $149.95 was issued by the treasurer.
Field Day : June 28-29, 2008
Homer received a letter from the Brookhaven Recreation Department that gave him permission for using the Saturday and Sunday's field day site. Remember on that Saturday at 2:00 P.M. there will be a VE test session. A map for the field day site location is on the internet. The information is located at http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/locator.php. N5ZNT has the equipment for field day and needs volunteers for food cooking and purchasing. Homer has a new field day logging program. Jeffery brought up the extra things we need to do to get more points. Advertising, Solar power etc.
Ole Brook Festival: September 2008 The antennas that are to be used need to be tested to see what can be installed at the location. Bob(K5DWI) wants to put on an Evolution of Radio at the Ole Brook Festival. Everyone liked the idea.
April 19th. weather permitting. An antenna party at the McComb CD HQ. and at the hospital. Paul (K5PJM) talked to the lawyer about the 501CE. Seems the legal secretary had informed him that we no longer were interested. Paul told him otherwise. A club picnic on November 1 was approved. Details to be forthcoming. The meeting was adjourned. Homer presented a program on Digital communication after the formal meeting.
Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Minutes: March 13, 2008 McComb Public Library 7:00 PM. Minutes of the February meeting were read and accepted with no opposition.
Treasurer Bob(K5DWI) reported that the old balance was $1571.90. The amount of $96 was deposited and a service charge of $1.00 resulting in a new balance of $1,666.90. Bob requested the letter with the new club officers ,so as, to update the signatures for banking purposes be sent again as the email was blank. Gary (WB5HQH) to try another format in the new email.
Jeffery (N5ZNT) brought up sending letters to former club members to encourage them to rejoin the secretary stated he didn't have a list of the old members. This list will be supplied to him.
Upcoming Events: Dairy Festival is on June 7th this year. Field Day will be from June 28 to June 29. Homer (WB5ASP) is in charge of the QST article. Homer also proposed the Brookhaven Recreation Building, the old armory on U.S. 51, as the site. Jeffery made the motion and Gary seconded and it was passed. The use of the building and/or tents is to be studied and the other particulars to be worked out. This location would provide a high visibility to the public. Ole Brook Festival- Homer talked to the Camber and we got two spaces for out club. There is power and wireless Internet available. We need to study how to get the best antennas for this limited space. The need for ARRL books and club literature for the event will have to be addressed. Bob (K5DWI) showed some ideas for poster for the booth. Gary gave a demonstration of how he thought the station should look using Ham Radio Deluxe and a blend of Amateur HF radio and Internet. Several hadn't seen this program and were interested. A link to the site that has the free software is: http://hrd.ham-radio.ch/
The MS Tour for Cure will be in October and volunteers will be needed.
Old Business: Paul (K5PJM) reported that no information has been forthcoming from the lawyer on the 501CE filing. He said he would get a go or nogo reply from him. Jeffery mentioned that he had heard that you had to have a budget for the next 2 years when you received a grant. The Pike CD antenna installation has been delayed by weather. The use of a DB224 antenna at the hospital has been received favorably by John Conn. The ETV crew is in California at the present. The preamp for the Brookhaven repeater has been delayed by a wrong telephone number for the company. It should be resolved quickly. Donnie (KG5RGT) had a very good Mississippi QSO party with a pileup wanting his Lincoln County contact. Several of the club members had a good time on the radio during this contest.
New Business: GEORGE S SWAN (AE5FK) has been appointed EC for Walthal county. Copiah county hams reported they were putting a repeater at Gallman on a 300 ft. tower. VE testing coming up, see the website for details.
Meeting was adjourned. Bob (N4RUD) had an interesting program on power supplies that followed.
Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Minutes: Feb. 14, 2008 Brookhaven Western Sizzlin 7:00 PM. Minutes of January meeting read. Homer (WB5ASP) moved to except and Bob (N4RUD) seconded, and they were excepted with no opposition.
Treasurer Bob(K5DWI) reported that $180 in dues were paid at the last meeting. The balance was adjusted to reflect Debit Card charges for the club website in Oct and for bank fees. The new balance is $1571.90. Bob requested a letter with the new club officers ,so as, to update the signatures for banking purposes.
Jeffery (N5ZNT) brought up sending letters to former club members to encourage them to rejoin. Homer (WB5ASP) proposed to do this and Bob (N4RUD) seconded. It was passed unamiously.
Upcoming Events: Dairy Festival is on June 7th this year. Field Day will be from June 28 to June 29. Location for Field Day to be determined. Ole Brook Festival will have our Ham Club as the Premier Event on September 20th. We will use the club call, W5WQ. A proposal to make QSL cards for this day was made and Homer (WB5ASP) moved to except with Jeffery (N5ZNT) second. Everyone voted in favor.
The 501CE status is unchanged and other avenues are to be looked into as it has stalled.
Pike CD- It will be at least 2 weeks before antennas will be installed.
Fund Raiser- Homer and Bob looked at prizes and they were presented to the club. Two separate Raffles were agreed on. The Dairy Festival will have a weather radio as the prize and the Ole Brook Festival will have 2 main prizes. A $150 amount was proposed as the limit for the raffles. Bob (N4RUD) moved to accept this amount and Jay (W5JVK) seconded. It was passed.
SEC 5 yr plan- Jeffery (N5ZNT) presented his view of what was necessary for the near future. He invisioned repeaters in the surrounding 9 counties of southwest Mississippi. Each of these would cost around $3,500.00 except for the Bude ETV repeater. This would run in the neighborhood of $17,000. There was a lively discussion on these. Later Homer reported on contact with the person responsible for the ETV tower and secured verbal support to removed the equipment to the ground for repairs, leaving the antennas in place.
Brookhaven Repeater- Due to some excellent wheeling and dealing at the Jackson Hamfest, the Repeater has a new Workman dual band gain antennae in place. The range has been noticeably extended. Plans for the purchase of a preamp and dual-band splitter was given and Jay (W5JVK) moved to approved the funds with Donnie (KD5RGT) seconding it. The purchased was approved 100%.
Bob reminded all that the Mississippi QSO Party was Saturday the 23rd and encouraged all to participate.
Gary (WB5HQH) stated that Malcolm (W5XX) called him to advised that he was to be the new EC for Franklin County.
The meeting was brought to a close at 8:15 P.M. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Minutes: Jan. 10, 2008 McComb Library 7:00 PM. Unfinished business ; Paul (K5PJM) handed out certificates to Jay (W5JVK) and Nancy (W5NCK) for their club work this last year.
Minutes from the November club meeting were read. Homer (WB5ASP) moved to adopt with Jeffery (N5ZNT) seconded. Passed by acclimation
Treasury report: At the Nov. meeting, raffle was won by Danny (KD5BQT). New Balance of $1482.82.
Paul said that the attorney hasn't reported any progress with out 501C3 paperwork.
Election of new club officers: Jeffery accepted the nomination for President and was voted in by acclimation. Secretary Gary (WB5HQH) and Treasury Bob (K5DWI) retained their positions. Bob (N4RUD) was appointed new Vice President . For Board Member at Large, Donnie (KD5RGT) was nominated and elected.
Old business: Bude tower repair has no progress to report. The 146.94 and 440 Mhz. repeater were discussed at length. Discussion on other tower sites were also heard. The Civil Defense tower is up at about 45ft. The antennas are still to be installed.
Brookhaven water tower report: The coax was replaced with hard line and many have been able to notice the increase in range. The antennae on the tower was manufactured March 1978.
The raffle was brought up by Bob(K5DWI) and there were many good and new ideas on its implementation. Also a special event callsign for the Ole Brook Festival was proposed.
New Business: Replacement of the antennae on the Brookhaven water tank. At present it is a ground plane. Also help the City of Brookhaven on their antennae used by the water department.
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Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Minutes: Nov. 08, 2007 McComb Library 7:00 PM. Minutes of October meeting were read and adopted with a couple of minor changes to be corrected on the website.
Treasury report: Bob (K5DWI) reported that we took in $40.00 and had a cost of $88.97 for the club picnic. The balance is now $1482.82.
Equipment for sale: Bruce L Le Boeuf, Jr (WA5KWS) and BoB (K5DWI) both have equipment for sale. You can see the list on the club website.
SET: Jeffery (N5ZNT ) talked about the SET and the difficulties without good repeater coverage.
Civil Defense: SANDRA C STATHAM (KB5DKD) requested the tower at the CD HQ be erected in the near future. Antennas for HF, 2 meters and 440 MHZ. will be added later.
Repeater News: Maint on the repeater antenna located on the waterpower in Brookhaven is scheduled before next meeting.
Club President Report: Paul (K5PJM) said that he had not received any news on the 501LK paperwork from the lawyer. Clint Martin (K5JMD) was heard on the Miss. Phone Net. Good to hear Clint on the air. A raffle with the prize to be an emergency power generator was brought up and discussed. Bob suggested having one during the club participation at the 150th. Brookhaven Festival. Different locations to setup and sell tickets were discussed.
Other News: Hattiesburg had another successful Amateur Radio class and several passed their Tech test and one Extra. The Christmas Party will be on Dec. 1st. at 6:00 P.M. at the Western Sizzlin in Brookhaven. A Rebel Swap for all interested will be held.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________Southwest MS ARC Meeting Minutes – 10/11/07 Meeting opened at 7:05 p.m. · Paul read a letter from David Pickard, NM5Z to the club for thanks on getting antenna and 2 meter radio setup. · K5DWI, ARC treasurer advised that $22 had been taken in for 50/50 drawing and the new balance is $1531.79 · WB5ASP reported that the had talked with Jerry Ladd, supervisor for MPB transmission towers on Thursday about having a work crew look at our repeater when they next work on the Bude tower. He advised a Honeywell contractor would be working on the tower starting 10/15. He suggested that we contact the site supervisor on Monday to see if they could check the repeater while they were up the tower. · K5PJM requested that more members try to check in to the Thursday evening ARC net · Reminded members of the ARC picnic to be held Saturday. Made an estimate of up to 25-30 members and guests might attend · N5ZNT thanked everyone for the help given at the Tour for Cure bicycle event on 10/4-5. Those who helped on the event included, Donny, Steve, John, George and Jeffery. Business adjourned at 7:32 p.m. K5DWI gave an interesting and participative program on Ham courtesy, protocol and on-air procedures. Respectfully submitted: Homer Richardson _____________________________________________________________________________________________________Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio ClubMinutes: Sept. 13, 2007McComb Library 7:00 PM.Last months minutes were read with no corrections or additions. Homer Richardson WB5ASP made a motion to approve and Jeffery Winborne N5ZNT seconded and they were passed with no objections.Treasury Report - Bob Hadley K5DWI reported we bought an antennas for $198.38 leaving a balance of $1509.79. The debit card has been applied forand has not been received. Another two-three weeks is anticipated till it's arrival.Old Business - The mayor has given tentative approval for the replacement of the coax on the Brookhaven Repeater's water tank. A letter of no-fault agreement is being drawn up. The antenna will be looked at and replaced as deemed necessary. The Bude ETV tower repeater work is waiting on a crew to go up there. Jeffery commented that this need to be check on periodically so as not to miss our chance on getting the work done. Jay Kirkley W5JVK is studying the cost on new coax and equipment to replace what is on the tower at the present. Gary Hancock WB5HQH raised the question of including a 440 antenna at the same time. David Pickard NM5Z has received his antennas for the home and need volunteers to help raise them. The 501c3 paperwork is being worked on by the attorney.New Business - Jeffery informed the club about the change of the Brookhaven repeater frequency to 146.85 MHZ. The MS Tour for Cure will be on October 6-7 and needs volunteers. On Saturday morning October 6 th. there will be a SET drill. The club picnic will be on October 13 th. at 2:00 PM. at the house of Homer RIchardson. The Christmas Party is scheduled for 6 PM. on the 1 st. of December at the Western Sizzlin.Bob made a motion to close the meeting with Jeffery seconding.
VE TESTINGBrookhaven LibraryAugust 25, 2007We had three already licensed Hams try to upgrade their licenses to the next level. KD5IFA (Gary) from Liberty was successful in obtaining his Amateur Extra license. We want to congratulate him on his new class and look forward to meeting him on that part of the band. The next test will be at the Blalock Food Center in Liberty Mississippi on the 27th of October at 9:00 A.M.Minutes of the Board MeetingBrookhaven LibraryAugust 25, 2007Website - Bob is looking into getting a debit card for the club so we can purchase a new website.501C3 - This is a non-profit designation to facilitate donations and grants. A local attorney in Liberty has volunteered to handle the paperwork pro-bono. A motion to go forward with this was made by WB5HQH (Gary) and seconded by K5DWI (Bob). It was passed unanimously.Repeater- The 146.85 frequency has been move to the Brookhaven site and is working. Homer (WB5ASP) and W5JVK (Jay) are looking into the cost of new hardline and repeater for the Bude ETV tower. The repeater in Brookhaven is being looked into replacing the coax with hardline and putting a new antenna on the water tank.
August 10, 2007Western SizzlinBrookhaven, MississippiSouthwest Mississippi Amateur Radio ClubThe July minutes were read and adopted with no adds or corrections.Homer (W5ASP) reported the treasury balance of $1708.17 as Bob had other commitments tonight.Homer had met with the Brookhaven 150th year group and it was requested by them that we have our booth during the Ole Brook Festival next September.Paul brought up that he had been to the Slidell Hamfest and picked up a stack of information brochures from other clubs and that we should make up a new one for us. These would be to give out to interested people and for the booth.The website purchase ran into a little problem, and I had just thought of getting one of the single shot credit cards that you load up for purchasing same. This would allow not having a member's name attached to the purchase.The membership list will be updated ASAP on the website by Homer. There was comments that it wasn't correct.There are still ongoing problems with our repeaters. There is still not access to the Bude repeater. The Brookhaven one is having duplexer problems but they are being worked out. Some of the members are working on getting a contact directly with the State for the ETV tower.There will be testing at the Brookhaven Library on August 25 th at 9:30 A.M. Please pass the word out.Anyone with ideas for programs for the monthly meeting, please contact one of the club officers.
July 12, 2007 7:00 P.M.
Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
McComb Public Library
The minutes of the June meeting were read. Homer (WB5ASP) made a motion to accept. There were no objections or corrections.
Treasure reported $2004.74 was the June balance. An amount of $34 was received from 50/50 with $50 paid out. There was $157.37 paid out for Field Day groceries resulting in a new balance of $1797.17. Report was accepted without any objections.
Field Day- Paul (K5PJM) proposed more organization with a single person appointed as manager for each of the duties. These duties included antennas, food, and operators. A scheduled of operators and their operating times was also needed. There was discussion of why the site was moved from the church to the park. The park is available next year. There was discussion and some planning on using the on site facilities after dark. Next year will be in an improved solar cycle and if we use higher antennas, we should do much better. A small beam was also considered and was thought to be a good idea. Buying a new or used beam was on several minds and will be brought up again. Homer commented on how quickly he was able to upload the information to the ARRL site.
Repeater news- Homer said he hadn’t had any contact in the last week with the PBS tower people on the 146.85 rpt. The 146.94 repeater needs to be back on the air to give southern coverage and there was discussion about replacing the tower on the Hospital for this end. Brookhaven repeater seems to be having duplexer problems and will be checked on ASAP. Jeffery (N5ZNT) is looking into other commercial towers in the area to place a repeater.
Picnic – Homer wants to sponsor a Picnic at his house. Tentatively scheduled on the 13th of October at 2:00 P.M.
Christmas Party – Scheduled for the Brookhaven Western Sizzlin on December 1st. at 6 P.M. Bob (K5DWI) proposed the Rebel Swap like we did last year and everyone agreed.
Brookhaven 150th anniversary – Homer is talking to the anniversary committee this week. More details as it progresses. On a similar note Liberty is having its 200th in 2009. This might be another chance to show off Amateur Radio.
MS. Tour for Cure- Needs volunteers to cover from the Louisiana line to Percy Quinn Park on 1st weekend in October.
Tech Classes – Paul suggested a Tech Class on a Thursday evening, Friday evening and all day Saturday with a test on Saturday afternoon. No dates but signup could be part of our booth at the Brookhaven anniversary.
Club equipment – Two used IC 2100Hs were approved for purchase to replace the ones on loan at the Brookhaven repeater site.
Website – At present the website is being hosted on a public domain. A motion to purchase a commercial hosting site and a new domain name was discussed. Jeffery proposed to accept this with Homer seconding. It was passed by acclimation.
Minutes of June 14, 2007 @07:00 hrs local.
Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
Western Sizzlin Brookhaven, MS
Minutes from May meeting were read and moved for adoption. Homer (WB5ASP) moved to accept and Bob (K5DWI) seconded. Passed by acclimation.
Treasurer reported a starting balance of 1890.74 with $24 in dues collected, $20 from the 50/50 and $70 from the VE testing. Resulting in a new total of $2004.74.
Homer reported on the dairy festival. He said it was real noisy but we made about 125 contacts on 40 and 20 meters. Several cards have been received and replied. Paul (K5PJM) wondered about improvements for next year with better antennas etc.
Field Day is June 23 & 24. The Pastor of Heucks Retreat Baptist Church requested a letter for liability purposes. Paul read a letter he had drafted explaining what field day is and had the liability release stated. Bo (KD5IIR) volunteered to hand deliver the letter. Donations are needed to cover expenses to church, and to provide supplies for cleanup. Donnie (KD5RGT) will handle the BBQ duties. Jeffery (N5ZNT) is picking up the food. Gary (WB5HQH) has the computer and software for logging. VE testing will be at 2:00 PM Saturday. Everyone plan on arriving at the site at 11:00 AM to set up the equipment and antennas. Radio contacts begin at 1:00 PM. Bob offered to bring a CW key so the new hams can see what one looks like and enjoy using it.
Homer gave a website report and asked for field day pictures.
A 146.85 repeater report was given on it still being down. A tower climber is looking for the problem and the repeater. The lack of this repeater is impacting the Thursday night net and making it almost nil. Gary, Jeffery and Jay (W5JVK) are working on a location for a new repeater.
The 150th. year anniversary of Brookhaven is next year and the club is planning to have a special event station. More on this as the date approaches.
There was a roundtable discussion of the Hurricane communication problems and what to do. Several good ideas were tossed around with no firm plan proposed. HF instead of VHF, deep cycle storage batteries and getting prepared ahead of time for lack of fuel and power were some ideas offered.
The next meeting will be in McComb at the library.
Meeting was adjourned.
Gary Hancock (secretary)
SwMs.ARC 10 May 2007 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Called to order at 1900hrs by Mr. Paul ( K5PJM )
Minutes for 12 Apr. 2007 minutes read with correction to statement of Saturday morning @ 2pm to Saturday Evening @ 2pm & approved. By Mr. Homer ( WB5ASP ). Jeffery ( N5ZNT ) was asked to take mins. for this meeting.
Treasurer Report approved with a current balance of $1,890.74. Old account has successfully closed & Reopened new account by current Treasurer, Mr. Bob (K5DWI).
Dairy Festival discussed. Will start operation at 0900hrs till @ 1500hrs.on 2 June 2007 (Saturday ). Mr. Paul asked for volunteers for ant. Setup on 25 May 2007 Sat. @ 1400hrs. Myself, Jeffery, ( N5ZNT ) & Mr. George ( N5VYW ) volunteered to help.
Field Day 2007 was discussed. It was asked for someone to start taking over (& help Mr. Homer with) Field day events such as preparation / setup / Reports for ARRL etc. Mr. Danny ( KD5BQT ) was asked to cook / BBQ for Field Day, He will let us know as time gets closer ( he may have other obligations ). Mr. Paul suggested that we use an inverted “V” & that the 2nd station be used by individuals for WAS or other awards / events using their own call sign.
June 2007 Meeting will be held at the Western Sizzlin in Brookhaven. Mr. Paul ( K5PJM) ask for some one to present a program for Jun .
Mr. Homer ( WB5ASP ) discussed & ask if the club would be interested in having a Special Event Station for Brookhaven’s 150th Birthday. Even though the birthday event will go on for several days/weeks the club’s Special Event Station will be a ONE DAY event only. The group unanimously agreed.
Mr. Bob (K5DWI) suggested that the club get a 1X1 Event Call. Discussed with no decision made.
Business part of meeting Close @1940hrs. Mr. Bob ( K5DWI ) had the program. He talked & had handouts of OMISS International Sideband Society (www.omiss.net) & 3905 Century Club (http://3905ccn.com) & others & some of their awards programs etc.
Minutes of Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
April 12th 7:00 P.M. Bouie’s BBQ
Minutes from last meeting read, Homer made a motion to accept with Bob
second- Passed.
On March 14th the account at State Bank was closed and a new account at the Bank of Brookhaven opened. $1786.74 transferred with $72 additional dues for a total of $1858.74. All signatures for the account have been registered.
Waiting on the tax number to be assigned.
Next meeting will be at the McComb Library on May 10th at 7:00 P.M.
The Dairy Festival is on the 1st Saturday, the 2nd of June, at the Tylertown Water Park. The antennas need to be put up a week ahead on Saturday the 26th of May.
Homer and Steve checked out the Field Day location. Good location with bathrooms, tall trees and shelter. Pictures are on the website
www.W5WQ.com . The location is across from Heucks Retreat Church. Field Day will be held on the 23rd and 24th of June. Homer asks whether we wanted to run two stations or not. Consensus is to wait and see how many operators show.Testing will also be held Saturday morning the 23rd around 2:00 P.M.
New updated member list with the license upgrades will be put on the club website.
Meeting Closed.
Gary Hancock
Secretary
Minutes of Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club
March 8, 2007 7:00 PM McComb Public Library.
February minutes were read and motion made to accept. Voted and passed
Treasury report of $1786.74 balance.
The club account had not been switched to the new officers, still waiting on the incorporation papers. Paul K5PJM to follow up as soon as possible.
There was discussion on how to move the money into a new account at a new bank even if papers not on hand.
Homer WB5ASP and Jeffery N5ZNT discussed the state of health of the Brookhaven repeater. They asked all members to report any problems.
Picnic at Homer's house was cancelled due to date not possible for him. Date tabled for next meeting or might combine with field day.
ARRL notified about Dairy Festival this year and should be in QST.
Nancy W5NCK reported that testing next Saturday at the Library in Brookhaven was on schedule.
Paul brought up the Award Program and it was dropped due to lack of support.
He said that he was going to have a President Award to someone in the club based on participation.
Homer brought up the idea of a "Ham Assistant Team" for consideration by the club. He wanted everyone to think about it.
Field Day - A Baptist Church 3-4 miles north of Brookhaven was to be studied Saturday for a site. They need a letter of Liability from the club.
Homer had made up some info sheets to give out to prospected Hams and these were passed out for review.
A new meeting place for next month in Brookhaven is being looked into.
A battery backup for the Brookhaven repeater has been procured and a motion to pay Jay back for it was made and passed.
The Mississippi QSO party last weekend was discussed and a report of many new Hams getting Mississippi for the first time.
Meeting closed at 7:35
Gary Hancock - Secretary
SWMS ARC Minutes – 2/8/07
Paul, K5PJM opened the meeting at 7:10 p.m. at Hudgey’s
- Motion made and passed from last meeting to have newly licensed ham members have the first year of membership dues free.
- Paul read meeting from previous meeting. Approved as read
- Paul thanked previous SWMS ARC officers for their service and thanked the net controllers for the club for their continued work in maintaining the net
- Motion made, seconded for ARC member over 80 years old and ten years as member will now have a lifetime membership. Motion approved
- Bob, k5dwi, gave a treasurer report. New balance is $1722.74
- Motion made to transfer funds to a new account. Bob suggested that a check be written for full account amount and setup as new account. Group agreed this would be easiest way to make transfer. He will follow up.
- Motion made, seconded for April 7, 2 p.m. Picnic at WB5asp. Motion passed
- Paul suggested that a possible competition be set for the picnic period to have teams setup stations and compete for 1 hour or 5 contacts using personal stations and G5RV antenna. He asked members to consider prior to picnic.
- 2007 FD location discussed…tabled for other discussion and review.
- Discussed possible locations for future club meetings. Agreed to alternate between McComb library and locations in Brookhaven each month. March meeting will be at McComb library
- Homer to prepare a single page SWMS ARC promotional brochure that can be used to give information to prospective club members
- Paul introduced a grid-pool drawing that would continue until filled and drawing for the funds would be made. Decision of how funds would be divided was not decided.
Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
January 11, 2007
Time 7:00 PM
Location McComb Public Library
Motion by Gary Hancock WB5HQH seconded by Algie Boone KC5SJV- (PASSED by VOTE)
Newly licensed ham free of all dues for remainder of year of which they were licensed regardless of license class.
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March 10 - VE testing
June 23 - VE testing
ARC picnic - April 7
Dairy festival - June 2
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K5DWI announced he has a 775 radio for sale. This brought on a discussion for a link on the club website of wanted or for sale amateur radio items.
Homer Richardson WB5ASP plans to setup a page for this.
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Jeff Winborne N5ZNT announced that the February club meeting would be at Hudgey’s in Brookhaven.
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New club officers elected:
Paul J. McGehee K5PJM - President
Gary Hancock WB5HQH - Secretary
Robert Hadley K5DWI - Treasurer
Steve Holmes KD5WYM - Board Member at Large
J. (Jay) V. Kirkley W5JVK - Vice President appointed by President
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K5PJM proposed for consideration any club member that has been in the club for over 10 years and has reached the age of 80 should have life membership without dues. Paul also proposed a study to develop an award program for the club. Like ham of the year, etc. These would be given out at the Christmas Party. He also wanted a more active board with meetings on designated Saturday mornings.
Homer said the Mississippi Guard informed him that on January 13 there would be a test of Amateur Radio participation. He didn’t have a time or frequency.
Hammond Hamfest – January 20th.
Jackson Hamfest - February 2nd
Miss QSO Party - February 24 th from 9AM to 9 PM local
Meeting adjourned
Southwest Mississippi ARC / W5WQ
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