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The October meeting was held in A1/1026 at 11:30 AM on 10/29/15.

Atendees:

• Kirk Crawford KG6MTE
• Archie Buchanan KD6OLH
• Ryan Noguchi AI6DO

Audio of the meeting:

First we discussed the Fan Dipole antenna system Ryan installed in his attic.  Then we talked about the Sky Loop antenna I am thinking of installing.  We looked up the homes on google maps to see the feasibility of these things.

I suggested that in an effort to attract new members and make more hams, the club should purchase some training courses from HamTestOnline.  This is the company I used recently to study for my Extra license.  They have a program called Ham It Forward.  Where you can purchase the Technician course for $15 each (minimum 5) and we give that away to prospective new hams.  We should also assign a club member to be a mentor and help encourage them or answer questions.  It also comes with a free General course that we could give to some other technician in the club that may need it.  Read more about it at their site.  Since we didn’t have a quorum, we didn’t vote to purchase it.

Archie suggested we might want to make the deal even better.  If the prospective Ham passes the test, we could provide them with a free Baofeng 2m/440 radio.  This would give them the ability to get on the net for emergency communications, and would only cost the club $34.

I used the Buddipole system that the club owns on my last business trip and made several successful contacts during the CQ Worldwide DX SSB contest last weekend.  From this experience and from reading the Buddipole in the Field document, I propose purchasing the following Buddipole accessories to enhance the system and make it able to be used in more configurations:

• Buddipole Upgrades:  
  • Long Telescopic Whips $36 (Make 10m &, 12m with no coils, easier to tune, more efficient, more bandwidth)
  • Mast Guying Kit $29
  • Jaws Antenna Mount $17 (Clamp antenna directly to railing)
  • Triple Ratio Switch Balun (50:50, 50:25 and 50:12 ohm ) w/ 50 ft cable  $113 {This allows vertical antennas to be constructed and used with the system}
  • Wire Assembly (Counterpoise/Radials) $18
  • Antenna Analyzer iP30z $229
  • 50 Foot BNC Cable $28 *
  • Choke Balun $28 *

(* added after the meeting)

We also talked about the morning net.  We aren’t having a net anymore because we don’t have a net control person that can be on at 8 am.  One proposal was to try it at another time.  I will send out an email survey to see if it would work better at a different time of day.

Our next meeting is on November 19.  Note this is a different Thursday of the month due to Thanksgiving.

Our Christmas Party will be held at the Proud Bird on December 10.  It is reserved.  We will do the same thing for raffle prizes this year like we did last year with the winner designating their Ham Radio supplier of choice.

After the meeting, Archie donated three 33 foot fiberglass masts (MFJ-1910)  to the club for future field day use.  They are new in box.  They look like they will be perfect for setting up some dipoles or a Sky Loop on Field day.

 

73,

 

Kirk Crawford KG6MTE