2016 Christmas Party

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Christmas Party Attendees

Radio Club Christmas Party 2016

13 people in attendance.

Kirk highlighted 2016 accomplishments:

  • Morning net done at 8 am usually by Ching, sometimes by Clark or Teresa; El Segundo repeater was down for a while so we used the Hughes repeater until it got fixed
  • HF net nearly every month, several successes; starting to add digital modes
  • Ham-It-Forward was successful; Tom passed his general exam and Jason, Gerrit, and Anthony got the tech packages; two tech packages are still available. We voted to get another set for next year.
  • Field Day was a success, with 5 people, 25 contacts, 4 hours on the air, 10 hours total; next year we may try SSB on 2 m
  • Octoberfest: Tom and Bob demonstrated PSK and JT65, Anthony Lim won the radio
  • CERT event: many lessons learned, our capability to support the company in the event of disaster was improved


Election of officers:  No one else wanted to volunteer so the slate of officers remains the same, Kirk as President, Don as VP, Joe as treasurer, and Teresa as secretary.

Raffle Winners:

  •  $300 Jess
  • $200 Albert
  • $100 Don Hall
  • $50 Archie
  • $50 Bob
  • $50 Don Taylor
  • $50 Teresa

Meetings for next year:

  •                 January:  Tom, Winlink presentation
  •                 March:  Tom/Bob, SOTA presentation
  •                 April:  Bob, APRS presentation
  •                 May:  Field Day Prep
  •                 July:  Field Day Review
  •                 September:  Bob, 2m tape measure antenna (everyone builds one during the meeting)

August 17: the astronomy club is going to Rexburg, Idaho to watch the eclipse, we could partner with them

Merry Christmas Everyone!