Audio File of the meeting:
Audio PlayerRadio 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!