TETON RADIO AMATEUR CLUB
Minutes of TRAC meeting, Wednesday, May
11th, at the Red Cross Office on Gill Avenue.
Present:
David Dean, W7OID, President
Charles Burd, K7ZOO, Vice President
Bill Rinker, NE9Z, Secretary/Treasurer
Duran Saavedra, W7AJK, Repeater Specialist
Discussions:
1.) Installation of NEW Snow King Repeater
(146.910/146.310)
* Current road conditions on the back
road to the summit of Snow King is not acceptable to drive up, plus we
had more snow. Best estimate is early June for installation.
* P/L tone will be 123 HZ.
2.) The ARES/RACES statewide emergency
drill is still planned for June 11th. This info is on Charles
Burd's Red Giant web page for the club. http://www.redgiant.org/
3.) David announced that TRAC is now
affiliated with ARRL.
4.) The club will run periodic articles in
the local news papers & on radio stations listing Club meetings & events.
5.) The club is looking at several
European QSL card printing web sites to order full color double sided QSL
cards. The printers are in Germany, Czech Republic &
Bulgaria. Charles is reviewing the sites for appropriate quality &
price.
6.) Depending on the need &
circumstances, the club may initiate Ham Radio theory classes & license
testing using ARRL DVDs & Video cassettes where required.
7.) Club Checking account. Bank
balance is $127.35. This includes the deduction of $12.65 for blank
checks.
Advise of any corrections or additions.
Bill, NE9Z - Sec./Treas.
cc: Jim VanNostrand, WA7IFX, by mail