TETON RADIO AMATEUR CLUB

 

Minutes of TRAC meeting, Wednesday July 13^th, at the Red Cross office on Gill Avenue.

 

Present:

Charles Burd, K7ZOO, Vice President

Bill Rinker, NE9Z, Secretary/Treasurer

Duran Saavedra, W7AJK, Repeater Specialist

Curt Clauson, KD7LFI

Jim VanNostrand, WA7IFX

 

Discussions:

1.)     Field Day – Total points for CW, PSK31 & SSB, running 3F-WY, will be announced by Email when the sub-totals and bonus points are merged for submittal to ARRL prior to July 26^th.   Charles Burd will post the results on the Club Web site:  http://www.redgiant.org/w7rac/ .

2.)     Repeater – Random unknown interference causes static QRN: particularly in the furthest outlying areas.   A narrow pass band filter was suggested to eliminate the interference (?).

3.)     WIMU – WIMU Chairman Charles Burd, presented an up-date on initial planning of WIMU for the 1^st weekend of August 2006.

 

The official ARRL application has been submitted to ARRL for a WIMU Ham Convention during the 1^st weekend of August 2006.  Gail Iannone, ARRL Hamfest coordinator and Rev Morton, Rocky Mountain Division Director, advise they will approve the application and grant permission.

 

Other WIMU planning needs-

 

·         Availability of lists of Hams.

·         Most recent Casper Hamfest attendees.

·         Mailing labels from ARRL for select cities in the four-state area by zip code and major Ham Radio Clubs.

·         Mailings to be sent three months prior or in late April or Early May of 2006.

·         Budget & Seed money.

·         Rental facilities – The Virginian Lodge has been reserved subject to final room & RV Park costs negotiation and signing of an agreement.  The other option was Snow King Lodge.

·         Attain 5301C Non-Profit status to minimize Teton County fees for Flea Market sales.

·         Need for an Executive WIMU committee plus additional sub-committee leaders assigned to implement specific needs and functions.

·         Possible candidates for a Saturday evening banquet speaker or speakers.

·         Flea Market tables availability and cost /table rental.

·         Door, Raffle & Banquet prizes.  Need to solicit equipment donations from available Commercial Ham Radio equipment suppliers...e.g... Rad Comm, Ross Distributing, Yaesu and others.

4.)     It was recommended that we make a Ham Radio presentation to the local Boy Scout Troop to include a demo of making contacts via the Ham radio equipment in the Comm Trailer.  Jim Van NosTrand will review our suggestion with the local Scouting Director.

5.)     Club QSL Cards – A free sample of our initial QSL card design proposal, including front & back of card, is being forwarded to Charles Burd from Tony, LZ1JZ, the Bulgarian card printer for any changes and club approval prior to ordering 1000 cards.

 

Next meeting – Wednesday August 10^th at the Red Cross office.

 

Check out the clubs Web Site:  http://redgiant.org/w7rac/

 

Advise of any corrections or additions.   Bill – NE9Z – Sec./Treas.