 
THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Over the past month we have done more experimenting with our new repeater. Most recently KaComm brought us a new antenna to try on the repeater. This new antenna seems to get rid of the desense problem we had when going through the duplexers to a single antenna, which suggests that even though it seems to work well, there is a problem with our old antenna. The antenna that KaComm has loaned us is not as good as the old antenna so you may have noticed some decreased performance in the repeater. Our next meeting will be this Friday the 12th of August. We will be meeting earlier than usual at 6:00 P.M. and we will meet on the KSU campus for a tour of the Macdonald Lab. Scott Chainey, KCØKTZ has made the arrangements. The best parking area will be the parking lot between Ackert Hall and Rathbone Hall. More information will follow in the newsletter. Also don't forget the Kansas State Amateur Radio Convention will be held on August 21st in Salina. I plan to take a few items that have been floating around and have been stored at my house for the last couple of years. I do not plan on returning with any of these items and will pass on a list of what I have on the net and at the meeting for anyone interested. We look forward to seeing you on Friday.
Brian Carter, KCØDWX
VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT
no report Dona-Rose Hackerott, NØZKX
SECRETARY'S REPORT
The MAARS meeting for July was conducted by Brian, KCØDWX, on Friday, 7-8-2005 at the Red Cross Building, starting at 7:30 P.M. There was discussion about volunteering MAARS members to offer to make repairs to Kenny's (KBØRPV) mobile antenna tower. Items mentioned were to purchase and install a new steel cable and to re-paint. A committee was made-up consisting of Mike, Henry, Scott, Fred & Francis to work on this. It was voted to allow an expenditure of up to $200 for this purpose. Myron, WØPBV, read an interesting story from a 1947 QST about an ice storm that afflicted the Midwest area, mainly Kansas in that year. Mentioned in the story were William Schrenk, WØPAH, and Cliff Simpson, WØYUQ, Manhattan, and others. It gave details of some of the emergency message traffic they handled during that time. Plans were discussed about having the annual picnic at the Oregon Trail Park, near Belvue, on Sunday, Sept. 18 or Sunday, Sept. 25. A decision was made to install a separate receiving antenna at the repeater if necessary to relieve the desense problem with the new repeater transceiver. For the next MAARS meeting , we will meet in room 119 of Cardwell Hall, KSU, for a tour of the facilities there. There were 13 people in attendance
TREASURER'S REPORT
July 2005
NEW FROM ARRL - Beginning October 1, 2001, our club will receive $15 for each new member joining the ARRL through our club. This is for new members or those who have not been a member for two or more years. There will be no commission for renewals but we still may submit your renewals, if you wish. Since the club retains the dues, it is necessary for you to write your check to MAARS, and then the treasurer writes a check to ARRL.
Dues will be due by Oct. 31 and are: regular membership $20, full-time student $10, family $30. Please complete the following when renewing your membership, even if you did so last year. Return to the Treasurer, at a meeting or to MAARS, P. O. Box 613, Manhattan, KS 66505-0613. If you are currently receiving both the email and paper copy of the newsletter, please consider just receiving the email copy. It will save the club $5-6.00 per year per copy. NAME _______________________________________ CALLSIGN ____________ MAILING ADDRESS____________________________________ DATE _____________ CITY _______________________________ STATE _____ ZIP CODE _____________ TELEPHONE # (____)_______________ E-MAIL ADDRESS _______________________ FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP: NAME _______________________________________ CALLSIGN ____________ NAME _______________________________________ CALLSIGN ____________ CHECK THE FOLLOWING WHICH APPLY: ____ ARRL member ____ It is alright to list my e-mail address on the homepage. It is alright to list my address and telephone number for distribution only to our members. ____ How do you prefer to receive your newsletter?
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