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MAARS Club Meeting – 8 Sept, 2017 Manhattan Public Library, Manhattan, KS Meeting Commenced: 6:30pm
Secretary: Ryan Benteman
Presentation:
Jon -KE0LHK o
Trailer is in good shape, having a work day on Saturday the 9 th to strip the lights and electric and attempt to stand the mast up.
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Jon spoke with the KSU-ARC club about ARES/RACES, KSU club would like to fix the lack of collaboration between the two clubs o
DMR Repeater is on campus and is interested in getting together and working with DMR with the clubs
Officer Reports:
President
Casa Bike Ride o
20 People signed up so far for the 50 or 67 mile rides, unknown attendance due to last minute sign ups o
Talk of emergency phone number bracelets, need to get club responsibilities nailed down o
Dave brought up the information needed for proper support of the ride and when we would have to have that before pulling the plug o
Putting the remote tower on Lower McDowell Creek road as a crossband repeater is the backup plan to not having a repeater linkup using the K-Link
HAM Radio Presentation to Pott County o
Jim has been invited to present on HAM radio at a quarterly emergency preparedness meeting in Pott county in October.
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Who, what, when, where, how o
Jim to report back after meeting to discuss how it went
VP Report
Repeater is working again,
Shawn, KC0TQZ reported on Wednesday the net signal had issues, Dave mentioned could be atmospheric interference
Reporter
Two Expenses o
Yearly Mailbox Rent o
Reimburse Ryan and Ashley Benteman 21$ for food expenses
Account Balance 829.94$
Old Business
Test Session o
Shawn KC0TQZ will be down to complete the VE roster for hosting the testing session
George said 1st ID is interested in talking with someone about Fox Hunting for a presentation for their EW personnel o
They are looking for a SME, Dave has volunteered for the position
New Business
Nets o
Shawn/Jon are discussing doing the nets from mobile/portable locations and attempting simplex nets and using that to try out new equipment setups for remote location events.
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Jeff Greer mentioned incorporating APRS/APRSDroid into the nets o
Also discussed was using off repeater simplex, cross-banding, and location reporting
Kansas QSO Contest o
Shawn reported a great success, would like more operators next year to be able to staff a 3rd station on 80m in addition to the 20 and 40m ones.
Bill WS0I introduced himself back into the club and is excited to get back into the hobby again and eager to share his experience and knowledge with the club.