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MAARS Club Meeting – February 8, 2019
Attending: Ashley Benteman, KEOIQV
26 People in Attendance
Officer Reports:
President
– The next three meeting for March, April & May will be in the Groesberg Room. It is on the second floor southwest corner of the library.
Vice President
– No new report
Treasurer oe $2,412.61
– Cash in Hand $60.00, Checking Account $1,426.92, Repeater Fund $925.69
– Took in $100 for repeater fund
– Tower rental of $36.00 was paid
– Future Expenses: Post Office Box rental of $92.00
– Repeater battery was reimbursed and will be on next month’s report. Old Business:
Test Session
– Saturday, February 9th at 9:00am at the Manhattan Public Library Auditorium
– Volunteers to VE: Ryan, Bill, Mike A and Dale
New Business:
New Repeater
– Options for a new club repeater was discussed including type and location. A committee was formed to create a plan of action. Mike A will be committee chair with volunteers of Jon, Dave, Ryan & Rock.
Field Day
– Location has been determined but will not be announced until a couple of days before the event. Amenities include kitchen, air conditioning, parking, restrooms and playground. There will be 1-2 stations with a GOTA station. It was determined to use wall power with the option of batteries and generators as backup. ISS Slow Scan TV
– International Space Station will be transmitting slow scan TV this weekend starting at 8am Friday to 6pm on Sunday.
2018 World Wide RTTY DX Contest Winner
– Bill, WSO0I, won first place in 0 land, 3rd place in the United States and 5th in North America. Congratulations Billl! A copy of his award is attached.
CQ WPX RTTY
– Contest going on this weekend.
Visitors:
– David Dinsmore, first time visiting
– Steven Hendricks, KD4DOH, first time visiting
– Darrin Sopoci, KDOUSY, first time visiting
– Nick Sopoci, first time visiting
– Thank you all for joining us!
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The Radio Amateurs Journal
Takes pleasure in awarding this Certificate of Merit to
World Wide RTTY DX Contest
#1 United States 0 Call Area #3 United States
Single Op Assisted – Low Power – 20 Meters #5 North America A total score of 29,920 was computed on a basis of contact points, State/Canadian area/Country multipliers, and CQ zones. In witness of this achievement, we hereby affix our signatures. United States 0 Call Area Record
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RTTY DX Contest Director Editor, CQ