{"id":35,"date":"2005-09-21T00:59:49","date_gmt":"2005-09-21T05:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=35"},"modified":"2016-02-19T06:38:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T14:38:15","slug":"september-2005-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"September 2005 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPOKANE DX ASSOCIATION<\/strong>
\nMinutes of Sept. 01 2005 Meeting<\/p>\n

The meeting was called to order at 7 PM by President Randy Foltz K7TQ at the Spokane County Library at Argonne and Upriver Drive. There were 12 members present.<\/p>\n

COMMENTS
\n*WA0WWW-New-Jay came from Waseca, Mn., worked for E. F. Johnson for 2years, then came to Itron. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been mostly \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Contesting\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. His tower was down last year, but he hopes to have it back up soon. He visited our Field Day last June.<\/p>\n

*NE7F-A-Jim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hi-Tower\u00e2\u20ac\u009d isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t up presently ( as was erroneously reported last month), since it was used at our Field Day, but should be up soon. Not much on the radio last month, but Dan N5AR has been teaching him to play golf.<\/p>\n

*K7EKM-A-Kirk is trying to dig a hole 36\u00e2\u20ac\u009d deep for a tower, but says he may settle for 32\u00e2\u20ac\u009d due to many boulders.. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also studying to upgrade from Advanced to Extra Class at the hamfest in late Sept.<\/p>\n

K7OX-F-Gary said he hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been on the radio much last month, but has been working on antennas, and towers. He says he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s converting a phased vertical to a four square ant. Gary said the DX convention he attended in Portland last month was great; a Canadian Ham won a Pro 3. Next year the convention will be held in Vancouver, B C..<\/p>\n

*WA1PMA-F- Wayne (like a lot of the rest of us in the summer months) hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been on the radio much last month. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been traveling in his motor home seeing the sights, but he did get to experience replacing the transmission on the way back,(Ouch!), which put a big dent in his radio budget.<\/p>\n

*K7AWB-F-Steve mentioned that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bear\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Carson AC7HI is in the VA Hospital (Rm 411) with a very serious leg infection, and has been there for about 3 weeks, and that it might be nice if folks would send him a QSL card with good wishes. Steve said he got his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153WAS\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on 17 meters. He said HF has been bad; 6 meters has been bad . He said we had several CME\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s from the sun about 10 days ago,(Aug 20)the KA was up to \u00e2\u20ac\u01539\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and he hoped there would be Aurora to support 6 meters, but it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen, although folks on the East coast were working Europe and S.A. Steve is hoping to get his Force 12- 5BA antenna on top of his 80 foot tower soon with a 6m ant. on top of that. He had a small problem; his new dog ran into and bent one of the elements( the same pup that ate his Co-Ax a couple of months ago; hi-hi). Oh Well!<\/p>\n

*KC7QGV-A-Mary Beth wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t on the radio, but she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s studying hard for her \u00e2\u20ac\u0153General Class Lic., and traveling back and forth to Omak to help her mother. ( Mary Beth and husband Dave AC7MV planned and provided, and cooked the food for Field Day, and helped make it a great event, for which Randy reminded we still owe them.<\/p>\n

*N5AR-F-Dan has been working some 6 meters lately but has been preoccupied with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153critters\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sprouting up and eating into his Co-Ax between his towers and the house. Lots of suggestions were offered about how to get rid of his gopher \u00e2\u20ac\u0153critters\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Dan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been playing golf with Jim lately, enjoying the fine weather. Dan mentioned that the ARRL now has a Spam Filter and Anti-Virus Protection on their web-site for those who have an ARRL e-mail address. Dan asked his friend Mike Merkel (Steppir Antennas) if he might be able to Demo. his great Steppir Antenna System at the Sept. Hamfest, but they had a scheduling conflict.<\/p>\n

*KD7OCT-A-Loren hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been on the radio much in August except for 75m. He mentioned that according to the recent committee meeting the Sept. 24th Hamfest is coming together very well, under the very able chairmanship again this year of Betsy Ashelman N7WRQ. Thank you so much Betsy from all of your Ham Compatriots!!! Betsy said that they still needed volunteers to help out at the Hamfest. <\/p>\n

Loren mentioned that he got an e-mail to the Club from our good friend Elvin JA3CZY who said his 80m antenna was presently down. Elvin also said that their daughter just presented them with a beautiful new granddaughter, and he sent a picture and she is a cutie. Loren replied to Elvin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s e-mail.<\/p>\n

*K7TQ-F-Randy reported his tower and antenna are fully operational. He replaced the rotor and got the Force 12 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c C4SXL (2 ele. on 40m (plus 10,15 and 20m)) tuned for CW on 40m with some interesting maneuvering on the tower while it lurched one way while the antenna started the other way (Randy said it had something to do with Newton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Laws(some of that higher physics stuff)). Randy said that Monday night 20m was open and he worked a few, namely some VK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, UA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and UN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s with 5 watts, (obviously the antenna works great!).<\/p>\n

*AC7MV-A-Dave said there was nothing new with him, that Mary Beth had said it all.<\/p>\n

*WA7LT-F-Lamar said that the DX Meet in Portland was excellent and that he got the lowdown on the folks on the coast-a lot of them old DX\u00e2\u20ac\u2122er friends. He also mentioned that our good friend and club member Dick Snell W7BHP is working out of Ephrata handling a power substation project and won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to make meetings very often for a while. Lamar said that Donna is still missing a 9×13 pan, a covered plastic bowl and a fruit ladle, and a pancake turner from field Day;(Parts of one of Lamar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s secret antenna projects, no doubt!).(It was rumored that either Dan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s critter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s or Steve\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dog got\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem!). Lamar suggested and those present agreed that that the ARRL DX Gavels and Plaques for outstanding Contesting should be displayed on our club table at the Hamfest. Lamar mentioned he had a source for several 60 ft used telephone poles cheap. He also mentioned that he set up that Pete-W7OW with a computor for DXing. Lamar is also getting his own antennas and equipment ready for the fall Contest season. He mentioned that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s selling his FT 930 rig.<\/p>\n

TREASURER\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S REPORT-Dan N5AR<\/p>\n

Bank Account Sept. 01, 2005 $ 329.15
\nWebsite Rent (annual) ($ 186.94)
\nGas for Field Day (to Loren) ($ 24.00)
\nMember Dues $ 28.50
\nCash on Hand $ 60.15
\nTotal $ 207.06 <\/p>\n

OLD BUSINESS
\nHow to sell parts for Bud\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Estate W7BUD-no resolution yet.<\/p>\n

NEW BUSINESS
\nSteve K7AWB is heading the nominating committee for next year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ClubOfficers.
\nRandy announced the Club Christmas party will be Dec 01, (First Thursday Dec)
\nRandy suggested that maybe we could get Ward N0AX to visit and talk about theKure Island Dxpedition.<\/p>\n

PROGRAM
\nPres.Randy K7TQ gave us a thorough debriefing on our June Field Day Operation. His presentation was complete with numerous charts and graphs which broke down The operation in detail which showed clearly what happened and what didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t and what probably \u00e2\u20ac\u0153should have and should not have happened\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, for the purpose of having a better Field Day and a Top Score next year. We had 1200+ QSO\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ( we were outdone by an Ore. Clus who had 1500+ QSO\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.) As Randy said; all things considered, we did pretty well and everyone had a good time, which was also an important objective(!) and we all learned a few things for next year.<\/p>\n

ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/p>\n

Salmon Run Sept. 17-18 ( I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure Steve K7AWB has this one \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bagged Up\u00e2\u20ac\u009d )
\nHamfest ( at University \u00e2\u20ac\u201cHi ) Sept. 24
\nKure Island Expedition ( starting around Sept 24 to about Oct. 08.
\nIEVHF convention \u00e2\u20ac\u201c last weekend of Sept.
\nContest Schedule: go to www.hornucopia.com\/contestcal\/contestcal.html
\nVisit the Spokane DX Association website www.sdxa.org for info and links!
\nNext Meeting- Oct. 06, 7 PM, North Spokane County Library, E. 44 Hawthorne
\nThe Oct. Program will be an excellent Video on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lightning Protection\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from the Potomac Valley Radio Club, presented by Lamar WA7LT.<\/p>\n

73 and Happy DXing
\nLoren KD7OCT, Secretary – kd7oct@aol.com
\nSpokane DX Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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