Business Items
Items of concern to club membership and business items
Changes to club bylaws
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Below are the minutes for past meetings
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2024 - APRIL
4 APRIL 2024 Minutes
Training: Postponed to June (Net Control Procedures by Bill)
Call to Order by Bill at 19:00
Minutes: Read. Motion by Fred accepted and passed as recorded.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $1360.13
Motioned by Don to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 14 members and 2 on Zoom
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Dates/Events:
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Old Business:
Items in bold are significant adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
(If you have something interesting to share or teach, please volunteer to give some training or a topic)May: EchoLink and remote stations by KG7RDR
June: Net protocol by Bill K7WIV
Net Schedule:
January: Fred
February: Manuel
March: Troy
April: Allan
May:
June:
July: Brian L.
Please sign up for a month!
Repeater News:
Repeater – Meeting with Bureau of Land Management on 4/2. Blain is the new person in charge. Many details discussed. In summary, we will move into another building and have several options mainly focusing on the county. Motion made to do this by Brian L and passed.
Fundraising: Troy
Raffle a handmade bell decoration and a quilt. Ticket pricing to be $5 per ticket or $20 for five tickets cash only. Discussion on possible places to sell tickets as listed. Please suggest more. Winners to be drawn at last day of fair, Jim accepted this be done.
Cowboy Poetry 29-30 March
Car Show 3 June
Welch Festival 28-39 June
Samaria Days 19-20 July
Emergency Training/Drills:
Begin making arrangements to hold another drill / exercise in spring. Probably after school ends. Working to set a date with Dan.
Trailer:
Got title number for trailer, transfer being coordinated with Allan. Title will be in Allen’s hands any day.
School District has offered nearly 40 old radios, power supplies, and repeater components. Bret is determining if they will be useful for the club.
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Merchandise for purchase. Club hats - $15 each. Vests - $10 each.
Meeting adjourned 20:30
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2024 - MARCH
7 MARCH 2024 Minutes
Training: Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) by Mike Hess
Call to Order by Bill at 19:00
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Allan accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $1360.13
Motioned by Jim to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 11 members and 1 guests
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Dates/Events:
9-10 March Idaho QSO Party/Spud Run
30 March VHF Society swap meet in Farmington, UT
Old Business:
Items in bold are significant adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
(If you have something interesting to share or teach, please volunteer to give some training or a topic)April: Net protocol by Bill K7WIV
May: EchoLink and remote stations by KG7RDR
Net Schedule:
January: Fred
February: Manuel
March: Troy
April: Allan
May:
June:
Please sign up for a month!
Repeater News:
Strategies to retain our position on the repeater site. Still need to get new agreements established.
Fundraising: Troy
Raffle a handmade bell decoration and a quilt. Ticket pricing to be $5 per ticket or $20 for five tickets cash only. Don has tickets available and made a motion that the drawing be held on the last Saturday of Samaria Days (perhaps 19-20 July). Discussion on possible places to sell tickets as listed. Please suggest more.
Cowboy Poetry 29-30 March
Car Show 3 June
Welch Festival 28-39 June
Samaria Days 26-27 July
Emergency Training/Drills:
Begin making arrangements to hold another drill / exercise in spring.
Trailer:
Got title number for trailer, transfer being coordinated with Allan.
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Net roster has been updated. New sheets will be distributed at April meeting.
School District has offered old radios, power supplies, and repeater components. Bret is determining if they will be useful for the club.
Meeting adjourned 19:50
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2024 - FEBRUARY
1 FEBRUARY 2024 Minutes
Training: Winter Field Day - Post event debrief and safety
Call to Order by Bill at 19:00
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $1290.13
Motioned by Don to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 12 members and no guests
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Dates/Events:
3 Feb Digital Communications Conference in Sandy, UT.
30 March VHF Society swap meet in Farmington, UT
Old Business:
Items in bold are significant adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
(If you have something interesting to share or teach, please volunteer to give some training or a topic)February: Winter Field day debrief, safety
March: DMR (Mototrbo) demo by WD9DWD
April: EchoLink and remote stations by KG7RDR
Net Schedule:
January: Fred
February: Manuel
March: Troy
April: Allan
Please sign up for a month!
Repeater News:
All further discussion about site or work has been postponed until spring.
Fundraising:
Raffle a handmade bell decoration. Ticket pricing to be $5 per ticket or $20 for five tickets cash only. Don has tickets available and made a motion that the drawing be held on the last Saturday of Samaria Days (perhaps 27 July). Discussion on possible places to sell tickets as listed. Please suggest more.
Cowboy Poetry 29-30 March
Car Show 3 June
Welch Festival 28-39 June
Samaria Days 26-27 July
Emergency Training/Drills:
Begin making arrangements to hold another drill / exercise in spring.
Club contact list project has been postponed due to complications with email to SMS carrier services.
Yearly dues to remain at $15, contact Troy for membership.
Daryl D now silent key. Is family interested in taking his callsign?
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Club callsign K7RCN trustee now to be Don Daniels WD9DWD, Change has been processed.
UTVHFS and FCC records will also be updated to bring repeater trustee information up to date as currently the information is not correct.
An RV air conditioner circa 2008 may be donated to the club for installation on the comms trailer. Jim to work out details and install if accepted.
Other changes suggested after WFD, perhaps remove one counter along wall in favor of small pop-up tables. General idea is to make the trailer as modular as possible to allow setup based on use case. Further suggestions for changes should be directed to Jim.
Winter Field Day 27-28 January. Set up at the city park with three stations outdoors on generator power.
Record submission done during meeting, official certificate has been received.
3348 points, 221 contacts, worked CW, JS8, and SSB on all major bands - Scoring yet to be finalized by the WFD Association.
A huge thank you to W0GOP Evan Day for showing up from Brigham with his CW paddle. He multiplied our score big time and contributed to the fun.
Only missed about 10 states/areas this year
Good of the Club: Dinner Provided prior to meeting, leftovers from WFD and county meeting.
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Class - @Box Elder County Sherriff Station on Wednesdays – 6:30-10 pm and Saturdays 9 am – 12:30 pm starting 2/7/24 – 3/13/24. Details are on the website of www.BoxElderCountyCERT.org
Meeting adjourned 19:50
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2024 - JANUARY
4 JANUARY 2024 Minutes
Training: Winter Field Day
Call to Order by Bill at 19:00
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $1090.01
Motioned by Jim to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 7 members and no guests
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Joel working to get license.
Old Business:
Items in bold are significant adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
(If you have something interesting to share or teach, please volunteer to give some training or a topic)January: Winter Field Day
February:
March:
Net Schedule:
January: Fred
February: Manuel
March: Troy
April: Allan
Please sign up for a month!
Repeater News:
All further discussion about site or work has been postponed until spring.
Fundraising:
Raffle a handmade bell yard decoration. Tickets will be available through the county fair drawing to take place then. Motion by Jim to accept the raffling of this, ticket pricing to be set and details discussed at February meeting.
Annual December meeting:
Held on 7th of December, went well. Elections held; Don Daniels to fill Vice President role.
2024 Officers:
- President - Bill Drury
- Vice President - Don Daniels
- Secretary - Tracy Drury
- Treasurer - Troy Allen
Emergency Training/Drills:
Begin making arrangements to hold another drill / exercise in spring.
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Daryl D now silent key. Is family interested in taking his callsign?
Club callsign K7RCN trustee now to be Don Daniels WD9DWD, form 605c required for this change.
Once this change has been made UTVHFS and FCC records will also be updated to bring repeater trustee information up to date as currently the information is not correct. Motion made and accepted by those present at the meeting.
An RV air conditioner circa 2008 may be donated to the club for installation on the comms trailer. Jim to work out details and install if accepted.
Winter Field Day 27-28 January. Setup to begin at 08:00 on Saturday, contest starts at 12:00. Will be held at the Malad City (Airplane) Park as in years past. Currently planning on three stations and two trailers. Estimated to use 6-10 gallons of fuel for generator. Conditions expected to be good as it is near the peak of the current solar cycle this year.
Good of the Club: Distributed participation certificates for the Great Idaho Shake out. We will have a representative on the DIGB5. AUXcomm.
Meeting adjourned 19:50
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - DECEMBER
7 DECEMBER 2023 Minutes
Training: None
Call to Order by Fred at 18:15
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $1247.01
Two checks written for $156.88 and $75.00
Motioned by Manuel to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 18 members and some guests
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Old Business:
Items in bold are significant adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
December: Party and election of Officers
January: Tech training
Discussion of emergency Trailer, needs to have repairs made. Allan to get title transferred in his name.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Think about participating in LoToJa next year.
Net Schedule:
December Jim
January Fred
Please sign up for a month in 2024!
Bureau of Land Management and the repeater site:
With the site being snowed in, all work and discussions have been postponed until spring.
Fundraising:
Consider doing a raffle at the Welsh Festival. This usually takes place on the last week of June. Further planning to be done at January meeting.
Annual December meeting:
Will start at 6:00PM on Dec 7th, Malad Senior Center. Pot luck with Brisket/Pulled pork catered by the Iron Door Smokehouse. If you can attend please let Bill/Tracy know what you may be able to bring to go along with it. Dues will be collected at this banquet.
Santa Net - Will be cancelled due to apparent lack of interest.
Begin organizing another emergency drill for spring.
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
New officers elected at meeting
2024 Officers:
- President - Bill Drury
- Vice President - Don Daniels
- Secretary - Tracy Drury
- Treasurer - Troy Allen
Yearly dues $15/member
Winter Field Day - Jan 27-28 2024 at the park as in years past.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned18:30.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - NOVEMBER
2 OCTOBER 2023 Minutes
Training: FEMA Incident Command System, Bill
Call to Order by Bill at 7:00pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $1247.01
Motioned by Bret to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 5 members and 0 guests
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Old Business:
Items in bold are significant adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
November: FEMA and amateur radio, Bill
December: Party and election of Officers
Discussion of emergency Trailer, needs to have repairs made. Allan to get title transferred in his name.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Think about participating in LoToJa next year.
Net Schedule:
November Don
December Jim
January Fred
Please sign up for a month in 2024!
Bureau of Land Management and the repeater site:
Currently awaiting direction from Bureau which will probably come in Spring at the earliest. Work on repeater this last week was done by Bret, Jim and Bill. Batteries replaced, adjusted voltage, installed new power supply, and isolator installed. Lightning strike damage was observed requiring repair and retuning. Over 20 hours spent on the mountain over two days. Inspected the old building we may potentially occupy in the future.
Great American Shake out occurred Oct 19 at 10:19 am:
Reviewed things that went well and what needs improvement. EOC location was able to hear all stations. Hospital antenna not working well, possible obstructions and foliage. Sherriff did not participate. Conclusions include the need for adding roaming patrol, continue this event yearly, and expand to more detailed exercise. This could include starting from home initially before moving into other positions during the event. Hospital administrator was happy for doing the drill due to it meeting their emergency drills/requirements.
Fundraising:
Consider doing a raffle at the Welsh Festival. This usually takes place on the last week of June.
Annual December meeting:
Will start at 6:00PM on Dec 7th, Malad Senior Center. Pot luck with Brisket/Pulled pork catered by the Iron Door Smokehouse. If you can attend please let Bill/Tracy know what you may be able to bring to go along with it. Dues will be collected at this banquet.
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Election of 2024 officers to be held at December meeting.
Current Nominations:
- President - Bill Drury
- Vice President - TBD
If nobody is nominated, names will be drawn from a hat.
- Secretary - Tracy Drury
- Treasurer - Troy Allen
Santa Net - Need to organize with Don
Organize an emergency drill/training in spring.
Winter Field Day - Jan 27-28 2024 at the park as in years past.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned around 7:40pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - OCTOBER
5 OCTOBER 2023 Minutes
Training: Operation of county emergency radios, Fred
Call to Order by Fred at 7:00pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Bill accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $1247.01
Check written for $192.08 reimbursement, UHF isolator for repeater.
Motioned by Don to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 13 members and 0 guests
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Old Business:
Items in bold are adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
November: FEMA and amateur radio, Bill
December: to be determined
Discussion of emergency Trailer, needs to have repairs made. Allan to get title transferred in his name.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Think about participating in LoToJa next year.
Net Schedule:
October - Brian Llewellyn
November - Don Daniels
December - Jim Mustos
Please sign up for a month in 2024
Still awaiting direction from agencies responsible for the Malad repeater site.
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Great American Shake out – Oct 19 at 10:19 am. Involves emergency preparations for an earthquake. Takes place the third Thursday of October. Don and Fred are coordinating volunteers to activate radios at various sites around the county. Participants to meet at the fire station following the event for discussion and debrief. The drill will start on area simplex then transition to the club repeater.
Annual Dec Dinner and meeting. Decided to do a raffle/meal at Welch Festival on the last weekend of next June.
Election of 2024 officers to be held at December meeting.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - SEPTEMBER
7 SEPTEMBER 2023 Minutes
Training: Antenna Safety presented by Fred KB7EVB
Call to Order by Fred at 7:05pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Karl accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Tracy. Total balance on hand $1247.01
Motioned by Karl to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 4 members and 0 guests present
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Old Business:
Items in bold are adjustments or additions to old traffic
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
October: Operation of emergency radios
November: to be determined
December: to be determined
List of authorized club members to our emergency radio locations. Fred is generating a list of current active members. Jim presented a sample ID card as an aid to validate hams assigned at official locations. List has been finalized and is posted under the "Club Info" page.
Safety vests to state "Amateur Radio Operator" rather than "Ham"
Sean looked at a go-fund-me program for donations. 3% fee on funds there. Other fundraising ideas include a raffle, motorcycle ride, and a community dinner in December at $10/plate.
Discussion of emergency Trailer needs to have some things repaired. We need to locate the title prior to making specific repairs and such. Jim out of town
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Pocatello Ride - August
LoToJa Bike Ride – Sept 9
Bike the Bear – Scout event on Sept. 23
Conversation regarding the DB408 antenna donated by WA7X in exchange for assistance cleaning out his garage in Salt Lake. Lot's of scrap items and misc. equipment. Bret and Jim have details
Aug 5 Pot Luck and Fox Hunt at Blue Goose in Samaria. Event went well.
Ham Radio Class and testing. Upon further discussion, canceled due to lack of interest.
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Great American Shake out – Oct 19 at 10:19 am. Involves emergency preparations for an earthquake.
Annual Dec Dinner and meeting. May use as a fundraiser open to the public.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - AUGUST
3 AUGUST 2023 Minutes
Training: None
Call to Order by Fred at 7:05pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Tracy. Total balance on hand $1227.01
Motioned by Jim to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 6 members and 0 guests present
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Old Business:
Items in bold are adjustments or additions to old traffic
Repeater Work: Controller is now fully functional. Lightning arrestors need to be installed on N7UWX APRS digipeater. Repeater needed new batteries; a donation has been made to acquire two new GC2 cells. [BLM does not allow flooded batteries, waiting to purchase sealed]
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
October: to be determined
November: to be determined
List of authorized club members to our emergency radio locations. Fred is generating a list of current active members. Jim presented a sample ID card as an aid to validate hams assigned at official locations. Bill presented club banner to club as well as a sample for hats and safety vests. Safety vests should say Amateur Radio Operator instead of Ham Radio Operator. Sean brought up an idea to help with costs by using a go fund me page. Sean to look into this.
Discussion of emergency Trailer needs to have some things repaired. We need to locate the title prior to making specific repairs and such. Jim to reach out to Allen.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Pocatello Ride - August
LoToJa Bike Ride – Sept 9
Bike the Bear – Scout event on Sept. 23
Conversation regarding the DB408 antenna donated by WA7X in exchange for assistance cleaning out his garage in Salt Lake. Lot's of scrap items and misc. equipment. Bret and Jim have details
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Next Month’s Net: Aug-Bill to do all but the 13. Fred to do that week.
Ham Radio Class and testing. Discussion on whether to do a weeknight or Saturday class. We could do Saturday morning class for 2-3 hours over a shorter time frame. Bill has volunteered to help until Don returns from mission. Bill will discuss with Don. Sean has a few people from Preston who are interested and will find out preferences from them on class time of the week.
BLM has called for a Meeting on Tuesday, Aug 8 at 11:00 am at the repeater site of all parties which have equipment at the site. Jim, Fred and Bret plan to attend.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - JULY
JULY 6, 2023 Minutes
Training: Software Defined Radios by KG7RDR
Call to Order by Bill K7WIV at 7:00pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted on club website.
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy. Total balance on hand $727.01
Motioned by Jim to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 6 members and 0 guests present
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
New Radio Operator - David Colton, Jim was unable to contact but will try again.
Acknowledged Daryl Duiei, KK7DKD is now a Silent Key. Troy to contact family to offer condolences and help regarding ham radio and the estate.
Old Business:
Items in bold are adjustments or additions to old traffic
Repeater Work: Controller is now fully functional. Lightning arrestors need to be installed on N7UWX APRS digipeater. Repeater needed new batteries; a donation has been made to acquire two new GC2 cells.
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
July: WebSDR by Bret
August: None due to club potluck on the 5th.
List of authorized club members to our emergency radio locations. Fred is generating a list of current active members. Jim presented a sample ID card as an aid to validate hams assigned at official locations.
Discussion of emergency Trailer needs to have some things repaired. We need to locate the title prior to making specific repairs and such. Jim to reach out to Allen.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Pocatello Ride - August
LoToJa Bike Ride – Sept 9
Bike the Bear – Scout event on Sept. 23
Summer Field Day: Combined field day with K7UB the GSARC at the Bear River City park June 24-25.
472 contacts made. Contacted every section but Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts. A good time was had by all.
Conversation regarding the DB408 antenna donated by WA7X in exchange for assistance cleaning out his garage in Salt Lake. Lot's of scrap items and misc. equipment. Bret and Jim have details
RF Exposure rules now in effect:
All stations must have a station assessment on hand if requested. Resources available on aforementioned website and instructions for performing this assessment.
New Business:
Aug 5th Pot Luck and Fox hunt at Blue Goose in Samaria. The building has been reserved. Fox hunt to begin around 11:00 AM, meal to begin between 2:00 and 3:00. Please RSVP to help plan meat and bring a side item to share. Contact a club officer with your plans.
More net controllers needed.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 7:38 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - JUNE
JUNE 1, 2023 Minutes
Training: Radio Programming
Call to Order by Fred at 7:00pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted on club website.
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Fred. Total balance on hand $727.01
Motioned by Jim to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 9 members and 0 guests present
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
New Radio Operator - David Colton, Jim will attempt to contact
Old Business:
Chips for repeater, battery backup and grounding on site. The road is now open
Interference between Malad club repeater and the Intertie is an intertie issue and will be investigated on next visit.
Tech training starts next meeting.
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
July: WebSDR by Bret
List of authorized club members to our emergency radio locations, Emergency located radios need to be standardized with same channels at all locations. This is an ongoing discussion. Idea and sample ID card presented by Jim to help sites with ham radios to recognize club operators. All non-digital ham radios have been removed from Sheriff’s office and were given to the Church of Jesus Christ by Sheriff since they were the property of the Sheriff Department.
Discussion of emergency Trailer needs to have some things repaired. We need to locate the title prior to making specific repairs and such. Jim to reach out to Allen.
Fox hunt in May went well. Winners of the radios were Bill Drury and Roland.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Little Red Riding Hood – All women Cancer Ride at Lewiston Fairground June 3 - https://barconline.org/littlered/
Cache Grand Fondo – 8 July on second Saturday – Contact Russ Leikis - https://groups.io/g/CGF-Hams/
Pocatello Ride - August
LoToJa Bike Ride – Sept 9
Bike the Bear – Scout event on Sept. 23
Flood Warning from storms and snow melt. Club assisted with monitoring reservoirs and reporting issues. Everything stable.
Summer Field Day – We will combine with Golden Spike Club for event on June 24-25 at the Bear River City Park. We really need people for the evening shift. Additional information can be found at K7UB.org.
Conversation regarding the DB408 antenna donated by WA7X in exchange for assistance cleaning out his garage in Salt Lake. Lot's of scrap items and misc. equipment. Bret and Jim have details
New Business:
Aug 5th Pot Luck and Fox hunt at Blue Goose in Samaria. Will cost $75 to reserve the building to be discussed further at July meeting.
Club Affiliation with ARRL would require 51% of club to be members of the ARRL. Decided not to pursue.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - MAY
April 6, 2023 Minutes
Call to Order by Fred at 7:03 pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved as posted on club website.
Motion by Jim accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy Allen Treasurer. Total balance on hand $692.01
Motioned by Jim to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 10 members and 0 guests present
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Old Business:
Chips for repeater, battery backup and grounding on hold until spring thaw. Estimated 2-3 weeks before site is accessible.
Interference between Malad club repeater and the Intertie is an intertie issue and will be investigated on next visit.
Tech training starts next meeting.
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
June: Radio programing. Bring radios and software
July: WebSDR by Bret
List of authorized club members to our emergency radio locations, Emergency located radios need to be standardized with same channels at all locations. This is an ongoing discussion. Idea and sample ID card presented by Jim to help sites with ham radios to recognize club operators. All non-digital ham radios have been removed from Sheriff’s office and were given to the Church of Jesus Christ by Sheriff since they were the property of the Sheriff Department.
Discussion of emergency Trailer needs to have some things repaired. We need to locate the title prior to making specific repairs and such. Jim to reach out to Allen.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support:
Little Red Riding Hood – All women Cancer Ride at Lewiston Fairground June 3 - https://barconline.org/littlered/
Cache Grand Fondo – 8 July on second Saturday – Contact Russ Leikis - https://groups.io/g/CGF-Hams/
Pocatello Ride - August
LoToJa Bike Ride – Sept 9
Bike the Bear – Scout event on Sept. 23
Summer Field Day – We will combine with Golden Spike Club for event on June 24-25 at the Bear River City Park. We really need people for the evening shift. Additional information can be found at K7UB.org.
There is a small area on the 10 m band for techs to be on HF frequencies. Contact Fred for additional details. Karl has been making lots of contacts this way.
New Business:
Flood Warning in effect for the county with major concern of the reservoirs spilling over their banks, but not a concern for failure, just spilling over. All due to snow melt and weather forecast of rain over next several days. Deep Creek, Devils Creek, Kid’s Pond and Crowthers. Can everyone please monitor club repeater in case we are needed to report problems of roads and such to Brian, KI6ICC, or you can text him as well.
Lots of June activities. Museum Ship Weekend June 3-4. As of May 31, All base stations need to meet exposure levels. Handheld and mobile radios are exempt. Lewis and Clark Trail on the Air June 3-18.
Good of the Club: All Idaho ARRL Ham Radio Operators Zoom Call at 7:00 pm mountain time. This month is an update on the USFS proposal update. The ARRL is requesting as many members that can attend to d please do so.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - APRIL
April 6, 2023 Minutes
Call to Order by Fred at 7:05 pm.
Minutes: Accepted and approved
Motion by Manuel accepted and passed as written.
Minutes posted on website, K7RCN.org under club business
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy Allen Treasurer. Total balance on hand $692.01
Motioned by Karl to be accepted and approved.
Attendance: 9 members and 1 guest present
Updated list of emails, addresses, and phone numbers for all members. This is an ongoing project.
Old Business:
Chips for repeater, battery backup and grounding on hold until spring thaw.
Interference between Malad club repeater and the Intertie is an intertie issue and will be addressed further in spring when the repeater can be accessed.
Tech training starts next meeting.
April Meeting - how to terminate coax cables.
May - Fox Hunting.
List of authorized club members to our emergency radio locations, Emergency located radios need to be standardized with same channels at all locations. This is an ongoing discussion. Fred met with hospital administrator and all equipment was tested and working. Holbrook Simplex seems to be working.
Club By-Laws Article 5 Membership changes were moved by Sean, accepted and passed as written.
Use of the website. Tracy and Bret were able to post meeting minutes to site prior to meetings. Remember, personal data is not to be put on the website.
Fox Hunt- we plan to have one on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7 at the Air Plane Park/Malad City Park starting at 9am. This is the Saturday after the May meeting where we will discuss how to do a fox hunt.
Discussion of emergency Trailer needs to have repairs. Jim provided a list of items for the trailer. Upon discussion, a few questions came up. What is the desired purpose of the trailer and what do we really want to be able to do with trailer in an actual emergency. Members will ponder this and will return to this issue next meeting. We need to locate the title prior to making repairs.
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support
Grand Fondo – July on second Saturday – Contact Bridgeton Ham Radio Cub
Little Red Ride – All women Cancer Ride at Lewiston Fairground June 3
Pocatello Ride - August
LoToJa Bike Ride – Sept 9
Bike the Bear – Scout event
Sand City 100 – April 15-16 in Grandview, Idaho
Summer Field Day – We will combine with Golden Spike Club for event on June 24-25 at the Bear River City Park. We really need people for the evening shift. Additional information can be found at K7UB.org.
There is a small area on the 10 m band for techs to be on HF frequencies. Contact Fred for additional details. Karl has been making lots of contacts this way.
New Business:
An antenna in exchange for cleaning out a garage in Salt Lake. Bret and Jim have the details. This will be scheduled when Glen Worthington, WA7X contacts the club and is ready for cleaning.
ARRL trainings via Zoom meetings. Thursday, April 27 is for Treasurer
Training: Assembling connectors to coax cables presented by Sean.
Good of the Club:
Training in Garland City – see K7UB.org
Malad Events
Malad Lions Club 100th anniversary celebration April 27. $15 per person, $25 for 2 people.
Lincoln Day Dinner – April 14 at 6:30 pm at the Fairgrounds. $20 a peron.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy, Secretary - KT7TLD
2023 - MARCH
02 MARCH 2023
Call to Order by Fred at 7:05 pm.
Minutes: Read. Accepted and approved. Motion by Jim, accepted and passed as written.
Treasurer’s Report: Read by Troy Allen Treasurer. Total balance on hand $ 817.01
Motioned by Fred, accepted and approved.
Member: 8 members and 1 visitor present
Utah VHF Society Swap Meet was February 25, 2023 at the Legacy Event Center in Farmington, UT. Several members won prices in the drawing.
Updated list of emails, addresses and phone numbers for all members, this is ongoing.
Old Business:
Chips for repeater are in. We have all needed parts. Now we wait for Spring thaw.
Interference between Malad club repeater and the Intertie is an intertie issue and will be repaired in Spring when the repeater can be accessed.
Tech training starts next meeting.Starting with April Meeting, will train how to do connectors to co-ax cables.
May will be Fox Hunting.
List of authorized club members to our emergency radio locations, Emergency located radios need to be standardized with same channels at all locations. This is an ongoing discussion. Fred and Sean to meet with hospital personnel to check equipment. Holbrook Simplex seems to be working.
Club By-Laws need to be updated.
Article 5 Membership: several suggestions and ideas were discussed. Issue tabled to next meeting for revisions of this section of By-Laws.
Winter Field Day: January 28/29, 2023. We had 190 contacts which was confirmed by a certificate from WFD23.
Use of the website. Tracy to work with Bret to gain access to site and plan to post meeting minutes to site prior to meetings to save time at meetings.
Personal data not to be put on the website due to increased costs.
Fox Hunt- we will plan to have one on Saturday, May 6. This is the Saturday after the May meeting where we will discuss how to do a fox hunt..
Discussion of emergency Trailer needs to be help. Jim provided a list of items for the trailer. Upon discussion, a few questions came up. What is the desired purpose of the trailer and what do we really want to be able to do with trailer in n actual emergency. Members will ponder this and will return to this issue next meeting.
New Business:
Local Bike Rides Needing Ham Radio Support
Grand Fondo – July on second Saturday
Little Red Ride – All women Cancer Ride at Lewiston Fairground June 3
Pocatello Ride - August
Lotoja Bike Ride – Sept 9
Cowboy Poets and Musicians March 24-25. It was decided to put a quarter page ad for $50. Motion made by Troy and passed in favor of this. Don to take care of it.
Idaho Spud Round Up – QSO on 3/11-3/12. Awards are available. Contact Don if interested.
Summer Field Day – started a discussion on combining with Golden Spike Club.
There is a way for techs to be on HF frequencies. Contact Fred for details
Training: none
Good of the Club: Pre Silent Key Sale-flyers handed out to those interested.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy Drury, Secretary
KT7TLD