10-01 (January 13) Meeting Report

The NBARC January meeting was held Wednesday January 13th 2010. Sorry it has taken me so long to get this newsletter out but between work and being laid up for a while I finally got a chance. In attendance were VA3SPT, VA3BDR, VA3PC, VE3MAA, VE3YO, VE3YYB, VA3OZ, VA3WAC, VE3GMG, VE3XKB and VE3KAA. Bill VA3SPT welcomed everyone to the first meeting of 2010. From the correspondence file we received a cheque from the Kiwanis Club for our help at the 2009 Triathalon. The HAITI Earthquake was mentioned. the main frequencies you can probably hear from here are 14.265 and 14.300. For more information see the NBARC Website and look under the RAC bulletins as Paul is keeping that up to date. From the treasurer.. Dues are Due. $20.00 per year. 2M net is doing well. Dave VE3GTM is having 10 to 11 check-ins Mondays. His improved set-up appears to be working well. 80M net is down a bit but still has 8-10 check-ins. The ARES trailer is still parked at my place. It is being kept dug out to the best of our ability. There was a Emergency Planning Meeting January 21st. Bill was going to attempt to attend. A number of us are headed to the Durham hamfest April 17th. A few of us are headed to the Dayton Hamvention May 14th-16th. A few members of the North Bay Cycle Club are looking at getting their ticket. There may be a course run in the future. Date TBD. The Contest Club is going to be running the Spring Contest. If you have ever wanted to see what contesting is all about do drop out. Stay tuned for futher. For the RAC news see the NBARC website. Paul posts all RAC bulletins on the website. There is nothing new on events at this time. Stay tuned as they are going to ramp up as the year progresses. Paul got the crystals for the radios. He has the APRS radio up and running well. The I-Gate software however has caused him to lose more hair. (I know you didn't think that was possible!)He is hoping soon. He also has the crystals for the VE3NFM UHF repeater. 442.000 (+5MHz). Now I have to figure out how to program it into the radio. He is not sure when it will be on the air so stay tuned.... There was a long and detailed discussion re the Constitution and By-Laws. The revised information is on the website at http://www.ciinet.org/nbarc/content/draft-constitution-laws-and-memorand... If the above link doesn't work CLICK on ARCHIVE\Documentation and you will find it there. There are PDF and printer friendly versions. Well that is about it for right now. Hopefully we'll see you at coffee or hear you on the net. 73/Drew VE3MAF