BCRO SEPTEMBER 2024 Meeting
Date : SEPTEMBER 10th, 2024
Time: 7PM-9pm
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Purpose: Monthly meeting: Virtual group meeting, continued planning for activities, education |
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INVITED: MEMBERS AND GUESTS: 8 members |
Host: Benton County Radio Operators |
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Facilitator: PRESIDENT moderating: Paul Blomgren |
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AGENDA |
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OFFICERS REPORTS |
Treasurer Report: Not available at this time. Secretary Report: Secretary Susan Walker, Minutes voted and accepted unanimously. |
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OLD BUSINESS |
Repeater Report: Steve Warner: Installed a new generator for the Centerton location. Steve is working on the controller and replacing the link radio. Some Heliax Coax cable is to be salvaged if anyone wants it. Will Rogers talked of a complaint about identifying the station, soon to be resolved.
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NEW BUSINESS |
Net report: Net lineup was reviewed. Net Controls: 1. Van Allen; 2. Susan Walker; 3. Steve Werner. A NET CONTROLER is sought for the 4TH and 5TH Thursdays. Group members are attempting to loan a radio to Neil Poff to help him to fill in the open slots. Net Controllers please publicize that BCRO meetings are virtual via the BCRO website.
Testing: Testing continues the 3rd Saturday of the month at Cross Church in Springdale. Preregister is made through Darryl Wagoner. Email: darryl@waggoner.me A request for VE’s is ongoing.
Website: Currently, Van Allen is maintaining the website and doing a great job. Web ideas continue to be discussed. Platforms are discussed.
RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERANCE (RFI) of BCRO frequency was discussed by the group. A description of heard interference being heard was reported by Harold Sobotka. Further documenting the days, times, bands, and modes of interference by members of the group, will be helpful to establish a possible source. John Henley, Jr. thinks it could be an airplane ELT. Potential Activity of tracking interference “in the field ”or Radio Direction Finding, could be an educational and skill developing activity. STORM SPOTTER TRAINING 2024 URL https://www.weather.gov/tsa/spotter_training ELECTIONS: Harold Sobotka will be taking nominations through the November meeting. Voting will occur after the November meeting. Members will be sent an on-line voting link. Election results to be reported at the December meeting,
EDUCTIONAL PRESENTATION: RADIO DIRECTION FINDING (RDF) presented by Steve Werner. Discussed: Purpose of RDF; radios; antennas; books; software and questions. Ham Radio could contribute to the safety of the public.
On-line meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month available via BCRO website, BCRO.ORG. |
