President’s Report
One more month before the end of the year. Normally we get together for dinner in December, but this year we are going to a Rivermen game! Thanks to VP Scott, we are getting discounted tickets at $17 each. This will be on Friday, the day after our normal meeting day. More information can be found on the website or on Facebook. The reservation deadline is December 1. You can email your reservation to w9uvi@arrl.net
Elections for next year: Everybody remains in the same position.
I want to personally think Vice President Scott for his hard work and dedication this past year. He has come up with some really interesting ideas and presentations for the club. I can’t wait to see what happens next year!
Planning for the Fritz Bock Memorial Balloon Launch is in progress. Please contact Rich Holtman (KD9ANU) with any questions you may have. There are a lot of things that need to be planned for with this launch and any help is much appreciated!
The radio room cleanup is in process and well underway. Rich is updating the computers and I will be reorganizing the room a bit. If anyone wants to ever use the radio room to get on HF, contact myself or a Board member. We are hoping that members, old and new, will start taking advantage of this room again.
Thank you for everyone’s participation in the club. Without you and your hard work, we wouldn’t exist. As a reminder, dues are requested to be in by January 1st. You can pay online (small convenience fee) on our website or via check and snail mail.
I want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and I hope you have a great holiday season!
Justin Flick – N9WX
309-830-1967
N9WX.ARES@gmail.com
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Silent Key
Lisa Offutt, KB9YYC, of Mossville passed away in late November from ALS. Lisa and her husband Peter, KB9YYD were former members of the Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club.
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Meeting Minutes:
7:01 p.m. on Nov. 10, the regular PAARC meeting begins with introductions
Bandbits approval… a motion by Jim (W9JDP), Jon (NM0O) seconds. All are in favor.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
$16,104.80 total in all accounts
$10,901.03 in money market
$535.44 in savings
$196.94 PayPal
$4,471.39 in checking
(For November, had some withdrawals for tower rental, internet and Expo Gardens rental.)
Tom makes a motion to accept the report, Brett (KD9PXZ) seconds. All are in favor.
SuperFest meeting will be at 7 p.m. on Zoom this Thursday.
Nothing new from the repeater committee. But…
- Jon brought up maybe having a fundraiser idea for our potential tower move. But we need to figure out if we actually want to still move towers.
- We’re still having issues with the .075 antenna, but will have a tower climber look at it when they’re up for other business.
NEW BUSINESS:
- At next month’s meeting, Scott will lead discussion on two different types of digital radios (one with no RF, one that does DMR with no code plugs)
- Scott might get the group free Rivermen tickets for our yearly social event (will check… had 41 people last year for social event)
- Fritz Bock Memorial Balloon Launch sometime in Spring 2023 to honor a former member of our club who died in 2019. Planning will begin with some upcoming Zoom meetings, then face-to-face to start building the kit. Let Rich (KD9ANU) know if interested in helping. $640 was donated in Fritz’s name to do this launch, but we will need to budget out the rest of the gear we will need.
Mark (W9WGN) makes a motion to adjourn the regular meeting, Jon seconds. All are in favor and we’re done.
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Peoria County ARES
Dec 7, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Dec 14, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
Dec 21, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info)
Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join the Zoom Conference.
On-Line Conference Agenda includes: Infrastructure Activities, Training, Winterheat Simplex Event, Winlink, and more.
Please submit your Training Documentation form.
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: kd9anu@arrl.net
Winlink: kd9anu@winlink.org
Cell: 309-256-4272
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Superfest
The December meeting will be Thursday Dec 22 at 7pm on Zoom. You can join the meeting by clicking on the Superfest link on the Club Meetings page.
We are beginning the process to trademark Midwest SuperfestTM if anyone has any experience with trademarks, your assistance would be welcome. If you can assist, please contact Deb, WD9EB@arrl.net.
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November Net Logs
11/6
K9XJT KC9IH W9WGN NM0O K9HJZ KD0SZZ KD9ANU N9GUE N9SJZ KB9ATO KB9SF KD9IVV KD9AER N9WFT K9TNT W8NWG KD9JXR NP2WJ KD9VYM K9RCS WF9E KC9YTT N9NDF KD9PXZ KD9RYH KD9STL K9UQF KB9OGS KD9QQU Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
11/13
KD9ANU WD9EB W9WGN W9JDP K9TNT KD9PXZ NM0O W8NWG N9NDF KD9JXR KB9ATO KD9AER KD9IVV KD9NYE W9WTF K9XJT NP2WJ KD9IBC KD9STL K9RCS KC9IH KD9MOA KD9TEG KB9TNZ N9SJZ N9WFT WD9EGV WW9DLM KD9RYH K9UQF WF9E KC9YTT KD9VYM KT9TB KB9OGS Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
11/20
KD9ANU WD9EB K9XJT KD9QQU KC9IH W8NWG NM0O W9WGN N9GUE K9HJZ N9WX KD9VYM KB9OGS KD9TEG KD9IVV KB9TNZ W9JDP K9TNT KD9AER KD9PXZ N9NDF KD9JXR N9WFT K9RCS KD9ERS KD9IBC WW9DLM WF9E NP2WJ KD9RYH K9CEW K9UQF N9SJZ KT9TB KD9VIN KD9NYE KD9STL Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
11/27
WD9EB, W8NWG, KD9VYM, NM0O, N9GUE, K9XJT, K9HJZ, KC9IH, W9WGN, KD9DBQ, K9TNT, KD9PXZ, KD9IVV, KD9JXR, KD9AER, W9JDP, N9WFT, K9RCS, W9WTF, KB9ATO, N9NDF, KD9QQU, KD9STL, KB9OGS, KD9SPJ, K9CEW, KD9ANU, WW9DLM, KD9RYH, KC9YTT, K9UQF, KB9TNZ, KD9TEG, KD9ERS Submitted by WF9E 73
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December Club Events
December 1 – 7:00 pm – Board of Directors Meeting – Zoom
December 7 – 7:00 pm ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
December 9 – FRIDAY – 7:00 pm: Club Meeting Social Event: Peoria Rivermen Hockey (vs. Huntsville Havoc) at Carver Arena at the Peoria Civic Center. Spouses welcome! Tickets are $17 each. Please reserve your tickets by email: w9uvi@arrl.net by December 1.
December 14 – 7:00 pm ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
December 17 – FCC License Testing: Morton Knights of Columbus, 616 W. David Street, Morton, IL. FRN Required. Bring two forms of identification and a copy of your license (if upgrading). Testing Fee: $15.
December 18 – Happy Hanukkah!
December 21 – ARES Meeting – details to be announced
December 22 – Superfest Meeting – via ZOOM
December 25 – Merry Christmas!
