President’s Report
Hi all,
Last month Scott Tranchitella K9XJT gave an excellent presentation on APRSLINK. Thank you Scott!
It’s time for field day! The logistics of doing two field day sites has me pulling out my gray hair!
For info about the Shoppes at Grand Prairie, contact Justin Flick N9WX. Also, a special thank you to Justin for taking the lead at the club’s main site at the Shoppes.
PAARC hasn’t had a Fox Hunt in a while, so the Board and fellow members thought that it would be fun to start planning as Covid-19 restrictions allow. Hopefully it will be fun, and not too difficult. If it goes well, and everyone enjoys it, we can plan a larger, multi-transmitter event for later in the year. You’ll need a Yagi antenna, so a tape measure Yagi will be our next project build. That project will be sometime this summer, Details to TBA.
Do you have questions about how to program a radio, interested about digital modes? Join us for Elmer net immediately after the Sunday night net.
And finally a surprise. I’ve been given the green light for Jamboree on the Air, from the Boy Scouts WD Boyce Council. I have reached out to a area clubs, and was pleasantly surprised for the amount of support for radio scouting! The dates are Oct. 15th to Oct. 17th and you can check out this ARRL page for more information on JOTA. We are still in our preliminary planning more details to be announced.
In Remembrance of Memorial Day:
We salute you today, for the sacrifice you paid.
You served in honor and we will never forget
that you were strong and brave.
I came to visit you, To place this flag upon your grave
To just say thank you on this Memorial Day
Meeting Minutes
Minutes of PAARC Board Meeting Date: 5/6/2021 – Location: Zoom
The meeting was called to order by President Craig at 7:10 PM.
Attending:
Ron Morgan, Secretary
Craig Worrick, President
Deb Suhs, chairman
Matt Behnke
John Gardner
Justin Flick, N9WX
Thomas Hunt, W8NWG
Reports:
- Discussion on field day,
Justin updated about Shops a Grand Prairie.
Craig gave an update about FD at ISR (Scouts) - BOD planning a foxhunt & tape measure yagi build. Details to TBA.
- Craig gave an update about JOTA21, forming a partnership with Boy scouts of America. W.D. Boyce council.
- Bandbits, chair moved to accept as presented motion carried.
- Treasurer’s report.
$12,296.11 chair moved to accept as presented. Motion carried.
Club Insurance is due, chair moved to approve expense. motion carried. - Superfest,
Deb gave updates on Superfest. - Repeater updates.
EchoLink is installed on the 075 repeater
K9RCS & K9CEW have conducted tests,
There is some connectivity issues, referred to repeater committee.
Motion was made by to adjourn the meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM
Ron Morgan, AD9I
Minutes of PAARC Club Meeting Date: 5/13/2021 Location: Zoom
The meeting was called to order by Club Trustee Tom Hunt W8NWG at 7:00 PM.
Those in attendance:
Scott Tranchitella, K9XJT
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU
KC Kerchner, KC9IH
Corey Ressler, KC9RAV
Dion Wilson, KC9UCJ
Jim Polson, WD9JDP
Jon Dainty, NM0O
Ben Knapp, KD9RYH
Mark Suhs, W9WGN
Matt Behnke, KD9ERS
Deb Suhs, WD9EB
Tom Hunt, W8NWG
Dwight Aussieker, K9QJ
Steve Hart, WF9E
Lee Nordstrom, KC9JQX
- Superfest report – tickets have been picked up from the printers and will be distributed shortly to the members to sell.
- Repeater report – EchoLink has been installed on the 075.
- Motion to accept the minutes a published in BandBits was made by Deb, seconded by Jim, motion passed.
Scott Tranchitella, K9XJT gave a presentation on APRS. You can find a pdf of his slides on our download page
Rich made the motion to adjourn, Corey seconded, meeting adjourned at 8:00pm
Peoria County ARES
June 2 ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
June 9, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
June 17, ARES On-line Conference @ 7:00 PM CST (Watch your email for Zoom conference info). This meeting is questionable due to potential future travel requirements, and may not occur.
Call or email Rich if you are not on the ARES Roster and desire to join this Zoom Conference.
Teleconference Agenda includes: Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Volunteer Opportunities, & more!
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: kd9anu@arrl.net
Winlink: kd9anu@winlink.org
Cell: 309-256-4272
Superfest
Make sure you check the PAARC Superfest Prize Sponsors page or the PAARC Superfest 2021 Prizes slide show. Matt Behnke, KD9ERS, is keeping Tom Hunt, W8NWG busy with the updates to the sponsors page and Deb Suhs, WD9EB busy making slides for the new prizes he keeps getting. There are some really nice prizes that he has gotten from our wonderful sponsors.
The tickets have been picked up from the printers. The Superfest committee members that could along with some guests had a ticket stuffing party and club members will be receiving their tickets to sell or purchase via the mail soon. If for some reason you do not receive your tickets by June 15th let Tom Hunt, w8nwg@arrl.net or Deb Suhs, wd9eb@arrl.net know.
The next Superfest meeting will be on Thursday June 24th at 7pm. Please contact Deb Suhs at WD9EB@arrl.net if you would like to be included in the Zoom meeting.
May Net Logs
5/2
WD9EB KD9ERS K9TNT W8NWG N9NDF W9JDP KD9PXZ KD9JXR NM0O K9JXT KD9IBC N9WFT KD9NYE KD9QQU K9HJZ KD9AER WB9UMM W9WGN KB9ATO KD9IVV KD9HZZ WW9DLM WF9E WF9U KD9RYH KC9YTT KT9TB N9GUE – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
5/9
K9TNT N0XOH N9NDF KD9PXZ W8NWG NM0O KD9JXR KD9RYH WF9E K9HJZ KD9AER KD9IVV WB9UMM KD9ANU KT9TB KD9NTP W9WTF KD9HZZ WF9U KD9ERS KB9ATO N9SJZ KB9TNZ K9XJT KD9IBC N9GUE W9JDP KC9YTT N9WX K9CEW – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
5/16
WD9EB N9WFT KD9ERS KD9BXZ K9IW K9TNT KD9IBC W9JDP KD9JXR NM0O KB99ATO KD9NYE KD9AER KD9IVV N9WX WF9U WB9UMM N9NDF WF9E KD9ANU K9HJZ KT9TB WW9LDM NA9LE W9WGN KD9QQU N9GUE KB9ATO N9GUE KB9ATO N9GZ KC9YTT KD9RYH K9CEW KD9DBQ – Submitted by W8NWG 73
5/23
WD9EB KD9ERS N9NDF KD9JXR W9WGN N9GUE W8NWG K9XJT W9JDP N9WFT K9HJZ KD9AER KD9IVV KD9RYH K9QZ KD9PXZ W9WTF KB9ATO K9TNT WF9U WF9E KD9ANU K9CEW KD9UMM KC9YTT KD9MPI KB9YYD KD9QQU KD9NYE KD9IBC NM0O KD9QQT KB9TNZ – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
5/30
W9JDP N9NDF NM0O KD9NYE KD9JXR KD9PXZ K9QJ KD9IBC KD9AER N9WFT KD9IVV N9GUE W8NWG K9XJT K9HJZ WF9U KC9YTT KD9RYH KB9ATO KD9QQU KT9TB WF9E WB9UMM KD9HZZ – Submitted by KD9DBQ 73