President’s Message
Hello All,
It’s about that time of year for ARRL Field Day! The BOD has been working behind the scenes planning a spectacular Field Day and I’m pleased to announce, that the club will be operating 2 Field Day sites!
1st site. Shops at Grand Prairie promoting the public safety and emergency service community outreach parts of amateur radio.
2nd Site. Ingersoll Scout Reservation.
One day operation, focus on youth & scouting involvement. I personally am very excited to be building a relationship with W.D. Boyce council for the future. More announcements to come.
What is Field Day? It is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science (source ARRL).
Til next time 73′
Craig Worrick
K9CEW
PAARC President
Meeting Minutes
PAARC BOD 4/1/2021
1. Call to Order, @ 7:08, Jim Polson, Ron Morgan, Craig Worrick, Justin Flick, Matt Benhke, Deb Suhs
2. BOD Minutes – Agreed
3. Report
a. Repeater Committee – interference from another antenna on the tower. The ghost is W9taz. Meeting scheduled for Monday.
b. Superfest – Meeting next week Friday 9th at 10 am at the Dome to discuss terms and layouts. Team is working on a guest speaker. Prize committee is working on some nice stuff.
c. Treasurer – No changes from last month.
d. Secretary –
Nothing new to report
8. Unfinished Business – No old business to bring before the board
9. New Business
* Club Trailer – organization with tables, stabilizer jacks
* Field Day – KOC? Or Red Cross. Joint venture with another group?
* Superfest – Avanti’s has a liquor license which might be an attraction.
10. Open Mic – Door prizes or raffle will be at the next club meeting. $25 ARRL gift certificate and book for Digital modes.
Ron Morgan, AD9I
PAARC Secretary
PAARC Club 4/08/2021
President Craig Worrick called meeting to order at 7:15 pm
Attendance: Craig Worrick – K9CEW, Justin Flick – N9WX, Brandi Houston, Steve Grob– KD9AER, Jon Dainty – NM0O, Jim Polson – W9JDP, Mark Suhs – W9WGN, Deb Suhs – WD9EB, Tom Hunt – W8NWG, Steve Hart – WF9E, Darrin Weir– KD9HZZ, Rich Schmitz– K9RCS, Scott Tranchitella – K9XJT
John Zdanowski – KD9QQU
President announced Band Bits has been posted to W9UVI.ORG website. Please read.
Previous meeting minutes presented, voted to approve minutes as read.
Finance Report was presented and accepted as presented.
Vice President Justin Flick reminded club of upcoming ARES Mini Simulated emergency test. Simulated Earth Quake Event May 1st from 10 am to 2:00 pm. Contact Rich (KD9ANU) or Justin (N9WX) if interested.
Also ARES link is in Band Bits.
Club Trailer plates are up for renewal: $118, Darrin suggested club get a special plate, less expensive.
Tabled discussion, deferred to BOD to investigate alternatives.
Next License Test will be held at Morton KC Hall 616 David St, Morton, IL 61550, Immediately behind Morton Post Office, Saturday, April 17, 2021. John Zdanowski will open up hall around 11:15 am for setup. Testing begins at Noon. Butch’s pizza and cash bar available. All members invited to attend to socialize and fellowship with potential members. Contact Bob Bush W9WTF for more info.
Darrin xxx presented a vinyl club sticker with club logo to members as for possible club events such as Super Fest.
Could possibly sell at ham fest? Prices range from 40cents each for 50 qty, down to 36cents each for 1000 qty.
Table discussion and referred to BOD meeting to discuss. Thanks to Darrin for handing out sample stickers to meeting attendees
President announced two door prices to be drawn and awarded at end of meeting. ARRL book – “Get on the Air with HF Digital” $25 gift card to ARRL Online Store.
Craig gave a “HF Digital Station” live demo.
Door prize drawn and awarded to Mark and Deb
Scott offered to give a demo on WinLlink Email & Text over APRS at a future meeting. President to coordinate and schedule with Scott
Meeting adjourned at 8:34pm
Club Social at KC Hall Bar after meeting.
Minutes respectfully submitted by: John Zdanowski – KD9QQU (Volunteer Meeting Recorder)
Peoria County ARES
May 5 ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
May 12, ARES Net @ 8:00 PM CST on the 075 repeater
May 19, 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 this Zoom Conference.
Teleconference Agenda includes: Training, Winlink News, Upcoming RATPAC Sessions, Help Wanted, Illinois State ARES Spring SET, 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
Have you checked out the PAARC Superfest Prize Sponsors or the PAARC Superfest 2021 Prizes pages? Matt Behnke, KD9ERS, is doing an absolute FANTASTIC job getting sponsors and prize donations.
The tickets are being printed and should be picked up within the next two weeks. It will be posted on the club Facebook page when the tickets will be available to club members to buy or sell. If you wish to receive more than the normal 10 to buy or sell please let Tom Hunt, w8nwg@arrl.net or Deb Suhs, wd9eb@arrl.net know.
The next Superfest meeting will be on Thursday May 27th at 7pm please contact Deb Suhs at WD9EB@arrl.net if you would like to be included in the Zoom meeting.
April Net Logs
4/4
Easter Sunday – no net was held.
4/11
WD9EB KD9ERS K9RCS N9NDF N9SJZ W8NWG K9TNT W9WGN KB9TNZ W9JDP KD9PXZ KD9IVV N9WFT KD9AER K9XJT AD9Z KD9NYE N9GGUE K9HJZ WF9E WF9U WW9DLM KD9HZZ KD9JXR KD9IBC KD9QQU KT9TB KB9ATO K9CEW N9WX KC9YTT KD9RYH KD9ANU W9WTF WB9UMM Submitted by KD9DBQ
4/18
WD9EB K9RCS KD9ERS N9SJZ KD9PXZ KD9IVV KD9JXR W9JDP WB9UMM K9HJZ KC9YTT N9WFT W8NWG KD9HZZ W9WGN N9NDF WF9E KB9TNZ K9XJT KT9TB N9GUE KD9QQU N9WX KB9ATO WF9U KD9ANU N9CJI KD9NYE AD9Z KD9QQT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
4/25
KD9ERS K9RCS NM0O N9WX W9WGN N9WFT KD9JXR N9GUE KB9TNZ KD9IBC KD9AER K9XJT KD9HJZ KD9RYH KD9IVV KD9RXZ KD9PXZ KD9NYE N9NDF WW9DLM WF9U WF9E KB9ATO KC9YTT W9FYR WB9UMM KT9TB Submitted by KD9DBQ 73