Field Day:
The date is June 28-29 and will be
held at the club site. Mike King,
KC9JIG, volunteered to be the
chairman.
501c3:
The 501c3 is completed. The details
for donating and getting a receipt
for tax purposes will be worked out.
Work Day:
President Mike Wright has set a
workday of May 31 at the club site
starting at 9 AM. Among other
things, the 31-machine installation
may be finished that day.
Hamfest:
The dates for the hamfest are
October 4-5. Work chair assignments
need to be filled.
Radio License Classes:
Because of the technician and
general license classes, we had six
new technician licensees and three
radio amateur licensees upgraded to
general class.
Newscasts:
Tim Miller
mentioned that ipod newscasts
related to amateur radio can be put
on the repeater. Details are
forthcoming on that. An announcement
of the monthly club meetings will be
put on the 73 machine too.
CW Class:
Several people have indicated an
interest in having a CW class.
Larry volunteered to hold that class
and Tim will furnish interested
parties with Larry’s email address.
May Fox Hunt:
The May foxhunt was held on May 10.
Larry, WA9FFZ, was the fox and hid
at Ferguson Cemetery on Indian Creek
Road near Silverville. Going into
this hunt the tally for the year saw
four hunters with one victory
apiece. Those hunters winning this
year so far were January, Keith and
Ann Harris, N9KH/K9NOT, February,
Mike, KF9NP, March, Ray Stevens,
KB9LGS, and April, Larry, WA9FFZ.
Four hunters showed to track down
the fox for this hunt. They were
the Harris Team, Keith/Ann, Mike,
Ray and Ben, K1NT. Keith and Ann
were the first to arrive in an hour
and five minutes. Ray arrived in
one hour and twenty-five minutes,
Mike and Ben arrived nearly together
after one hour and forty minutes.
It was a close contest with Mike
logging 16.8 miles, Keith and Ann
logging 17.2 miles, followed by Ray
at 18.7 miles and Ben with a little
over 22 miles. Therefore, Mike
takes the lead with two victories
for the year. He will be the June
fox and the hunt will be back to the
usual third Saturday, June 21,
starting at 4:30 PM.
Newsletter -
May 2008