Present (26): K1TA, W1PPL, KC1FB, AI1V, K1NGK, KB1YOZ, K1RF, N1ZD, W1FSM, N1CT,
ND1L, WA1VXM, KC1ISC, KC1AUH, AA1XV, KD2LMS, W1TEG, W1LYZ, N1PLH, N1DPD,
KB1YYE, N1II, KC1HFL, WG1HM and XYL, W1CAH
Meeting called to order by K1TA at 7:30pm. January meeting minutes accepted.
Department Reports
Finance : Bank account is good. Slightly under last year due to purchases of transceivers and
repairs to beam.
Technical : All repeaters operational. No changes. Some work being done 775 analog.
Education : More than adequate interest in General Class license class. Working on scheduling
for early April. Will be 9 weeks.
Special Events : Soldering class fully booked.
Note that we generally meet for breakfast on Saturday mornings at the Silver Star Diner on Rt. 1
at 8am before opening the Comm Center at 9am.
Looking for someone to be the Field Day captain.
Membership : Currently 87 members. About 70 paid members – the rest are lifetime members
and graduates of our recent Technician class who were given one year free membership.
Dues
Dues are now due for 2018. Payable by check or thru Paypal on our website.
The club provides three months grace on dues.
Programs
Call for a Program Coordinator to determine the interests of the membership and arrange for
programs on those subjects.
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Congratulations to Paul N1II on being awarded the ARRL’s 2017 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical
Writing Award for his article, “The ABCs of a Digital Multimeter,” which appeared in the October
2017 edition of QST (p 37).
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Meeting Adjourned 8:10pm
Submitted by Jon AI1V
