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Minutes: April 30, 2019

President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the meeting to order at 1840.

Minutes of the February meeting and financial report were approved.

Old business: None

New business: There has not been a policy of paying for the meal of a Chapter 79 member who presents a program for a meeting. The Chapter has been doing that for non-members. Harold asked for thoughts about doing that for Chapter members who present a program. After discussion, Jerry, ACØRL, moved that Chapter 79 pay for meals for Chapter 79 members who present programs. Second by Henry, WØIE. Motion passed.

President Harold Childress said he needs to step down as president at the end of this year and won’t serve for another term. Secretary-Treasurer Larry Cannon said he needs to step down from that office at the end of this year, too. So, next October, we need to elect another president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer.

Harold asked that we all introduce ourselves.

Lloyd McCombs, KØLM, mentioned that his wife, Jeanette, passed away March 18. Our sincere condolences to Lloyd.

Shaun Halstead, KØPER, presented a very interesting program about ham radio testing. He started with some amateur radio statistics that showed that there are more licensed amateur radio operators in the United States today than at any time since 1912 when licensing began. As of January 2019, there are 755,952 licensed ham radio operators.

Shaun talked about Laurel Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC). Laurel doesn’t charge a testing fee. Wichita Amateur Radio Club (WARC) has a Volunteer Examiner team associated with Laurel VEC. Shaun is the Team Leader of the VE team.

Shaun also gave information about the felony question on the license application form.

Meeting adjourned at 2020.

Minutes: August 28, 2018

President Harold Childress called the meeting to order at 1900. Twelve members and three guests were in attendance.

Minutes and financial reports were approved as e-mailed. Motion by Joe Pajor; second by Henry Monton.

Harold said we have two more meetings this year, and asked members to start thinking about chapter officers for next year. We really need to elect a vice president, who is also the program chairman.

Please contact Bryon Cannon, Chapter 79 webmaster, if you have content to post on the chapter’s website. The URL of the web site is QCWA79.com. The secretary was asked to add the website URL to the e-mails of the meeting notice and minutes.

The business meeting was concluded at 1905.

President Childress introduced Coy Terry, WØZWS, who presented a very interesting program about delta loop antennas for 40 meters and how he phases two loops to add some directivity, which helps with the transmit and receive signal strength.

Coy is almost completely blind due to an eye disease he got in 2006, possibly related to his stay in the New Orleans Superdome after Hurricane Katrina. Although it is a condition that moves slowly, it will most likely result in total blindness.

Coy holds an Amateur Extra class operator license. He enjoys operating CW and building and putting up antennas. He has taught himself to solder but says he endured some burned fingers in the process. His wife, Pamela, helps him by reading meters and a few other things, but Coy says the words “can’t do it” aren’t allowed at his house.

Minutes: October 24, 2017

President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the meeting to order at 1910.

Program: Harold introduced John Lock, KFØM, who, in the 1990s, got involved in repeater maintenance, which led him into the development of the Kan-Okla system of linked repeaters. His very interesting program included history of the Kan-Okla linked repeater network. He also explained about different ways repeaters can be linked, and talked about the direction linked repeater systems are headed.

Business: Minutes of the August 29 meeting and the treasurer’s report were approved as printed and e-mailed. Attendance: 6 members and 3 guests.

Harold stated that we need to get really serious about next year’s officers. We need a vice president, who also is the program chairman.

Election of officers will be at the December 19 meeting.

Harold asked the secretary to send an e-mail to all current members, with the current chapter roster, and the names of some former members. He encouraged everyone to recruit new members and to try to get former members to rejoin QCWA and our chapter.

The chapter will pay for the meal of a serious guest prospective member candidate.

Harold said we need a program for the December meeting. Lloyd McCombs offered to check with a musical group that he knows.

The meeting was adjourned at 2028.

Submitted by Larry Cannon, KØSFV, Secretary.

Minutes: August 29, 2017

President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the meeting to order at 1852.

Minutes of the June 27 meeting and the treasurer’s report were approved as printed and e-mailed, upon a motion by Joseph Pajor, and second by Dale Puckett. Attendance: 11 members and 3 guests.

President Childress asked members to check our web site, QCWA79.com and to support webmaster Bryon Cannon with photographs and other content to post on the site.  Bryon’s e-mail address is qcwa79@gmail.com

Old business:  None

New Business: President Childress announced that nominations for officers for 2018 will be taken at the October meeting.  Nominations for all offices in QCWA Chapter 79 will be accepted.  You may nominate yourself.  If you nominate someone else, please be sure that person will accept the office if elected.  Election of officers will be at the December meeting.

Program: President Childress introduced James Whitfield, N5GUI, who presented an interesting program.  James likes to experiment and tinker, and doing talks and demonstrations.  He enjoys digital modes of ham radio.  He told about his radio equipment and about his newest project, learning about and using a Raspberry Pi computer. The Raspberry Pi is a tiny, versatile, powerful, and low-cost computer.  It was developed in the United Kingdom and was originally used to teach computer science. Millions of hobbyists are enjoying this nifty little computer.

Meeting was adjourned at 2005.  Next meeting is October 24.

Submitted by Larry Cannon, Secretary

Minutes: June 27, 2017

President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the meeting to order at 1845.

The minutes of the April 25th meeting and treasurer’s report were approved as printed and e-mailed.

Chapter 79 Webmaster Bryon Cannon, KAØIIU, reported that the chapter website is live. The URL is QCWA79.com. Content is needed. Submit content to Bryon.

Old Business: The office of Vice President still needs to be filled.
New business: Don Sharp, KDØQFR, joined Chapter 79. Welcome, Don.
Attendance: 9.

Program:

Joseph T. Pajor, KBØKFH, presented a very interesting program about the total solar eclipse that will happen on August 21, 2017. The eclipse, which will travel from west to east across will be seen in totality in many locations across the United States. Joe will be in Atchison, KS, which is in the path of totality, and plans to operate using the call sign KØS, from the Benedictine College press box.

People in areas not in the zone of total eclipse will be able to see a partial solar eclipse. He said that a lot of the scientific studies will take place during the eclipse across the country and the world.

The program was followed by a time of visiting about Field Day operations that took place the previous weekend.

Meeting adjourned at 1955.

Submitted by Larry Cannon, Secretary