President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the meeting to order at 1835.
Minutes of the April meeting and financial report were approved.
Old business: Discussion about what information to include in a secure members-only section of the chapter website. There was a consensus for contact information to include name, call sign, telephone number and e-mail address. Joe Pajor moved that this information be added to the our local chapter’s website. Second by Dale Puckett. Motion passed.
New business: Our newest member, Joseph Kelber, ACØMO, was introduced and welcomed by Larry Cannon.
Joe Pajor introduced Jim Stafford, AJ5BS who presented an interesting program titled “The Road to Nuclear Power Operations.” He told about how the United States got into naval nuclear power and the types of ships that the Navy has used nuclear power on. He also discussed the requirements for a person to get into the nuclear program and what was required to become a nuclear plant operator.
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.
Ben Bogner tells club members about “Systematic Biases in the Rapid Sky Localization of Gravitational Waves.” Photo courtesy of Mark Bogner.
President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the meeting to order at 1835. Minutes of the December 2018 meeting were approved. Motion by Joe Pajor; second by Gary Essells.
Harold asked that we give Joe Pajor a hand for doing a good job as vice president even without the designation. Harold asked that all members please help with finding programs. We need a program for the April meeting.
If you know hams who are eligible to join QCWA, please invite them to attend our next meeting.
Bryon Cannon, webmaster, thanked Dale Puckett for his articles for our chapter’s website. If you have something of interest for the website, please e-mail it to QCWA79@gmail.com
There was a clarification that just names and call signs of members will be in the public part of the website. Additional information might be available in a members-only section.
Please respond to meeting notices. You might get one from our president, and one from our secretary. We like to let the restaurant know ahead of the meeting how many people to set up for.
Guest speaker Ben Bogner gave a very interesting program, “Systematic Biases in the Rapid Sky Localization of Gravitational Waves.” He explained what gravitational waves are, how they are detected, and why astronomers care about them.
The meeting started at 19:00 with Troy and Joy
Pulver performing familiar Christmas music for our program. Troy
played the guitar and harmonica, and Joy played the hammered
dulcimer. We enjoyed their music, and they enjoyed playing it for
us. They both play in The 37 Mile Band that performed for our
December 2017 meeting program.
Chapter President Harold Childress called the
business meeting to order at 20:00.
Minutes of the October meeting were approved.
Motion by Don Sharp; second by Gary Essells.
Treasurer’s report was approved. Motion by Don
Sharp; second by Bryon Cannon.
Harold read an announcement from Sharon Hohlfeld, NØIXB, wife of David Hohlfeld, WØKFS. David is still doing pretty good. He walks to the table three times a day. As of December 10 he had been on hospice for 5 months. He has home health care, too.
Harold asked for someone to serve as vice
president for 2019.
Nominations for officers for 2019 were:
President: Harold Childress
Vice President: none
Secretary-Treasurer: Larry Cannon
Joe Pajor moved to accept the officer nominees.
Second by Don Sharp. Motion passed.
Joe Pajor asked if the roster of Chapter 79
members could be listed on the club web site, QCWA79.com with name,
call sign, and other information such as address, telephone number,
e-mail address, year joined QCWA. After discussion, Harold asked
Larry to poll members as to what information they are okay with being
posted.
Joe Pajor recognized Harold Childress for his
years of service as Chapter 79 president and presented him with a
Spear’s Restaurant gift card.
Dale and
Esther Puckett provided a pretty snow globe for the prize for a
drawing. It was won by Charlie Harris, K2CEH.
Attendance: 10 members; 7 guests.
Meeting adjourned at 2015.
The following images, taken at the Christmas meeting, are courtesy of Dale L. Puckett, KØHYD.
Joe Pajor, KBØKFH, presents a certificate of appreciation to QCWA Chapter 79 President Harold Childress, KBØLFH, at the chapter’s Christmas meeting Tuesday, December 18, at Spears’.Charlie Harris, K2CEH, and his wife, Donna, open the QCWA Christmas Door Prize at the Chapter 79 December meeting. The door prize was donated by Esther Puckett, XYL of Dale, KØHYD, who decided it would be fun to have a door prize at the club’s Christmas meeting.Donna Harris (left), wife of Charlie Harris, K2CEH, takes a closer look at Joy Pulver’s hammered dulcimer. Joy and her husband, Troy, entertained the group at the chapter’s Christmas gathering.
President Harold Childress called the meeting to order at 1845, with nine members and four guests in attendance.
Minutes and financial report were approved as e-mailed.
Nominations for officers for 2019 were opened. Nominated were Harold Childress for president and Larry Cannon for secretary-treasurer. No nominations were made for vice president.
President Childress asked Secretary Cannon to send an e-mail to all members who were not in attendance at the meeting, asking for nominations for all offices.
The business meeting was closed at 1855.
Harold introduced Aaron Diller, NØQD, who presented an interesting and informative program about the Kansas Civil Air Patrol. A question-and-answer time followed the presentation. Aaron is the communications officer for Emerald City Composite Squadron, located in Wichita. He is also a flight instructor at Flight Safety International.
Please contact Bryon Cannon, Chapter 79 webmaster, if you have content to post on the chapter’s website.
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.
Jerry Kahn, ACØRL, presented an interesting program about reforming electrolytic capacitors. Jerry explained that the plates inside of an electrolytic capacitor slowly lose their insulating oxide layer as it sits unused for a number of years. As the insulating oxide layer depletes, the capacitor’s internal resistance lowers, eventually to nearly zero ohms. Permanent damage will occur if a sufficiently high current is applied to an electrolytic capacitor with depleted oxide layers.
The safest way to reform an electrolytic capacitor is to apply a constant low current (5 ma maximum) to the capacitor, with its rated voltage. When the capacitor is fully reformed, the current drops off sharply to a leakage current value on the order of microamps.
Shaun Halstead, KØPER, joined Chapter 79. Three members paid their Chapter 79 dues for 2018.
Attendance: 12 members and 3 guests.
Joe Pajor, KBØKFH, arranged for the very interesting program presented by Dr. Brian A. Coon, traffic engineer and Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator for the City of Wichita.
Dr. Coon’s program, “Traffic Signals: Look Who’s Talking Now,” included information about various ways traffic signals can be programmed. Some intersections even have helpful talking signals for people who have impaired vision.
President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the meeting to order at 1907.
The minutes of the December 19, 2017, meeting and treasurer’s report were approved as printed and e-mailed.
New business: Discussion about sending a memorial in memory of Sharon Minor, KDØXW, and about raising the amount of memorial contributions our chapter sends to the QCWA Scholarship Fund. We have been sending $20.00 for many years. Bryon Cannon moved that we increase the amount to $30.00. There was a consensus to send a memorial and to raise the amount to $30.00. Motion passed. In memory of Sharon, XYL of John Minor, WDØEDK, we will send $30.00 to QCWA Scholarship Fund.
President Childress asked us to think about a way we could estimate how many people would be at our dinner meetings, so as a courtesy, we could let Spear’s know a week ahead of the meeting how many to set up for.
Old business: President Childress asked for a list of Chapter 79 members and a list of former members.
Business meeting adjourned at 1918.
Program: Shaun Halstead, KØPER, presented an interesting program about the history of amateur radio licensing. He told about new changes to radio application forms that the FCC announced August 7, 2017, that includes adding a felony question, effective September 7, 2017.
The 37 Mile Band performed Christmas music for us as our program, before and while we ate. The 37 Mile Band is an old-time acoustic string band. The band members are, from right to left, Troy Pulver, banjo and guitar; Joy Pulver, hammered dulcimer; Teresa Bachman, mountain dulcimer; and Marc Bachman, electric string bass. Thanks to Lloyd McCombs, KØLM, for making the arrangements for the band.
President Harold Childress, WBØLFH, called the business meeting to order at 1915. The minutes and treasurer’s report were approved.
An election of officers was held. Officers for 2018 are: President, Harold Childress, WBØLFH; Vice President, Don Sharp, WBØQFR; Secretary-Treasurer, Larry Cannon, KØSFV.
Everyone introduced themselves.
President Childress asked that we try to think of ideas of how to recruit new members. He asked the secretary to make a list of members and past members.
