FLARC General Meeting Minutes April 20th, 2021 via Zoom
Program:Nano VNA. Presenter :Nick N9STF Nick Jungels, N9STF, has been working in and around electronics for 25 years. He has held positions working as a designer on cellular IC chipsets, high speed optical networking devices, equipment for cinema and broadcast television production, database acceleration, and most recently gets to make radios at Flex Radio writing the digital logic inside of FPGAs and software for the radios. He lives in Mount Horeb with his wife and 4 daughters and new dog.
Business Meeting:
Called to order by: Thomas AC9BJ
Meeting Minutes recorded by :Carolyn NQ9A
March minutes read by Carolyn NQ9A- no corrections
Treasurers’ report : Andy AC9CB
FLARC Account Balance $ 6329.17 Recent transactions include:Dues received (less Paypal fees) . The WI State Annual report filing is due June 30th. This will be completed in the next few days and Includes a 10$ filing fee.
BRAGGING/Upgrades and Call Sign Changes:
Marc N9WIB -got new antenna
Ted K9IMM -awards for 2 contests
1) placed first for the 2020 ARRL 160m contest
2) 2021 ARRL DX Contest placed 1st Wisconsin, and 2nd for W9 area
VE Report-No VE sessions held at this time
Upcoming Classes-none-due to Covid-19 restrictions
Q and A discussion
- Kyle KD9RBV- looking for problem solving for RF interference with WIFI
- Lloyd N9LB did presentation for the Madison DX Club on Lightning Protection for Amateur radio stations—can find it on the Madison DX Club Website-
- Lloyd N9LB worked Uraguay and Chile on 6 meters with a 6 element yagi , 800 watts
- Ted K9IMM worked 6 m on FT8 200 watts , 5 element home brew Yagi -at 95 feet
Future presentations- Announcements
May 18, 2021 Meeting Kermit Carlson-W9XA (Director ARRL Central Division )
June 15, 2021 Meeting Ham radio Show and Tell
- In person
- Badger Prairie County Park shelter (where we hold Field day)
- Social distancing and masks will be required
- Bring that new doodad you’ve been working on to discuss with the club