The Secretary's Report

Minutes from the July 31st Executive
Board meeting and the August 7th Club Meeting

Respectfully submitted by Jim Denhup, N1NYG

July 31st Bored meeting

The meeting opened at 7:07 PM with the following officers in attendance: Chairman Don Dillaby, KA1GOZ, vice-president Fletcher Seagroves, N1MEO, Secretary Jim Denhup, N1NYG, Treasurer Jim Heedles, WW1Y, Programs Director Chris Garon, KA1SIE, and Activity Director Stu Sherman, N1STY.

Old Business:

The Heedles/ Seagroves motion to accept the published Secretary’s Report was passed. Jim Heedles, WW1Y, noted in his Treasurer’s Report that the club’s finances were approximately the same as mentioned in the NARC monthly meeting. He noted that the apparent cost for the Field day would be in the red for approximately $100. The Denhup/ Seagroves motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was passed. Chris Garon, KA1SIE, noted in his Programs report to the board that upcoming programs include: August: Doug Grant, K1DG, will present the experiences from the World Radio Sport Team Contest. No Membership Report at this meeting. No Training Report at this meeting. Fletch, N1MEO will now resume responsibility over training activities. In his Activities Report, Stu Sherman, N1STY discussed obtaining club coffee cups and mugs to raise funds for the club. We will be hearing more about this in the near future. It is also time to start preparing for the yearly corn roast.

New Business:

A Garon/Sherman motion to provide ICOM one free half page or better advertisement in appreciation for loaning a new HF rig to NARC Filed Day was accepted with one abstention. A Heedles/Seagroves motion to sell some NARC capital equipment was passed with one objection. This motion requires a list of equipment deemed surplus to be published in the next NARC newsletter along with a target price and current price new. This list will include , as a minimum, tower base plates, bases, and a roll of 1 inch hemp rope. It is expected that anyone seeing a need to retain any of this equipment for future activities will bring their concern up in an upcoming NARC meeting. There will potentially be three openings on the NARC Board of Directors next year. An election committee to get a list of members available for election needs to be organized again. Hopefully this can be accomplished as professionally and efficiently as the committee performed last year. The board meeting was adjourned by the passing of a Denhup/ Garon motion at approximately 9:31.

August 7th Club meeting

Club President Don Dillaby, KA1GOZ, started the meeting with the traditional Classie Junque drawings at 7:04 p.m. The nine winners were Ann Santos, WA1S, Don Dillaby, KA1GOZ, Ken Carter, WA1DXO, Jan Malouin, N1LBA, George Fisher, WA1DEI, Russ Santos, KA1OTN, Rebecca Levin, Joel Levin, KD1ON, Ed Deichler, K2TE, and Joe Santos, N1UJF. Don continued with the call sign introduction to the initial 33 members and guests in attendance. Several more members and guests came in while the meeting was in process. Program Director Chris Garon, KA1SIE, introduced our guest speaker Doug Grant, K1DG, who presented a tape of the World Radio Sport Team Contest. Doug started with the question of asking what factors influence a radio contester more: using the latest equipment, the types and height of antennas, or his own contesting skill? This question was put to practical investigation during the Goodwill Games in 1990. Fifteen countries participated in the World Radio Sport Team Contest held in Seattle, WA. Each country that participated would chose the best teams of CW and phone operators. Twelve countries sent only one team while Japan sent two teams and there were four teams from both the USSR and the United States This contest provided each team with identical equipment consisting of an ICOM 765 transceiver, a tri-band antenna, a spotting rig, a low band inverted V antenna, etc. so that no team would have an unfair advantage with respect to equipment. This would be 10 hours of non-stop contesting. Each team had to keep a written log, a computer log, and a tape recording of all contacts to permit independent verification. When the smoke cleared, the USA came in first, second, and third ! Doug Grant and his team-mate John Dorr came in first with approximately 1400 contacts. The scoring for all teams fell between 1100 and 1400 contacts. Using identical equipment, contesting skill was obviously the domineering factor. It was great re-living this radio contest!!! Thanks Doug!

Club Business:

The Sherman/Haney motion to accept the Secretary’s report as published in the NARC Bulletin was passed. Don read the summary from Jim Heedles, WW1Y, treasurer’s report which described the latest changes to the club’s financial statement including the August 1, 1995 treasury balance of $1,144.24. The Ann Santos / Al Simons motion to accept the treasurer’s report was approved. There was no membership report at this meeting. The Stu Sherman, N1STY, Activities Report listed the usual Thursday night Pizza Party and the Saturday breakfast. In addition, Russ Santos gave a brief overview of the preparations underway for the radio demonstration at the Boy Scout Jamboree to be held on September 23, 1995. Russ would like more volunteers to assist in the radio demo. Please contact him if you can help. Chris Garon, KA1SIE, in his program report reminded us of the upcoming programs: September: Dean Straw, N6BV, will speak on terrain assessment for ideal transmission. We still need speakers for meetings later this year. Any ideas? A discussion was held concerning the sale of surplus NARC capital equipment. This equipment will be listed in the next NARC Bulletin and will list all equipment and its list price when new. The Levin/Royer motion to sell this equipment was passed. After passing a Swiech/Denhup motion to adjourn, the club members adjourned to coffee and donuts at approximately 9:01 PM.

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