W7ED

Gallatin Ham Radio Club

P.O. Box 4381

Bozeman, MT 59772

Email: w7ed@arrl.net

Web Site://http://ghrc.bizland.com/

Dues: GHRC dues are $20/person, $25/family, $10/student

EagleHead: $30/year

 

2001 Club Officers

President

AA8Y Jim Hall

Vice President

KK7VC Doug Peterson

Secretary

KD7FVR Ron Schimpf

Treasurer

KI7XF Harley Leach

CLUB MEETING:

 

The February Meeting will be held at the Sacajawea Middle School.

The meeting starts at 7 PM.

Don Wilson KC7EWZ will give a presentation on GPS and land navigation: an introduction to UTM grid coordinates. Bring your GPS and questions you have about how to use them a group discussion will be part of the presentation.

Presidents Column

Jim Hall, AA8Y


The January business meeting was short so we could have a business meeting by the Eagle-head Repeater Association. The presentation was given by Don KI7OJ and the treasurers report by Bob W7LR.

The excellent presentation by Harley KI7XF on his and Karla’s trip to China to attend the ARDF World Championships was very inter-esting. This month’s by Don KC7EWZ sounds like a good topic particularly for all of us involved in search and rescue and just plain getting out and not getting lost.

We still need people to take net control for the Tuesday Evening net on 88.

Meeting Minutes

Minutes of January 4, 2001 Meeting – submitted by KD7FVR, Ron Schimpf

The January meeting was held at Sacajawea Middle School. President Jim AA8Y called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. 21 members were in attendance.

Minutes of the December 2000 meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Harley KI7XF reported that the club went in the hole by $10.43 on the Christmas Party. The Valley View added 15% gratuity to the check even though a number of members left their tip on the table. Insurance of $215.00 is coming up due soon. The club balance is $1390.00. Treasurer’s report was accepted by unanimous vote.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Jack N7ODN handed out fliers announcing the Technician Class that will be held in February prior to the March VE session. He asked for suggestions to publicize the class.

NEW BUSINESS

Don KI7OJ was re-elected as the GHRC representative for the Eaglehead Repeater Association.

The business meeting was kept to a minimum to allow time for the program and Eaglehead Repeater Meeting. The business meeting adjourned at 7:20 PM.

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Harley KI7FX presented a fascinating narrative of his trip to the ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding) World Championship in Nanjing China. He discussed the 2m and 80m events with maps and visual aids. Harley also passed around his photo albums of the contests and his subsequent tour of China.

Eaglehead Repeater Association.

Don KI7OJ, GHRC’s representative to the ERA chaired this meeting.

Accomplishments for 2000 included:

Purchased Big Sky Lumber Solar Panels, Batteries and Building at the .82 site

Movedout Big Sky Lumber’s repeater and returned it to them

Replaced hard line, ran PVC conduit, and repaired grounding at the .88 Site

 

Goals for 2001 include:

Complete Linking of .88 and .82 sites (we have some of the equipment – need more)

Install 2 new solar panels at .82 – They have been purchased

Repairs to the club trailer

 

Treasurer’s Report

Bob W7LR reported that the ERA has Savings of $988.00 and $904.00 in Checking. ($405.00 is designated for the EOC – without EOC we have about $1400.00)

Income for 2000 included member donations, $500.00 from GHRC, $100.00 donation from the Wind Drinkers, and a $275.00 insurance claim for damaged solar panels.

Expenses included the building and rights to the building at the .82 site ($800.00), parts, check printing, use of Bridger site, and solar panels. (2 of the 4 solar panels purchased from Big Sky Lumber were bad.)

New Business

The longest term member of the ERA board is Tom WW7O. Mal N7GS was elected as his replacement.

Upgrade Honor Roll

This column honors all who receive or upgrade their license through the GHRC in 2000.

Congratulations to all who upgraded!

Tech class

Vikki Bohlman KD7HGY

Scott Graber KD7HGZ

Andy Macrae KD7HXA

Shelley Peterson KD7HXB

Melody Schimpf KD7HXC

Ross Snider KD7IEV

Kim Snider KD7ILW

Joshua Alzheimer KD7JBD

Tanner Currie KD7KKM

J. L. Stuker KD7KRY

Charles Sucharda KD7KRZ

Steven Shaw KD7LIC

 

General Class

Andrew Jesaitis KD7EMO

Wendy Reeser KD7DYW

James Sweaney KD7DYU

Ron Schimpf KD7FVR
Darrell Berreth KC7NHF

Don Wilson KC7EWZ
Pat Sands N7SVI

Don Bissell K7DRB

Kurt Borge KC7PFG

Gordon Lister KD7HHA

William Loman N7PWC

Kent Rudolph N7WHL

Glen Gallier KD7AEP

Glen Bradbury KD7AZT

 

Extra Class

Robert Williams N7ODM

Walt Baxter WB7USV

Ralph Bergantine KC7PFH

Ric Helvey KB7KB

John Nash K7YXU

Doug Peterson KK7VC

Don Regli KI7OJ

Larry Cronenwett KA7WXN

Dale Heidner W7NAV

Theodore Hundtoft KA7QCY

Willard Cox N7FMT

Greg Estep KC7SK

Jim Fuller N7VMR

Jerome McDonald W7FVB

Albert Zoller W6OTE

Darrell Berreth KC7NHF

Harley Leach KI7XF

Theodore Hudtoft KA7QCY

Michael McFeters KE7VQ

Carl Bartman KD7AZX

Mabel Berreth KC7RCU

Greg Estep KC7SK

VE Test Sessions

Test sessions are held at 9 am in room 632 at

Cobleigh Hall on the MSU Campus the first Saturday AFTER the first Thursday during the following months: December, March, June, September. This schedule may be revised. Make sure to check your newsletter each month for any changes to the VE Testing Schedule.

For more info: Contact Jack, N7ODN

2001 Schedule

March 3rd

June 9th

September 8th

December 8th

NET CONTROL

Feb 6 (open)

Feb 13 (open)

Feb 20 (open)

Feb 27 (open                   PLEASE HELP OUT

                                      BY VOLUNTEERING!

Mar 6 (open)
Mar 13 (open)
Mar 20 (open)
Mar 27 (open)

If you’ve not signed up as a net control operator yet, please do so! As members of the GHRC, each of us should take a half an hour each month to run the net. This is a very small sacrifice of time which greatly enhances the quality of our net and club.

If you’ve never run the net before, contact KC7EWZ, Don for info on running the net. It’s really easy! Running the net is a great experience which will help prepare you for participating in emergency communications.

The net is every Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM on 146.88.

 

TECHNICIAN CLASS COURSE

The Gallatin Ham Radio Club will be sponsoring a short course for preparation to take the Technician Class exam during the March 3, 2001 VE Exam session. The course will be held on four evenings, February 19, 21, 23, and 26 at MSU’s Cobleigh Hall room 632. Each session will be dominantly video tapes and discussion. There will be a $30.00 fee required to take the course. The fee covers the book being used to accompany the course, the exam fee ($10.00 mandated beginning January 1, 2001), and a minor amount to cover the cost of copies to be handed out in the class. Spread the word and have any interested parties contact Jack Myers, N7ODN at 587-3511 or at n7odn@arrl.net . Advanced registration will be required by February 5, 2001 for attendance in order to allow time for the books to be ordered and arrive by the first meeting.

NORTHERN ROCKIES WEAK

SIGNAL GROUP

TUESDAY EVENING AT 8:30PM ON 144.200 USB.

FORMAT IS CASUAL ROUND TABLE.

NET CONTROL IS BOB N7CZ AND JIM N7YO IN GREAT FALLS.

 

Happenings Page

February 2001

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1 Club

Meeting 7pm

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3 Ham &

Eggs @ 4-Corners

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Net 8pm

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10 Ham &

Eggs

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13 146.88

Net 8pm

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Eggs

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20 146.88

Net 8pm

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24 Ham &

Eggs

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27 146.88

Net 8pm

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Schedule of Events
bulletFeb. 1st – Club Meeting 7PM at Sacajawea Middle School
bulletFeb. 3rd – Ham and eggs at 4-corners café 7:30AM.
bulletFeb. 6th – 146.88 net at 8pm
bulletFeb. 10th – Ham and eggs at 4-corners café 7:30 am
bulletFeb 13th – 146.88 net at 8PM.
bulletFeb. 17th – Ham and eggs at 4-corners café 7:30 am
bulletFeb. 20th – 146.88 net at 8pm
bulletFeb. 24rd – Ham and eggs at 4-corners café 7:30 am
bulletFeb. 27th – 146.88 net at 8pm
bulletMar. 1st – Club meeting 7pm at Sacajawea Middle School

If you have any events you would like to see posted here, please email or mail them to the Editor for inclusion in the March newsletter. Deadline: 27th.

Hamfests & National Amateur Radio Events

CONTESTS

North American Sprint

Phone 0000-0400Z Feb 4th (local time Feb 3rd)

CW is 0000-0400Z Feb 11th (local time Feb 10th)

See Feb QST page 111 for details

 

Ten Ten International Net Winter Phone QSO Party

From 0000Z Feb 3 until 2400Z Feb 4

See Feb QST, page 111 for details

 

ARRL International DX Contest CW

Feb 17-18

See Dec 2000 QST , page 110 for details