Minutes of the March 3 2006 GHRC meeting:
 

Meeting called to order at 7:00PM by Chair Dave Ford KC7CAP
 

People Present:

DON WILSON KC7EWZ

DAVID FORD KE7CAP

RUSS LUBNER KD7AEO

LAURA MARINO LUBNER KJ7UN

DON GODWARD N7FLT

BOB LEO W7LR

MAL GOOSEY N7GS

LES SCHEIDT AC7RY

WENDELL MORRILL N7WM

JOHN DONALD W7OIQ

KURT BORGE KC7PEG

VICKI POLLINGTON KF7VP

RAY BABCOCK AD7RB

JOHN BENSON KE7FEJ

TODD GAHAGAN WA7U

IAN GAHAGAN

NORM REGER KD7TQM

HARLEY LEACH KI7XF

LEE EVANS

DON REGLI KI7OJ

CAROL HALL WD8DQG

VERNA WHIEMAN

JACK MYERS N7ODN

DAVID GOLSNER W7CXC

DON WARD AC7VY

JIM HALL AA8Y

JEFF TONG AA7GK

RAHN ABBOTT W7DOA

 

Secretaries report: Move to accept by Laura seconded by Ray minutes accepted.


Treasures Report: Harley KI7XF about $1450.00

Paid insurance and we are up to date on that.


Announcements:

Jack : Discussed the current on going class. Ended up with about fifteen in the class but expects up to twenty for the test. The exam session is Sat March 5th at 9 am Cobleigh hall room 632.


Committee Reports


SAR: It is budget time. A SAR dog handler Frank Silva’s dog Late died from a blood poisoning situation.

 

SMS : School club roundup 2weeks ago. The kids worked 21hrs 44min and earned 84,552 points. About eight control operators helped from the club. About twelve students operated from SMS.

 

ERA: Todd nothing; Bob nothing

 

Old Business:

 

Dave: Propagation study by Bill Jamison: Dave will put on the website the request for information on repeaters so Bill can do the propagation study for us.

Dave : Float trip – KE7CLN is chairperson for this. WA7U brought up a few points of what was being discussed. Time: Right after school gets out about June 12 for about 10 days. Planned distance is from Coal Banks to Fred Robinson Bridge.


Don :updated the Ed Lazano situation.

 

Dave: Field Day: Next Month we’ll get onto serious planning on Antennas and etc.

4th full weekend of june 6/24 6/25

 

Harley : Glacier Waterton hamfest – nothing new- Happening on the 3rd weekend July 14,15, 16

Point your browser to: http://www.gwhamfest.org/

 

Jeff: large transmitter on Water tower. May be a case of false alarm.

Prabably a place holder for TV licesne


New Business:

WIMU August 4-6, 2006. Jackson Hole.

Point your browser to: http://www.redgiant.org/wimu2006/

 

W7LR - HF contest to get every county in district 7. Occurs in May sometime. Some guy from Nevada is sponsoring the event. There are about 250 counties in dist 7.

 

Harley: Hamfest in fall: Using fairgrounds instead of school. Rates seem cheaper than SMS. Tentative 14th. Harley will look into possibilities at the fairgrounds.

 

Les: Wants a list of members of GHRC to be distributed. Les moved to get a list of the club. David Golsner seconded. After some discussion a show of hands vote was taken. Fifteen affirmative; four opposed. Passed. Harley was directed to have a list of members to hand out next meeting.

 

WA7U: GHRC parts has parts : coax, connectors, power pole, dipole parts, coaxial dipoles. Antenna wire for dipoles, insulated ant wire.


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