mONTHLY MEETING OF THE GALLATIN hAM rADIO cLUB

9/04/08

People present (24)

CALL

LAST

FIRST

AA8Y

HALL

JIM

AB5CK

LEWIS

TOM

AC7PO

GODWARD

JIM

AC7RY

SCHEIDT

LES

AD7RB

BABCOCK

RAY

K7CUB

LINDEN

VIVIAN

KB7KB

HELVEY

RIC

KC7BEO

HAYDEN

LARRY

KC7EWZ

WILSON

DON

KC7PFH

BERGANTINE

RALPH

KD7AEO

LUBNER

RUSSEL

KD7TQM

REGOR

NORM

KD7WLX

GREGOIRE

JERRY

KE7CAP

FORD

DAVE

KE7SJZ

WALKER

BRUCE

KE7XJS

WALDEISEN

ROBERT

KI7OJ

REGLI

DON

KJ7UN

MARINO

LAURA

N7FLT

GODWARD

DON

N7GS

GOOSEY

MAL

N7ODN

MYERS

JACK

N7UNI

GREGOIRE

KATHI

N7WM

MORRILL

WENDELL

W7LR

LEO

BOB

WA7U

GAHAGAN

TODD

Past attendees not present at todays meeting

AA7SR

REMINGTON

SCOTT

AB7VR

BERGANTINE

JOSEPH

K7JLZ

ZOLLER

JEANNE

K7YD

DUNN

DOUG

KA7MHP

OSBORNE

DALE

KE7DHQ

JACOBS

DANNY

KE7HAN

EVANS

LEE

KE7SJS

JENSEN

BOE

KI7XF

LEACH

HARLEY

N7CQP

ARNOLD

RAY

N7UB

ZOLLER

AL

NU7Q

SMITH

CYRUS

W7CXC

GOLSNER

DAVID

W7NAV

HEIDNER

DALE

 

HEIDNER

IRMA

 

 

 

Introductions: 7 pm

                                                             

Secretary’s Report: approved as distributed

 

Treasures report: No Report

 

Announcements:

            N7ODN: 

           

 

 

           

Committee Reports:

ERA: Bob – donation from Lewis and Clark – 150.00

            Account balances. Savings 201.00 Checking 706.00

-          work project at flattop

-          Bob – rack at Bridger for 88 equip.

VE:  Exam on Sat – no signups for tests yet – need volunteers for testing.

 

REPEATERS: KI7XF- has all of the hardware, software up for the horse butte / buck ridge link – still need to tweak the antennas for path   

 

SMS – Vivian – school just opened so it is not been mentioned.

 

SAR: KJ7UN- lots of calls – future training will focus on sar office procedures 

           

Hamfest:Tom AB5CK – Things pretty well lined up, see Tom for details.

 

Tower take down committee: wa7u – took 3 towers down iam ellior, mall goosey, betty wheaton, 

 

 

Old Business: 

There was none

 

NEW Business:

Horsebutte tower clean-up

Ewz will coordinate

 

Fall Festival – Tom ab5ck has a crew:

 

Lewis and Clark Marathon: 9/21

            Jack and Laura will coordinate:

                       

Airport Drill:  Jim Godward presented results of the meeting.

            Much discussion ensued.

            Hire Neil to ramrod the tower base:

           

N7flt: Trailer needs two new whip antennas  .  wide band whip and dual band .  NMO  whips. Ric kb7kb will donate bases. Also Mal offered some equipment.

 

Meeting was adjourned 8:50.

 

Program was the “voyage of discovery “ A Ham canoe trip down the Missouri presented by KE7X