May,28th,2002

Members in attendance: Shawn Upton KB1CKT, Don Curtis N1ZIH,Skip Doughty N1PHZ

Al Marin,K1CYJ Tom Matisko,N1SKZ Jerry Blanchard,K1BBQ Rob Farley ,K1CFI Lee Scott AA1YN

John Moore,N1FOJ Dale Clement,AF1T.

1.June meeting. The library is unavailable. We have two tentative locations for the meeting.It will either be the Bow or Pembroke fire stations.

2. Jerry held more discussions on field day. Many topics were discussed.

Sonia and Louise will be handling the reception area.

Jim Van Dongen will be handling the PR.

Rob proposed RF safety evaluations for visitor safety.

Dale suggested it should be the responsibility of each band captain to do these evaluations.

Helmets to be worn by ground crews at all times.

Fire extinguishers; Skip will be providing 12

Problems with 2 meter liaison were discussed.

Power grid; a discussion was held and it was decided that Skip will let Dave know what we need and

Dave will buy it.

Generators; Skip has primary, Jason has backup and Dave will provide one for the kitchen.

Gasoline; Rob will bring 15-20 gals..

Menu will be posted on our website and be submitted to the newsletter.

Volunteers are needed to help load the truck.

NTS messaging.Tom suggested coming up with a list of people to send messages to.

Reporting; Jerry will need hard copies from all stations.

The band captains list has been updated.

Nontraditional modes are all set.

Antennas,towers and shelters are all set.

Dale suggested we buy two bandpass filters. A motion was passed and John N1FOJ will order them online.

Al mentioned the QSO party results.Dale AF1T won. Gerald Hull W1VE won and the club won.Details will be in an article in the KEY.

Lee will be writing an article on GOTA for the newsletter.

Rob will be checking on the availability of the Pembroke FD for our June meeting

The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 pm

Respectfully submitted

Donald Curtis Secretary