Contoocook Valley Radio Club

Business Meeting

December 18, 2001

The dinner meeting was held in the Duggan Room at the Sampan Chinese Restaurant in Hillsboro, NH From 6 pm to 9 pm.

Members in attendance: Jason Greene, N1IIC; Dale Clement, AF1T; Al Marin, K1CYJ, and Shawn Upton, KB1CKT, Larry Damour, N1PHV, Steve Ingham, N1HXO, and Lee Scott, AA1YN.

The main thrust of the discussion was on future programs that would be interesting to all the club members. Dale, AF1T, passed along his program portfolio to Larry, N1PHV who will head the program committee for 2002. Larry also volunteered to check the mailbox at the Henniker Post Office on a regular basis. The programs that were discussed for the New Year were:

1. January: WMUR Television Tour and Jason, N1IIC will set that up. The back –up program will be “High Speed Meteor Scatter Communication” by Lee, AA1YN. (WSJT, see December issue of QST for an article written by Joe Taylor, K1JT.)

2. Steve, N1HXO, suggested that a tour of the facilities where he works in Westford, Mass could be a possibility in April or May. The facilities are operated by the Air Force and MIT and include both radar and radio astronomy functions.

3. Future program topics that were suggested:

· Fire Towers, next summer

· MARS (Military Affiliates Radio Systems)

· Interfacing computers and amateur radios

· Fire safety as is related to vehicular rescues

· Revisit PSK-31.

· Continue with the short tech tacks by members

Jason, N1IIC, will hand over the presidential gavel to President Elect Shawn Upton, KB1CKT in a short ceremony at the next club meeting. The present officers will be asked to briefly comment on their tenure in office.

Adjourned at 9:10 pm.