Regular Meeting Minutes for

February 11, 2003

submitted by Kristi Upton, KB1EPM, secretary

Meeting commenced at 7:15pm and adjourned at 9:25pm.

In attendance:

I. Talk by John Moore

II. Show and Tell

III. Business Meeting

A. Treasurer’s Report

B. President’s Report

C. Hamfest

D. Field Day

E. NH QSO Party

F. Other business

I. John Moore gave a talk on DXing and QSL cards

-Those interested in DXing are highly encouraged to get a copy of The ARLL DXCC List ($4). The Operating Manual is also highly recommended.

-QSL cards cost only $8 per pound to send via The Outgoing QSL Bureau. The bureau doesn’t cover some countries so check for info on the website or in the DXCC book for a list of the countries that are.

-See the K1BV DX Awards List to see what awards are available and what you need to send to get them.

II. Show and Tell

-Dale, AF1T, brought in some of his QSL cards for QRP DX. One was for a 6m contact using 2.5 microwatts on CW and SSB to Oregon. There is a miles per watt award that would easily be won with that contact. Also, Dale brought in a homemade 2m to 10gig transverter.

-Steve Jones gave a demonstration of his laser transmitter and receiver. Hams in California have made contacts up to 40 miles using laser. Ramsey sells kits for about $37.

-Shawn Upton brought in a couple of homemade antennas- a 2m beam and a “Cheap Yagi” as seen in CQ Magazine.

-Lee brought in a weak signal source for 10gig and a 903MHz transverter kit.

III. Business Meeting

A. Treasurer’s Report- currently have $1,390.58 in the account

B. President’s Report- got some items from the ARRL meeting

C. Hamfest

-3-4 tables have been reserved

-Mickie suggested sending a form letter to possible vendors for the Hamfest instead of just an email

-Lee distributed 50 flyers to HRO

-2 speakers have requested to be reimbursed for gas expenses and Chip would like a little table space

-there has been a low response for the Emcomm course

-ht status still unknown

D. Field Day

-Jerry was not in attendance

-new class- F station (Emcomm station) at EOC

-PUBSAT proposal by Lee- contact him to view the proposal

-need more volunteers for the Field Day committee

E. NH QSO Party

-Dale said activity seemed lower than last year- could have been conditions

-Al gave a report on the confirmed points earned- Dale 72,800 and Al 600

-last year we took first place in the state with 238,669 points, but never received any recognition

F. Other Business

-we are going to put together an updated email address list, please tell Shawn if your address has changed

Next business meeting is on the 25^th at Lee’s house.

Refreshments for next regular meeting will be provided by Kristi, KB1EPM (food) and Al, NS1O (drinks).