Indianapolis

Radio Club

JUNE Club Meeting 2004

News Article

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The AMACHEWER Newsletter for JUNE 2004

 

2004 JUNE meeting was held on Friday evening the 11th of  JUNE ;

This was "AUCTION" month!.
Meeting was held at the Indianapolis Training Center, 2820 N. Meridian St.

Our radio clubs 2004 theme :

"Ham Radio is FUN!".

All who attended had some very good chances to make those

"RARE Ham Purchases" or steals.!
-The Club is growing with leaps and bounds...35 attended this meeting ;
our treasurer reports the membership to be 80+

 

-- Introduction, comments and notes:
by President Chuck - W9IH
-Welcome New young hams & youth attendees.
-Welcome new club members & 1st time attendees to our meeting all were
ask to return and bring friends or guests.

* "HOW to JOIN IRC" (see treas. at the meetings) dues are $12.00/yr

-Announcements?
A. KIDS DAY June 19th (sat) 10a-4pm at the

ITC facility; Ham room; west end of the main floor. Bring a young person

and introduce them to Ham radio.

 

 

B. IMS F1 race Special Event station …

June 19 and 20 from 1500Z to 0300Z look for W9IMS on or around

1840, 3840, 7240, 14070 PSK31, 14240, 21340, 28340, 50140,

144.240 SSB and 146.52 simplex FM.

-Additionally .-F1 race Freq. interference possible; around JUNE 19-20th

we could hear some International users on the Indy Ham Repeaters due to

the F1 race at IMS; unfortunately this has been ok'd by the FCC

 

C. Field DAY June 26-27

IRC members have been invited to participate with
the RCA  & MARC ham clubs; (see the Field Day

Links on main page for more info.

 

D.-Coffee provided by ITC…special thanks

E..-Congratulations to the 2 new No-Code Tech Hams

that attended the K9XV Express Ham class

for 3 days during June….Success !!!!

F.- 90th year Hat fundraiser.. $20 with name & call

(see Meeting sign up sheet allow 3 weeks)

or goto IRC 2004 Hat Info on main page
 

G. INDY HAMFEST IS July 10th 2004  (sat)

At the same place as last year.  CAMP SERTOMA

US Highway 52 East at German Church Road

Indianapolis For more info goto  

http://www.indyhamfest.com/

 

H. K9OOA Broadripple Swap meet..

August  7th (SAT) from 7:00AM to 1:00PM.

Located on the north side of Indianapolis at

7373 Westfield Blvd. There are no fees.

 

-Health & welfare?

-A brief moment was given to the passing and memory

of USA President Ronald Regan.

-Both John Lee- W9GRE & Paul Bohrer-W9DUU attended

this meeting and they looked very well; for a couple of "OM's"

-No other H&W for this month.

 

 

-Program: -VP… comments and Program introduction:
Don - N9DOO introduced our Club resident AUCTIONEER-

Wes Murphy- N9AJM; Wes  briefed all on the procedures

and the bidding was on.!

 

"congratulations"

to The IRC JUNE AWARD winners:

QRP award: RON Cooper-WB9DKL ,20m mobile St. Croix Isl.

 &

DX award: Steve Heininger-N0OI , 20 m- Kazakhstan;

Notable 2nd place for this award goes to

John Lee- W9GRE for 20m contact to Israel

 

There was no raffle drawing this month ; however, rumor has it ;

look for some great raffle items at the Sept.,October & November meetings.

 

-There was no IRC JUNE 2004 Club General membership Business Meeting

-The Executive Board did conduct a short meeting after the auction..

--MR. Bob Marschel- KB9TEA resigned his News Editor position.

--A committee has been assigned the task of review and bringing our 1984 constitution

& by-laws up to date.

 

Our Next Indianapolis Radio Club Gathering  is:
August  7th (SAT) from 7:00AM to 1:00PM.

Located on the north side of Indianapolis at

7373 Westfield Blvd. There are no fees.

PROGRAM is:

"K9OOA Broadripple Swap meet "!
IRC will sponsor a picnic; and providing  hot dogs, buns,

condiments and soft drinks. Participants are requested to

bring one (1) pitch-in-dish and their own plates, cups

and utensils.

Come and join in the "FUN"! Bring a ham friend…for more details

click on C:\ircwp\hfk9ooa2004.htm  or

 Meeting/Agenda link.../..latest IRC NEWSLETTERS

 

73;

Pix by ; Ed-N9IZN
Article By; Chuck-W9IH