Indianapolis
Radio Club
May Club Meeting 2004
News Article
2004 May meeting was held on thursday evening the 13th of MAY ;
for those who may be attending the Dayton Hamvention over the long weekend.
Meeting was held at the Indianapolis Trainning Center, 2820 N. Meridian St.
Our radio clubs 2004 theme : "Ham Radio is FUN & teamwork !".continued
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.-Coffee provided by ITC…special thanks
B.-Congratulations to the 5 new No-Code Tech Hams that attended the
1st ever IRC/ITC Express Ham class for 3 days during April….Success !!!!
C.- 90th year Hat fundraiser.. $20 with name & call (see sign up sheet allow 3 weeks)
or goto IRC 2004 Hat Info on main page
D.-We were briefed on Next months Used equipment AUCTION By Wes - N9AJM,
basically any ham gear and reserves will be accepted.
E.-Charlie-N9MEW noted that during JUNE we could hear some International users on
the Indy Ham Repeaters due to the F1 race at IMS; unfortunaately this has been ok'd by the FCC.
F.-Field Day ops for June 26-27; IRC members have been invited to participate with
the RCA ham club; (see the Field Day Links on main page.)
-Health & welfare?
-John Lee- W9GRE has been in the hospital since wed, May 12th for
observation and tests following complications.He should be home by Sat. the 15th?
-Program:
-VP… comments and Program introduction:
Don - N9DOO introduced
this months program speaker; R.J. Barmore-KB9GHX.
the presentation was on "Digital TV Broadcasting &
Very High Power Transmitters. R.J. Barmore-KB9GHX ;
Engineer from TV Channel 13 brought us up to date on the
current Broadcasting schemes for TV in the Indy area.
If you like Tech talk, HDTV & High Power (55KW)
Transmitters, this was an excellent presentation
Special Thanks to R.J -KB9GHX
"congratulations" to The IRC May AWARD winners:
Longest DX contact: Ron Williams-W9YZ 1st time this year! ..(see awards link for details)
Longest QRP-contact : Steve Wendt-KB9RDS...(see awards link for details)
For more Details click on: Awards Info
"FREE" Door Prize drwaing:Bob- W9PSE & Don -N9DOO, assisted by R.J.-KB9GHX
conducted the drawing,Winners for May there were approx. 10 !
Door Prizes were donated by: MAI Prime Parts & Curran Electronics...
-Short Break
-IRC May 2004 Club Business Meeting was next...:(see 2004 May Newsletter for deatails)
Briefly:
IRC Business meeting called to ORDER by Pres. W9IH
No Sect. Report available
No Treas. Report available
Old/ new Business:
1-Don Fulk - KB9EQC was appointed and approved to serve out the vacant IRC board of directors ,
director position, giving us al seven (7) positions filled until the November Elections.
2- The following new members applications were approved for 2004:
N9OT,KC9DTV,WA9NCF,N9KT,K4IUL,N9MEW,WB9DNZ,WA9FDO,K9RTT,KC9BPO,KG4IKG,N9RKS,
WH7I,K9POE,K9GZR,W9BZ & N9IZN.
3- No other business presented...
3- Meeting ajourned
73;
(2dsd+4w+1rc+4dc's)
Our Next Indianapolis Radio Club Meeting is:
JUNE 11th (Fri) ; at 7PM;
Location: ITC facility; Main floor, west end hall?
PROGRAM is: "Used Equip Auction. "..!
Presented By;(Wes Murphy )N9AJM .
Bring some of the junk you don't need around the Ham shack…
Pix by ; Ed-N9IZN
Article By; Chuck-W9IH
(33 attended )