MCWA Meeting Minutes of October 1st, 2024
President Dan Larson (KD9M) called the October 2024 hybrid meeting (in-person and by Zoom) to order at 7:00PM. The Pledge of Allegiance followed, led by Dave Holmgren (K9AT).
Board members present were: Director – Glenn Otto (K9OK), Director – Gary Kaatz (W9TD), Secretary – Andrew White (K9AJW), Treasurer – Bob Temes (KD9IDD), Vice President – Wendell Smith (N9REP), President – Dan Larson (KD9M) and Past President – Ralph Iden (WB9ICF)
There were 41 members in attendance with 3 guests:
Mark KE9BGW (New Member)
Joy KE9BME (New Member)
Sonja Delpalazzo
Awards and license upgrades
None.
Approval of Minutes
The meeting minutes from the September 2024 meeting were previously posted to the MCWA website for review. Sam Haldiman (KC9GPY) moved to accept the minutes Bob Temes (KD9IDD) seconded the motion. Hearing no objections, the minutes were approved.
Membership and Financial Reports
Bob Temes (KD9IDD) presented the membership and financial reports for September.
Opening Balance $9,980.50 2024-9-1
Deposits/Interest/Credits $0.09 (Interest)
Expenditures $209.02 (DigitalOcean, Zoom, PO Box)
Final Balance $9,841.57 2024-9-30
Total membership is 151 members. That includes 149 full members and 2 associate members.
John Kalenowsky (K9JK) moved to accept the Treasurer’s report and Dave Whaley (NT9E) seconded the motion. Hearing no objections, the treasurer’s report was approved.
Old Business
2024 Nomination Committee
Wendell Smith – N9REP
Glenn Otto – K9OK
Gary Kaatz – W9TD
New Business
Election Part 2 – Nominees:
Secretary – Lyle Giese (W9LRG)
Treasurer – Joe Robin (N9OK)
Sam Haldiman (KC9GPY) moved for nominations to be closed and the open positions to be filled by acclamation. With no one opposed, the vote passed.
Ralph Iden (WB9ICF) received an e-mail a couple weeks back from one of our members asking what different members are using for their primary HF rig. The data is hard to parse out, but he is going to put together a PDF with the results. In summary, there were 45 responses with the largest brand being Yaesu followed by both Kenwood and ICOM.
New Updates from Membership
Ralph Iden (WB9ICF) brought a few freebies from his parts store that are sitting in the back of the room for anyone that is interested. He has VGA cables and a few other things. In future meetings, he’ll bring a bunch of working USB cables.
Joe Robin (N9OK) participated in the CQ Worldwide RTTY contest over the weekend. He worked several MCWA members during the contest.
Lyle Giese (W9LRG) put together one of Ralph’s tape measure yagis and posted his results to his webpage. http://www.w9lrg.com/2m_tm.html
Future Events
Hamfests
MRC91 Friendly Fest 11/02/2024
Milwaukee, WI
Tri-County Wi HamFest 2025 3/16/2025
Fort Atkinson, WI
Contests and Activities
OCTOBER
California QSO Party 1600Z, Oct 5 to 2159Z, Oct 6
Makrothen RTTY Contest 0000Z, Oct 12 to 1559Z, Oct 13
10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW 0001Z, Oct 19 to 2359Z, Oct 20
Stew Perry Topband Challenge 1500Z, Oct 19 to 1500Z, Oct 20
Illinois QSO Party 1700Z, Oct 20 to 0100Z, Oct 21
ARRL School Club Roundup 1300Z, Oct 21 to 2359Z, Oct 25
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Oct 26 to 2400Z, Oct 27
NOVEMBER
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW 2100Z, Nov 2 to 0300Z, Nov 4
WAE DX Contest, RTTY 0000Z, Nov 9 to 2359Z, Nov 10
10-10 Int. Fall Contest, Digital 0001Z, Nov 9 to 2359Z, Nov 10
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB 2100Z, Nov 16 to 0300Z, Nov 18
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Nov 23 to 2400Z, Nov 24
Wrap up
The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, at the Algonquin Township meeting room. Open “eyeball” QSOs start at 6:30 PM, with the meeting starting at 7:00 PM. Formal program is TBD.
Dave Whaley (NT9E) motioned to adjourn, and Joe Robin (N9OK) seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 7:48PM.
Prepared by Andrew White (K9AJW), MCWA Secretary.