Choctaw Amateur Radio Club Minutes from June 16, 2008 Members Present: Bill Wilburn N5NUK CARC Secretary CORA Officer/President Dave Downing WD5G CARC President Sam Roe KB7QQQ Bill Crossland N9SQV CARC Vice President Richard Johnson WA5EOD Don McDown N5ENQ CORA Director Don Clark KB5KWV Duane Angles KA5WRG Dave Huntz NH6SM Larry Brewer K5VVD CARC Treasurer The meeting was called to order at 7pm and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the US Flag. Dave WD5G apologized for missing the May meeting due to water well repairs. Previous Minutes: Minutes from the April meeting were passed around. Don N5ENQ moved to accept the minutes; there was a second for the motion. The motion passed. Treasurer’s Report: Larry K5VVD gave the Treasurer’s Report. OLD BUSINESS: Repeater Report: Don KB5KWV reported he and Brian installed the new repeater. However, the new controller did not work out well so Don built an adapter and put the old controller back online and now it’s working fine. Club Inventory: Dave WD5G contacted Dave Edger N3CI. Edger reported he made no progress with the inventory list and had no records or information when he did it. WD5G also reported he has made a number of calls to C W6NNH regarding the issue and has not received any calls in return from him. A partial list includes: Texnet resources (Larry K5VVD) (3) Push-up poles A Cushcraft 6-meter 3-element antenna (2) Mosley TA-33 Jrs. (C W6NNH) A tent Don N5ENQ said he might tentatively store a part of the equipment. NEW BUSINESS: Field Day 2008: Don N5ENQ reported a lack of interest or availability to participate in Field Day. Dave WD5G, along with Duane KA5WRG and one other person are going to Mt. Scott. Tech Meeting: Don N5ENQ had a WinLink presentation. Don reported it was a small turnout due to bad weather and a hailstorm. The next Tech Meeting will be a presentation by Doug Snowden N4IJ on a miniature copper loop for HF. The date for the Tech Meeting will be July 3. Saturday Morning Breakfast: This took place on June 14. There were about 6 people there at different times, so it was not a collective group. The next one will be July 12. CORA Report: Ham Holiday is ready to go. Don N5ENQ has tickets. Date for the event is July 18/19. Announcements: Larry K5VVD will be going in for complete knee surgery July 15. There was no further business and the meeting adjourned at 7:46pm.