If you borrow an AREDN setup from the club please give KC0GQE your name in order to check it out
Regular Agenda
Committee Reports
Cass RRRAES
Don G/Mark J
AREDN is getting close to use. We have invested over $10,000 in this system across all donations and investors
We are still waiting for the Fargo Dome to give approval to locate the supernode there
Mark KK0V is has a great pep talk on how to use this network
The supernodes at the Moorhead site 2.4 and the 5 ghz and the Essentia 5ghz site are working now
However, there is more to work up. The servers and the rest of the
Clay RRRAES
Bob G
A quiet week in Lake Wobegon
Technical
Bob K
Grandin repeater needs work yet. The
Education
Bob K
5 people are working on the general class
Hamfest
Bob K.
Ticket sales were down but the table sales were up
Because we must purchase soda from the fair, we have some left overs
We have videos of the seminars that can be copied an shared
W0HNV requested $1600 for next year’s hamfest
Motion to approve by W9NT
Seconded by N0TSZ
Motion passed without objection
VEs
Pete
8 people took the test at the hamfest
Media
Steve K.
Thank you to Steve K0STK for his work with the network used at the hamfest and posting door prize winners
Old Business
AREDN (Amateur Radio Digital Emergency Digital Network)
Information Update
Hamfest
Follow up
Christmas Party
At Pizza Ranch on 45th St Fargo
Bring non-perishable food items and cash for the Dorothy Day House
New Business
Visit from NDSU Radio Club
Taavo from the NDSU Club here to get ideas for the college club. They have 5 members and hold their meetings every other Tuesday
2018 Fargo Marathon
May 19th
Jingle Bell Run
December 2nd
Sign up to help
Field Day 2018
Will be held on the Cass County highway department area, near Sandy’s Donuts
Fourth full weekend of June (23-24)
Good of the Order
KA0Q asked for help with the Boy Scouts Jamboree On The Air the third full weekend in October
A former member of our club,
, is involved with a club in Croatia that is looking for contacts. The club callsign is 9A1A. Doug is also a Code Machine, so make some contact
CQ world-wide and other contests are coming up in November
New members and old members should create an Elmer group
There is interest in resurrecting the discovery ideas
