Meeting Schedule

Meetings are held on the first and third Monday of the month at the Quonset Hut, located on Pine Street, ¼ mile off Rte. 18 in Whitman, just south of the Abington line.

Members gather at 7:00 p.m. to socialize. The business meeting is conducted at 7:30 p.m. Talk in will be on 147.225 + MHz.
 

From the editor:

It has been a good month, Field Day was a success and we will get about 2,764 points. I will have the final points in the next newsletter. At press time I haven’t sent in the paperwork to ARRL yet. The last pages of the newsletter that covered Field Day was submitted by “The Bruce” NI1X, thanks Bruce. Everybody had a good time this year, I going to stay overnight next year, I promise. Enjoy the newsletter.
      73’s
      Jeff N1SOM

SECRETARY’S NOTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 07, 1999.

OPENING: The members started to gather around 7:15 at the Quonset hut, on Pine Street in Whitman. Club Vice President, Chris N1WWI opened the meeting at 07:35 P.M.

ATTENDANCE: The total attendance was 10 and included 3 of the elected officers and 2 members of the Board of Directors.
 

Chris Tilden	N1WWI		Charlet Sherman	N1VQZ
Jeff Tracy	N1SOM		Walt Dolson	K1BZD
John Coombs	WQ1L		John Murphy	N1TWI
Jeff Lehmann	N1ZZN		Tom Lehmann	N1ZZM
George Davis	KC1FZ		Steve Rudin	W1WSN

TREASURERS REPORT:

Jeff N1SOM read the treasurer’s report to the members who were present. May 1^st started with a beginning balance of $xxxx.xx, there were expenses of $xxx.xx, income of $xxx.xx, and an ending balance of $xxxx.xx as of May 31^st. John N1TWI made a motion to accept the report as read, John WQ1L seconded it, and the motion was accepted.

ELECTIONS

Walt K1BZD was appointed to oversee the counting of the ballots. He designated John WQ1L and Jeff N1ZZN as the official counters. The results were unanimous for the officers as nominated, and as shown on the 26 ballots received, with no write ins. Here are the new officers for this year:

Chris N1WWI President

Bill N1FRE Vice President

Jeff N1SOM Treasurer

Charlet N1VQZ Secretary

Bruce NI1X Board of Directors

FIELD DAY

Chris N1WWI has not received a response as of yet from Ames Nowell for use of the park, so he will go down in person to obtain the permission.

FLEA MARKET / CLUB EQUIPMENT

Chris N1WWI reported that two pieces of the equipment donated to the club by the family of a silent key, Joe K1QOY, are missing. There were 2 heathkit radios, which were left on the front table. It had been decided at the last meeting not to sell them at our flea market. We were going to sell them at a regular ham flea to obtain more money for club through the sale. No one present at the meeting knew where the equipment was, and it was discussed that hopefully if the equipment was borrowed, it would be returned.

NET CONTROLS

Walt K1BZD called for net controls for the remainder of the month. The results are:

Sun, June 13 Jeff N1ZZN

Sun, June 20 Charlet N1VQZ

Sun, June 27 TBA, Field Day

ADJOURNMENT:

Due to the extreme heat in the Quonset hut, the meeting was adjourned early. At 7:55, John WQ1L made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Walt K1BZD seconded, and the meeting was adjourned.
 

SECRETARY’S NOTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 21, 1999.

OPENING: The members started to gather around 7:15 at the Quonset hut, on Pine Street in Whitman. Club President, Chris N1WWI opened the meeting at 07:39 P.M.

ATTENDANCE: The total attendance was 11 and included 3 of the elected officers and 3 members of the Board of Directors.
 

Chris Tilden	N1WWI		Charlet Sherman	N1VQZ
Jeff Tracy	N1SOM		Walt Dolson	K1BZD
Bruce Hayden	NI1X		Ed Meehan	N1NTZ
John Coombs	WQ1L		George Davis	KC1FZ
Bob Johnson	WA1OFR		Loren Pimentel	N1IQI
Frank Hayes	N1OGP

TREASURERS REPORT

Jeff N1SOM read the treasurer’s report to the members who were present. On June 1^st we had a beginning balance of $xxxx.xx, there were expenses of $xx.xx, no income, and an ending balance of $xxxx.xx as of June 21^st. Ed N1NTZ made a motion to accept the report as read, Walt K1BZD and Jim W5IRW seconded it, and the motion was accepted. It was also voted to reimburse Walt for the monies he spent on flowers in remembrance of Yancee.

MINUTES

Walt K1BZD made a motion to accept the minutes as printed, Bruce NI1X seconded the motion, and the minutes of the last meeting were approved.

FIELD DAY

Chris N1WWI received confirmation from Ames Nowell that we have the special permission to stay over night at the park for field day. Jeff N1SOM has the logbooks ready to go. Discussion was held on the antennas being used, the availability of various tents, and stations being set up. The Bruce NI1X stressed the importance of receiving copies of the logs immediately to complete the news articles. Bill N1SON has the generator ready to run. Gas contributions were arranged.

ABINGTON LIBRARY

The Abington Library’s subscription of QST is about to expire. The Bruce NI1X made a motion that we renew their subscription, John WQ1L seconded, and Jeff N1SOM will send the check to renew their subscription.

FLEA MARKET / CLUB EQUIPMENT

As a follow up to the donated equipment reported as missing at the last meeting, one of the two Heathkits was purchased by Bob WA1OFR at the flea market for $10. The other radio and parts are still in the clubhouse, in a file drawer.

NET CONTROLS

Walt K1BZD called for net controls for the month of July. The results are:

Sun, July 4 Bruce NI1X

Sun, July 11 Chris N1WWI

Sun, July 18 Jeff N1ZZN

(Volunteered though not present ­ )

Sun July 25 Jeff N1SOM

CONTRIBUTION

It was noted that in addition to the recent request for reimbursement for club expenses made by Bill N1FRE, he also paid $270.00 out of his pocket for electricity for 98/99 bills as a contribution to the club.

Chris N1WWI brought in copies of the Norwood and Genesis club newsletters for others to view.

Honorable mention went to Bruce NI1X for mowing the lawn at the clubhouse.
 
 
 
 

ADJOURNMENT:

Ed N1NTZ made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Bob WA1OFR seconded, and the meeting was adjourned.
 
 

NUMBER PRECEDENCE STA. ORIGIN CHECK PLACE-ORIGIN TIME DATE

96 R K1BZD 11 Whitman, MA 08:59 07/04/99

N1VQZ

WARPSN TRAFFIC REPORT July 04

SESSIONS 4 QNI 66 QTC 09 73

Walt K1BZD

Yaesu FT-707 with matching power supply. It includes a VFO, antenna tuner, YM-35 hand mike, YM-38 desk mike, home stand and auto brackets. Includes all manuals and original boxes.---- $450.00

50’ Rohn tower w/ Cushcraft tri-bander----- $150.00

Ed N1NTZ reports he knows someone looking for a MC50 desk mike, will trade for a MC60

Any member wishing to post anything they want to sell contact Jeff N1SOM

FCC HOLLINGSWORTH CLARIFIES STAND ON MULTIPLE CALL SIGNS

The FCC top Amateur Radio enforcer, Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, says the Commission won’t be targeting clubs with multiple call signs unless the FCC has reason to believe that there’s been abuse of the licensing process. Clubs holding multiple call signs for reasonable legitimate purposes need not worry that the FCC will take back their call signs, he said. "We’re only concerned about abuse of the licensing process." Hollingsworth told the ARRL. "I’m only concerned about those who ‘work’ the system, eating up keying time with out processors with no apparent purpose other than to squirrel call signs or scarf up vanity call signs." Hollingsworth has said that in an era of tight budgets and smaller staffs, the FCC needs to minimize its administrative workload that sometimes includes manually keying in information for amateur applications. Hollingsworth concedes that the FCC rules place no upper limit on the number of club station call signs a club may hold. Some trustees of clubs with multiple call signs for packet nodes or individual repeaters have expressed concerns that their call signs might be the targets of the FCC’s recent initiative to reduce what’s sometimes called call sign "warehousing" or "hoarding". Recently, the trustee of some three dozen club station call signs agreed to give up all but one of them. Hollingsworth also has inquired of several other individuals listed as responsible parties for multiple call signs – including several members of the same family in California – and has asked the licensees to justify the grants.

--- ARRL

The FCC in Gettysburg reports it has processed vanity call signs applications received through June 21^st. On July 9^th, the FCC issued 200 grants. Another 219 applications landed in the work – in – process (WIPs) stack. During June, the FCC reports it received 1126 applications, all but 131 of them filed electronically.

--- FCC

Richard Welch of Dyna-Fab Co., Inc in Rockland recently donated a copier for use by WARC. This copier is well maintained and needs no work. It will be located at Bill N1SON’s QTH and it will be used exclusively for printing the newsletter. It will be convenient for printing the newsletter and it prints on 2 sides easier. Thank you Dick.

--- the editor

Gathered at the Club table are Walt W1HA, Bruce NI1X, Jeff N1ZZN, Bob Burns K1RB, John WQ1L, John Wittey N1PRK, Chris N1WWI, Gil WA1GDJ, Ted N1WAI, Jeff N1SOM, Roy KB1CYV, Bob WA1OFR, Mike N1FRV and Charlet N1VQZ.

Members who were able to stop by and log in with the Club Station were Chris Tilden N1WWI, Bill Hayden N1FRE, Jeff Tracy N1SOM, Charlet Sherman N1VQZ, Bruce Hayden NI1X, Mike Marinucci N1FRV, Bill Tracy N1SON, Bob Johnson WA1OFR, Jeff Lehmann N1ZZN, Tom Lehmann N1ZZM, John Coombs WQ1L Ed Meehan N1NTZ, Loren Pimentel N1IQI, Ted McCaw N1WAI, Jim Wolf N1OIU, Fred Roog WA1LXP, Evelyn Foley K1EF, Gil Follett WA1GDJ, Walter Johnson W1HA, Roy Logan KB1CYV, Steve Rudin W1WSN, Bruce Weir N1XZD, Vic Kairis N1OEH, Wayne Galvin N1MAG, Frank Hayes N1OGP and Joe DiLoreto N1FEE who came back from down south just to supervise this Special Event.

Area HAMs who stopped by and made themselves known to the Club Station were Don Tanguay NN1D, Jim Ford NM1F, Bob Burns K1RB, Paul Anderson N1OTX, John Wittey N1PRK, Bob Manderville N1EDM, Bob Pratt KA1DZA, Joe Casieri KA1JBE, Al N1JXS, Mark Loring KB1COB, Gene Harriman N1EH, Samatha Harriman N1MJP, Brad Wilson W1AY and Bob N1LCY

"The Bruce" NI1X set up a Club Station in the parking lot using a YAESU FT-767GX with an R-5 lashed to a fence post and putting out 100 watts. Fred WA1LXP and The Bruce NI1X with the help of Keith Lehmann (SWL) made contact with five (5) states and eight (8) foreign countries. One of the highlights of the day was making contact with the Special Event station W5RRR at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas that was in operation while the space shuttle was in orbit.

article courtesy of "The Bruce" NI1X
 

FLEA MARKET PICTURES
 
 

Jeff N1ZZN Charlet N1VQZ and Chris N1WWI take a break from the busy flea market

Photo by "The Bruce" NI1X