For all of the folks that asked, we really had not heard from any of the event coordinators that our help was needed at the festival this year, until today.
As before, the Delta Police Department has requested assistance with traffic barricades during the Parade and really appreciates having the extra coverage at the intersections around Delta. The parade starts around 2:00pm and runs an hour or so at the most. Plan on meeting need the main concessions area 1:00pm for assignments. If you have the time to assist with this, it would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail me back at kd8kbu@arrl.net if you think you can help out with the Parade route.
I know this is short notice, but due to a change in the event coordinators this year, no one knew how to get a hold of us or request help.
Regards,
Craig - KD8KBU
KB8ELG passed this along to me, A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 9th at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 210 N. Main St. in Swanton.
http://www.weigelfuneralhomes.com/obit/preview.php?id=981&p=&search=
I still have to calculate bonus points, but initially it looks like we have 686 QSOs for the contest (126 CW, 175 Digi, 385 Phone) for a QSO score of 1974. I should have a complete score later this week. The top operator was KB2AVN with 181 QSOs. We managed to work 49 states and Puerto Rico, only missing Hawaii. We also worked into 5 Canadian provinces. QSO breakdown by Band and Mode:
----CW---- --Digital- ---Phone--
Band QSOs PWR QSOs PWR QSOs PWR
160 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 0 0 0 0 185 100
40 40 100 146 100 71 100
20 80 100 29 100 99 100
15 6 100 0 0 27 100
10 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0 2 100
Membership: We have 53 Paid and Lifetime Members, thanks for your continued support.
Education: No Report
Hamfest: The summer Hamfest was held earlier this month with very good reports on vendor and attendee satisfaction. After expenses the club cleared about $250 in profit from the event. KB8ELG also reports that the contracts are signed for the Winter fest, and we are making changes with the venue to make more breakfast foods available earlier in the day.
Repeater: The duplexers have been serviced by K8LI and we have received many reports on improved clarity and coverage. The PA deck still needs to be integrated, which will happen sometime after Field Day. The Fusion repeater is currently online in UHF mode and we are investigating the possibility of a real controller to add many of the convenience features we have on the primary and secondary VHF systems.
EC: K8JPD and KB8ELG reported that the Wednesday night Emergency Services nets have been going very well, and the goal of training new net controllers has yielded at least six members capable of running that net. They also report that we will have much tighter integration with the National Weather Service out of Northern Indiana and would be considered primary contacts for the county.
The next club meeting will be held on June 20th at the County Administration Building (same as the Drivers License Bureau), 152 S. Fulton St, Wauseon at 7:30pm.
We are into the Summer season, which means Field Day will be here before we know it. Please plan on attending to discuss this event.
Upcoming Events:
06/25/2016 ARRL Field Day
Upcoming Hamfests:
06/19/2016 Monroe, MI
07/16/2016 Shelby Township, MI
07/17/2016 Van Wert, OH
08/13/2016 Angola, IN
Further details can be found at the ARRL Website:
http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/search
Club Nets:
Weeknights at 10:30pm Bud's Midnight Madness Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 8pm Informal Two Meter & ARES Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 9pm 6M Net -- 50.400 AM on the first Wednesday of the month
Wed at 9pm 6M Net -- 52.525 FM Simplex
Latest Club Information:
On the web: http://www.k8bxq.org/
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fulton-County-Amateur-Radio-Club/206939596...
E-Mail list: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/fcarc
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