7:32PM – meeting brought to order by Rich, AA2MF – President
Club officers and Committee Members:
President: Rich Cariello AA2MF-present
Vice President: Carol De La Torre AB4YI-present
Treasurer: Will Scott W7WMS-present
Secretary (Temporary): Hal Chase W1EES present
Membership: Will Scott W7WMS-present
Station W4TA Trustee: Carol De La Torre AB4YI – present
Station W4GAC Trustee: Dave Trewin KR4U-present
SPARC station activates Tom W4CU- absent
VE Testing-Past President: Pat AA0O- absent
Repeater Team Dee N4GD-absent
Club Newsletters: Bruce Solov KF4TYA-present
Board member: John Toth KI4UIP – present
Antenna Team Ed NZ1Q-present
Net Manager Billy KN4LUZ- absent
SPARC Web Design Zach KO4WPO-absent
Pledge of allegiance
Intro of guests: KL7IH – Arnold Watland – from Alaska
Jill – Dad was a ham – KD3IH – Earl Radding (SK) donating boxes of technical books.
Self intros of members –
Program for the evening – Mobile radio installations
There were 5 entries –
First place – “Capability” – Ryan Rager – AF4O
Second place – “Ergonomics” – Charles Adkinson – W4BPP
Third place – “Creativity” – Alex Harvey – KO4CEE
All-in-all, they were “very impressive installations”
This concluded the initial (presentation) portion of the meeting – 8:18PM
Intermission – The presentation meeting ended at 8:18PM – breaking for refreshments.
The Business meeting was called to order by Rich AA2MF club President at 8:30pm
Treasurer’s Report – Reported by Will, W7WMS, Treasurer – was voted on and accepted.
Tempoary Secretary’s Report by Hal W1EES– Nothing to report.
Vice-President Report by Carol AB4YI- I will be placing a signup sheet for Field Day on Slack. Life ARRL Members contact the ARRL my June 24th if you want to continue getting a hard copy of QST. Family membership can be obtained for a $12 yearly fee. More details to follow.
Membership Report – Will, W7WMS, We have a new applicant for membership – Arnold Watland – KL7IH. Vote taken and approved by club members. Welcome to SPARC!
Club Contest Callsign W4TA Trustee Carol AB4YI reports- some QSL Cards will be sent out soon.
Club station W4GAC Trustee Dave KR4U reports – Club stations are all up and running.
Newsletters publisher’s report – Bruce – KF4TYA – reported he is always looking for info and stories from our members – if you have anything of interest, contact him.
Florida QSO Party results – Dave Trewin – KR4U
Operators: AA0O / AA2MF / AB4YI / AF4O / AI4RJ / K4OB / KF4TYA / KQ4TXM / KR4U / N2ESP / N4GD / N4MMR / N8PYN / NY4I / W4BOO / W4CU / W7WMS
Station: W4GAC Class: M/M Mixed – Low Power
Operating time: 20 hours
Band CW Qs PH Qs
40m 95 141
20m 428 425
15m 216 221
10m 38 99
Total: 777 886
Multipliers 68 67
TOTAL SCORE: 658,800
Old Business:
The Club station will continue to be available prior to the start of the monthly meeting, to give those who wish to “get on the air” an opportunity to do so. (maybe you want to check out a new mode or check out different equipment before spending money on it) Expanded times will be considered – just bring it up at a meeting.
The topic of updating the Club Bylaws has been brought up, but, so far, no action on this has taken place.
New Business:
Carol De La Torre – AB4YI – our VP – brought forth the appointment of Bob Wanek – N2ESP – as President Emeritus. Rich AA2mf Club President recognized the request and asked for a motion and second. That received a vote was taken with the confirmation that 15 or more voting members were present, required by our bylaws. Motion carried unanimously. Congratulations, Bob N2ESP!!
Carol also reported again that a SIGN-UP sheet for Field Day will be available.
Antenna Team Lead Ed Erny – NZ1Q – is looking for a tower climber – interested? Please contact him.
*** SPARC Board of Director’s meeting – 21 MAY 2024 at 5:00pm ***
June 2024 meeting – program will be preparing for ARRL Field Day.
May monthly meeting was Adjourned at 8:55pm.