The December 2016 AARA Newsletter
The Aroostook Amateur Radio Association	December 30, 2016

There wasn’t a December meeting due to bad weather so the November minutes are being re-posted in case you missed it:

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, AARA,

November 3, 2016

 Attendance:

Ivan Shapiro, WK1W

Joan Shapiro, W9RLH

David Deschesne, KB1EBG

Sonny Packard, K1VOR

Dwayne Dow, N1WRX

Steven Vance, W1SPV

Steven Sandelier, N1NXU

James Jalbert, KC1ECV

Randy Harper, N1NGN

Roy Woods, KB1WGN

Bryon Lennon, K1BQY

Don Powers, KC1GMM

Michelle Sandelier, XYL

David Berry, KV1S

Linda Berry, XYL

 

Meeting called to order:  18:07

Treasurer’s report:  Rec. $27.00 from Chinese Auction.  In PayPal account now.  $0.15 interest.  Bank Bal. $3,531.76   $3,558.76

Secretary’s report:   Minutes of Oct 2016 meeting approved

EMCOMM:  ARES now has 23 members.  Had drill at Fort Fairfield – annual CERT training.  Town was impressed, great reviews.  Have sent out press release to news outlets.  Team starting to pick up recognition.  Now familiar with Fort Fairfield, their EOC and how they operate.  Next meeting Nov. 19, Caribou Weather Bureau, 9am.  Skywarn program will be held.  Working on setting up network with Penobscot County to have weather spotter service tied to ARES team.

FIELD DAY/Public Information Officer:  nothing to report

Applications for Membership: -none-

President’s report: 

 

• On November 7, KB1WGN; KC1ECV and WK1W will be demonstrating Ham radio to the students at New Sweden school.
• Jim Cerrato KC5UEQ has resigned from AARA, will not be able to be Field Day or PIO
• Ken Hayes KD0BXR, doing well, house is coming along. Is surviving well, taken command of Civil Air Patrol
• James KC1ECV will do an encore program on programming the cheap, Chinese radios.
• Future programs are needed. Always interested in program topics, especially if relates to Ham radio.
• Christmas party Dec. 8 6pm at Caribou Inn and Conv. Center (a/k/a Caribou Motor Inn).
• Elmering program is up and running. Posted on club website under Elmer program.
• Encouraging everyone to try to learn CW. In these times of weak propagation, CW will get through more better.

 

 

Introduction of Guests: – none –

           

Old Business: – none –

New Business: 

• Looking for new Field Day Chairman and Public Information Officer. Contact Ivan at 476-0000 if you are interested.

Need Field Day Chairman.  Call Ivan if you are interested.

The meeting was adjourned at:  18:24

Special Presentation:  A presentation on EchoLink was provided by Randy Harper N1NGN

Respectfully submitted,

David Deschesne, KB1EBG

Coming Events:

Mondays 0930 coffee @ Tim Horton’s in Caribou

Mondays 2000 Aroostook Emergency Net 146.730

Saturdays Breakfast @ McDonald’s PI 0730

Thursdays coffee at the Trailside in Washburn 0930

Jan 5th 6:00 PM AARA meeting

 

AARA meeting:

The January meeting of the Aroostook Amateur radio Association will be held on January 5 at 6 PM EST at the Presque Isle Library.

Carl Pelletier, N1EVO, from Fort Kent, will present the program,  REVERSE BEACON NETWORK.  It is an extremely helpful/useful tool for telling where your signal is heard in real time.  After the meeting, James Jalbert, KC1ECV, will have a “clinic” for Baofeng radio programming.  Bring your (inexpensive) Chinese radio and get help from James, who happens to be Technical Advisor.  Thanks James.

Dec. 2016 Aroostook Amateur Radio Net

Net Control: KC5UEQ 2, N1NXU 1, KC1ECV 1

WK1W  4

KC1ERZ  4

KB1WGN 4

K1VOR 4

K1BQY 4

KC1DRW  4

N1NXU 3

K1ANK 3

KC1ECV 3

KC5UEQ  2

KB1ZNM  2

AA1OQ 2

KC1GMM 2

W5KF 1

N1WRX 1

NG1F 1

KB1EBG 1

KY1L 1

WB1WB 1

K0LDO  1

 

 

The “Elmer Help” page on the AARA website has been updated.  Check it out if you could use some Elmering …

www.K1FS.org

 

Derrick Ouellette Kw1a [mailto:kb1wka@me.com]
Looking for volunteers:

 

Hello guys. can you send an email to the  club and the Ares team. I’m looking for hams to help out for the Can-Am for various locations if they can help any day(or night) it is appreciated. Can-Am is March 4-6 this year and we usually have a meeting Friday the 3rd at 4 or 5 pm that last for just under an hour. If anyone is interested they can contact me directly. 

 

Thank a million, 

KW1A, DERRICK OUELLETTE