July Edition!
For the month of July, Hands on and the club meeting are pushed ahead a week.
Hands On will be on July 14, Club meeting will be July 21.
Breakfast!!!
Every Wednesday there is breakfast at Big Boy in Somerset, KY. It's a good time to sit, relax, and visit before the start of your day. Breakfast is from 8 - 10 AM although there seems to be early birds every week who show up starting around 7:30. You don't have to stay the whole time if you have other things to do before we clear the tables for others.
We are ordering a mono band antenna for the 88 repeater site. This antenna will improve reception from within town. The radiation pattern of the RF signal is adjusted on this style of antenna to have more of a downward slope closer to the antenna. The current antenna will be dedicated for the 440 repeater.
The 150 repeater has been getting internet sent from the 88. The 150 repeater now has good internet. Currently only one repeater is connected to it. A project is in the works for upgraded networking equipment where we will be sending the net back to 88 instead, and the 88 repeater will have a failsafe being the currently connected service. This should greatly improve our digital nodes to include Allstar & Echolink.
Anyone that is at our meetings gets to hear the treasury report. While there is a balance in the bank, the club has to be sure there is enough available for operating costs of the two sites. In the future there may be a 3rd site.
This is a call for help. If you have a little bit extra, and are so inclined, could you please donate. If you do, please send Wanda (wm4lm75wanda@yahoo.com) an e-mail being the treasurer so she knows to look and what the funds are to go toward (Repeater Site Equipment).
Be safe with fireworks. It only takes a moment to get seriously injured or have property damage.
If you see any errors or have any questions about the website, please contact me.
73's
Fred - W7NQF
Secretary, Web Manager
webmaster@lcara.net