To submit articles for the Squelch Tail, contact Dale, AEØS at the next club meeting!

The Central Missouri Radio Association is a not-for-profit Mo. Association. Check out our web site:http:// www.qsl.net/cmra If you have ideas for content, see Jim, WYØB.

If you have any changes in your mailing address or E-mail, send it to AEØS at: AEØS@arrl.net

CALENDAR FOR April

Each Monday evening (except the Monday preceding the meeting) join with the members at the club station on Worley.

Each Wednesday is Club Net at 9:00 p.m. If you're interested or willing to volunteer for Net Control or if you have questions, contact WM0H, Dewey.

PLEASE PAY YOUR DUES AND HELP KEEP THE REPEATER RUNNING

If 2004 appears on your address label your dues have been paid for last year.

To renew your membership for 2004, see the treasurer (or the corresponding Secretary) at the meeting OR mail a check for $20.00, ($25.00 per family) to:

CMRA

P.O. BOX 283

COLUMBIA, Mo. 65205

Minutes:

Well, the Meeting opened at 7PM. Minutes were read and approved.

Treasure's report: Checking $2679.85

Savings 2220.57

Old Business:

Progress on the 440 link is coming together, the Jeff City link is ready. The Highhill Link just has to be put together and it will be ready to go.

Tornado drill March 16th (Thanks for all the checkins.

The Red Cross / BCARES vehicle was here for all to pinch and poke.

VERY Old Business:

Dues need to be paid, they do help keep the repeater running.

New Business:

Auction at the July meeting so be there for a lot of fun.

Also Boone Electric will be remodeling the meeting room so starting in July the the meetings will be held else where. If you are late you just might not find us.

Meeting was adjourned

The program was turned over to Colonel Tom Smith who gave a very good talk on hams working with the National Guard. Next meeting will be at Boone Electric on April 13. See you there.

Dewey

WM0H

FOR SALE:

Kenwood TS-820S in excellent condition, with about 50 hours use on the new finals. The TS-820S contains its own power supply, digital display, RF speech processor, IF passband tuning, 500 hz CW filter, and operates on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands with 100 watts output. Excellent, quiet receiver and sturdy transmitter. Sale includes both the operating and service manuals. Asking $300 until May 10 (when I move out of Columbia). Contact Jim, W0ZEN, evenings 573-443-5301 or e-mail whitehill@stephens.edu

Homebrew idea

An article in Radcomm, RSGB's magazine, tells how to make a DIY broadband RF choke for HF frequencies. These devices can be a help in fixing problems with RFI and feedline radiation.

Find a source for junked monitors and scavenge the deflection yoke from around the CRT neck CAREFULLY, so you don't break the tube. The article recommends 5 turns in one direction around the ferrite core, then through the middle across the core to the other side for 5 more turns. That will keep the starting point and finishing turn as far apart as possible. { Tnx RadCom, Feb \rquote 04, p. 54,55)

Interesting URLS:

http://www.ares-mo.org/ares_links.asp

http://ac6v.com/callfreq.htm

http://neic.usgs.gov/

http://neic.usgs.gov/

http://www.dx-central.com/

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

Till next time, keep RADIOACTIVE, and vy

73