SQUELCH TALE
Central Missouri Radio Association KØSI 146.76(-) PL 127.3
Web Site: http://www.k0si.net
April, 2007
The Central Missouri Radio Association is the oldest Amateur Radio Club in the Columbia, Mo. area. Check out our web site at its new address:
If you have ideas for Web content, send them to Jim, WYØB.
To submit articles for this newsletter contact KCØLCS, Nathan, at the next club meeting or at kc0lcs04@yahoo.com . Also, if you have any changes in your mailing address or E-mail, send it to KCØLCS.
CALENDAR
Our regularly scheduled monthly meeting is normally held at Boone Electric on 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
Each Monday evening (except the Monday preceding the meeting or holiday) join with the members at the club station on Worley St in the Red Cross building basement.
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 WMØH, Dewey.
If 2007 appears on your address label your dues have been paid for this year.
To renew your membership for 2007, see the treasurer, Bill Anglen, KCØACS, at the meeting, or mail a check for $20.00, ($25.00 per family) to: CMRA; P.O. Box 283; Columbia, MO. 65205.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Missouri QSO Party, April 7th & 8th
Upcoming Hamfests:
Ararat (Kansas City, MO), April 21st
Clive, IA, April 29th
MARCH MINUTES
Meeting called to order at 1904 hrs. Introductions all around. Reporter from University school of Journalism Frank Fisher was present. Feb minutes read. KMØR called for correction to Feb 2007 Minutes. K4CHS is on his 2nd yr. of a 2 yr term for the office of Member at Large.
Checking: $2,230.16
Savings: $1,731.88
Old Business:
1) KMØR reported that all went well with "Froze Toes" Bike Race in Feb. and thanked all who attended.
2) QSO Party list circulated. KMØR requested a clean up crew for the club station on 03-31-07. For the clean up KØYBN volunteered. QSO Party list attendees: WYØB, NØAXZ, KMØR, KCØACS, NØUBC.
3) KMØR requested old "Boat anchors" in the club station be sold or put in auction. WYØB moved that we put the equipment in the club auction. Motion seconded by KØYBN. KCØPAH volunteered to inventory the equipment. KØYBN also suggested to send invites to other clubs for our club auction.
4) KMØR advised that he and AEØS will once again be interviewed by 93.9 the eagle just prior to field day activities. WYØB volunteered once again to be our Field Day coordinator. A motion made and voted by the club to have the Field Day festivities at Rock Bridge State Park.
5) KCØUTW advised that Doug w/ Amateur Electronics is out of the hospital and per his wife, Marshall from Amateaur Electronics will attend in Aug. It was also added that KCØTXW is trying to get Country Music Star and fellow HAM Patty Loveless to attend our hamfest. There has not been a final word on this as of yet
6) KVØS asked for any objections to a new name for our website. No objections heard.
7) KVØS advised this is severe weather awareness week, and that the state tornado drill was held on this date.
New Business:
1) KVØS advised he had been contacted by the local boyscout org. in ref. to having a station teach the classes for the radio merit badge on 07-27-07 at Camp Thunderbird. WYØB advised scouts needed to go on a 9-1-1 tour as well as Commercial and a ham station tours. KBØPDX advised he could be a contact for 9-1-1 tour in Moberly.
2) KØYBN advised he has several pieces of equipment for sale and interested parties could contact him. WMØH advised he needs VE for testing at the club station for the following Monday evening. NØUBC advised he has several pieces of equipment for sale as well. Motion to adjourn by KCØTXW and seconded by KMØR at 1945
We had 2 aps for membership 1) Dale Whitman 2505 Blackcherry Ct. Columbia, Mo 65201 and 2) Eric Clark 3613 Danvers Dr. Columbia, Mo. 65203. These will be voted on at the next club meeting. These are not licensed hams as of this date.
73's Gentlemen,
KCØTXW
Volunteer Phil Temples, K9HI, has 10 suggestions to energize your local radio club.
"With our busy schedules, sometimes going to your local radio club meeting is just one of those things that gets put off. But what if your club meetings were fun? What if everyone came to the meetings? What would it take for that to happen? The author has a few ideas how to make this a reality." Read the rest of Phil's story on the ARRL website: http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2007/03/05/1/?nc=1 .Visit Phil's website: http://www.temples.com.
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The ARRL is alerting members-- and especially users of the ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service at http://www.arrl.org/membersonly/emailfwd.html l-- about bogus e-mails that claim to be from the "arrl.net user support team." There is no such entity, and the messages do not originate with ARRL but appear to be coming from outside the US. Recipients should not follow the instructions in the e-mail, which reads, "We have received reports that your e-mail account has been used to send a large amount of unsolicited commercial email messages during this week. We suspect that your computer had been infected by a recent virus and now contains a hidden proxy server. We recommend you to follow our instructions in order to keep your computer safe." Following the instructions will have the opposite effect, however, infecting your computer with the MyDoom Trojan worm and making it part of a spamming network. The League urges all members to invest in and use antivirus software.