Wilderness Road Amateur Radio Club (WRARC)
Monthly Meeting Minutes for 23 JANUARY 2024 – FINAL RECORD COPY
Hybrid meeting via Dennis’ Zoom account. (Thanks Dennis!)
Meeting called to order by President Mike May (KF4FMQ) at 1930 hours EST.
Attendees: 16 attending members of 41 total: (A quorum was present.)
Bill McAdams (KD9JNF), Chris Galbreath (KG4UQL), Dennis Weiskircher (K3KZU), Doug Collins
(KA4SWT), Gene Klaus (KO4IVI), Harold Miller (AF6MB), Ken Douglas (KY4KD), Larry Roberts
(WE4LR), Melissa Jones (Kxxxxx); Mike May (KF4FMQ), Mike Maynard (KJ4FZ), Peter Rock
(KJ4ND), Ray Whitehouse (KY4RW), Rick Flynn (KO4UHE), Russell Chaney (KN4OHD), Tony
Cromwell (KB4TC).
Previous monthly meeting was 28 NOV 2023. Motion to accept Minutes of meeting as published (via
email) by Bill (KD9JNF), 2nd by Peter (KJ4ND). Passed by acclamation.
Treasurer’s Report:
$ Starting balance.
-$ SERA
-$ MyDomain
$ Ending balance.
Past Activities Report:
o Previous Weekly WRARC OTA club net was conducted each Wednesday evening at
2000L on the club’s 2m Repeater.
o Previous WRARC hybrid monthly club meeting was on Tuesday, 28 NOV 2023 (4th
Tuesday of month).
o Previous VEC Testing was: Saturday, 28 OCT 2023 starting at 1000L at The American
Legion Post 46 building, 45 Spears Lane, Danville, KY.
o Previous WRARC Coffee Social was on Friday, 1 DEC 2023 (1st Friday of month) at 0900L
via ZOOM.
o Previous AMLEG Post 46 D-STAR NET (1st Monday of month) was conducted on 4 DEC
2023 (1st Monday of month) at 2000L hours.
o Previous monthly general meeting of The American Legion Boyle Post 46 was 1900L
hours on Tuesday, 5 DEC 2023 (1st Tuesday of month).
o The Club Activity for December 2023 was canceled due to the holidays but the most
recent previous Club Activity was: NA QSO Party SSB QSO on 20 JAN 2024.
Old Business:
o WRARC Club Dues. Annual club dues for 2024 are now being accepted thru the end of
the year.
o 26 of 42 current members have already paid their dues for 2024.
o WRARC ELECTIONS. Club elections are held in November for Club Officers (1 yr term)
and two Directors (2 yr term) to take office on 1 January.
o A special VE test session has been requested by Doug Rulon, teacher (KO4WDE) for
several of his Burgin Independent (school) ARC students (KQ4CWT). Date TBD.
o Discussion on shadowing club Treasurer duties was tabled until JAN 2024 club meeting.
o Discussion on review of AmLeg Post 46 – WRARC joint MOA was tabled until JAN 2024
club meeting.
New Business:
o WRARC Club Dues. 32 of 41 current members have already paid their dues for 2024.
o Discussed a special VE test session requested by Doug Rulon, teacher (KO4WDE) for
several of his Burgin Independent (school) ARC students (KQ4CWT). Date still TBD.
o The draft on codifying the shadowing club Treasurer duties was permanently tabled.
o Discussion on AmLeg Post 46 – WRARC Joint MOA: Chris (KG4UQL) will find original
copy believed to be in his possession. At that time, a Special Meeting of club officers
and directors will be called to deal with any updating issues with the MOA.
o Per Harold (AF6MB), American Legion dues will be going up in the near future.
Future Activities:
o Next weekly WRARC OTA club net is each Wednesday evening at 2000L on the club’s 2m
Repeater: 145.310 MHz with -600 kHz offset and Split PL Code 100 Hz (i.e. 100 Hz on
both Tx CTCSS & Rx CTCSS).
o Next WRARC Coffee Social is on Friday, 2 FEB 2024 (1st Friday of month) at 0900L via
ZOOM.
o Next AMLEG Post 46 D-STAR NET (1st Monday of month) is 2000L on 5 FEB 2024 on
REF56C via our local D-STAR repeater KM4OON, +5 MHz offset, 444.2375 MHz & no PL
tones.
o Next monthly general meeting of The American Legion Boyle Post 46 will be at 1900L
hours on Tuesday, 6 FEB 2024 (1st Tuesday of the month).
o Next Club Activity is the NA QSO Party RTTY to be held on 24 FEB 2024 at 1300L hours at
the AMLEG Bldg.
o Next WRARC hybrid monthly club meeting will on Tuesday, 27 FEB 2024 (4th Tuesday of
month) at 1900L and business session starting at 1930L at The American Legion Post 46
building, 45 Spears Lane, Danville and via ZOOM.
o Next VEC Testing: Saturday, 27 JAN 2024 starting at 1000L at The American Legion Post
46 building, 45 Spears Lane, Danville, KY. See http://www.wrarc.com/ve-testing/ for
details. Pre-registration is requested but not required.
Adjournment. Motion to Adjourn by Chris (KG4UQL), 2nd by Bill (KD9JNF); Passed by acclamation.
Adjourned at 2024 hours EST.
Minutes respectfully submitted,
Mike May (KG4FMQ)
After-meeting Presentation:
An After Meeting video presentation was conducted on the operation of the ICOM 7300: ICOM IC7300
A to Z – Part 16, YouTube video by Ham Radio A2Z (WA2IVD).