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there. I believe he was a crew member of that boat also. He now joins other crew and is answering roll call with George (K1CG) and others that have been part of the Genesis repeater gang. Pipe him aboard! Well it’s time to say my adieu, 73 JOHN, KB1EVY The Prez. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minutes of the Meeting Opening: The meeting was opened at 7:30 pm. President John Williams KB1EVY was presiding. Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer gave an updated accounting of repeater fund and general fund. Secretary’s Report: The Secretary’s report was accepted as published in the newsletter. New Business: The club is currently accepting donations for the George A. Manning Scholarship Fund. George was a long-time member of Genesis Amateur Radio Society. Donations may be mailed to Bill Scott K1CJX or presented directly to him at the meeting. His mailing address is listed on the club roster. Ken Kavaljian KB1KVL Secretary Ragchew Net Report: Owen Malaguti KB1CGP reported that the number of check-ins on the Tuesday night net have been about the same as last month. Genesis CW Practice Net has been averaging 4-6 check-ins per night, sometimes more. The 10m Ragchew Net averages about15 check-ins per week. Repeater Officer’s Report: After last month's repeater report I decided to follow up with my comments and give thanks to the Genesis Amateur Radio Society's members. Without the cooperation of all the members of the GARS (America's Hometown Repeater) it would probably be off the air at this time. Without going into specific details on who did what to make all this happen some members should be recognized. Going back to when Bill Ryan was an active member he started the search for a new repeater, unfortunately Bill became ill and could not continue this quest. (Thank you Bill) At that time I was asked to take over the project. With many months of discussion, research, speaking with other clubs, and getting price quotes from different manufacturers we finally came to a decision on the Kenwood repeater. At that time GARS didn’t have the funding to purchase a new repeater but with donations from GARS Page 2
members and a matching donation from one anonymous donor we acquired the funds to make the purchase. (Thank you all who helped in this endeavor) As time went on we had discovered that our antenna was degrading. With the expertise of Jack Buckley W1AKN, Stuart Studley (Bump) W1BON and several others it was discovered the antenna was degrading rapidly and it needed to be replaced. So the quest for a new repeater antenna and installation on the Industrial Communications Commercial Tower at the Pine Hills location in Plymouth MA. began. After several months of searching for the correct antenna and with the help from our president John Williams KB1EVY and others the antenna was ordered. (Please note: this antenna was manufactured for our frequencies) At that time I contacted Industrial Communications for installation of the new antenna. It took several months for the antenna to be built and shipped to a receiving location in Falmouth Ma. When it arrived the antenna was 22’ long and that presented a problem to transport the antenna to the site in Plymouth. Without the help of Bob Woodberry N1COP, John Williams KB1EVY this wouldn’t have happened. Now we have an antenna at the site and ready for installation. The call went out to Industrial Communications to let them know the antenna was on site. They would install it as soon as they had a crew in the area to climb the tower. Again several months went by as we waited for the call to install the antenna. Early one morning I got a call from an installation crew in Kingston that they would be at the Pine Hill site in one hour. I arrived at the site about one hour later and within a few hours we had a new antenna system running with a greatly improved signal. The only part left to complete the project is to remove the existing antenna from the site. Ron Smith N1PXX has a space where we can temporarily store the antenna. We are currently making those arrangements. I would like to say thanks to all the members who spent many hours of the Genesis Amateur Radio Society past and present, because without all of your cooperation as a team this project would never have happened. Thank you Kevin O'Donnell K1KOD Repeater Officer Event Officer’s Report: Field Day Coordinator Judy KB1SRO is looking for volunteers to help out at field Day. Volunteers may contact Judy via email, in person, or snail mail. Her mailing information is on the club roster. A reminder that Field Day is June 25 & 26. Education Officer’s Report: Chris Jonson N1IR gave a presentation on PSK-31 which was very informative. He did a live transmission using it. There will be a workshop next month on soldering PL-259 and jumper cable fabrication. Below is the Education Officer’s schedule for March. FRIDAY MARCH 18, 2011 7PM-9PM (need room from 6:30-9:30pm) SATURDAY MARCH 19, 2011 9am-2pm (between a 30min - 1hr break for lunch) SATURDAY MARCH 26, 2011 9am-1pm (30 min break for lunch) Page 3
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