Tom Burnett

WA4ZET

Call to order:  Club President Jerry Couts, N4DST

Invocation: Richard Heston, KE4BQI

Newsletter distributed, Roll sheet circulated

Treasurer’s report: Herb not present

Secretary’s report: Passed as printed in the NL

Old Business: 

SET went well. All counties represented.  EOC needs more antennas for more bands.

National Weather Service: Meeting at Jacksonville office on December 1,2007.

Jerry announced that the Mars system has an established net using Digital mode. No one knows of an Amateur net.  The Mars system was demonstrated to congress. Jerry, N4DST reports that conditions were very bad in the southeastern region. Jerry was still able to check in despite the conditions.

Union County has HF Radio and a VHF Antenna

New business:

Elections: Election of club officers will be held during the November meeting.

The annual end of the year   holiday bash will be held on December 4, 2007 at the South China Restaurant at 6:30.

Ed Gillenardo,KI4TRQ has a new tower!

Program:  Colen Boutwell, WA5RKR did a short demo on a basic VHF jump kit.  Next meeting he will bring his HF jump kit.  For those wanting to put together a VHF kit, Harbor Freight has a metal case for $9.95.

ELECTIONS next month!

 

Close:  Bill, AC4YW   second: Richard, KE4BQI

73, regards, TOM, WA4ZET (WA5RKR, stand-in)

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB024

ARLB024 Hollingsworth to Stay Put at FCC

Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, Special Counsel for the FCC's

Enforcement Bureau, has decided not to retire.  He had announced

last week that he would leave the FCC in January 2008.

Riley states, "After spending the entire weekend thinking about the

decision [to retire], it became more and more clear to me that it

just isn't the right decision for me right now.  There are several

issues on the table that I want to continue to work through with the

amateur community."

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