Club Meeting Minutes
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
Regular Meeting
April 7, 2022
President Tim Belton KK4DTT called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
There were 28 members and 4 visitors present.
Minutes from the March 3, 2021 radio club meeting were read and approved.
Philip Julian KG4NVN presented the Treasury Report dated 4/7/22.
Savings - $4004.98 Checking: - $899.51
Jimmy Owens W4JHO talked about potential plans for a club sponsored POTA activation
later in the year. By a show of hands, most of the club expressed interest. Jimmy will
report plans for a club event as they develop.
The program A Status Report on the 444 Linked Repeater System was presented by Alan
McClain KA4BNI. This generated a lot of interest and discussion. Four locations are in
place and fully operational. Future plans include adding locations and possibly
establishing linking into our 147.210 weather net during times of weather emergency.
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM.
Respectfully Submitted
Ben Barnett K4BEZ
Secretary
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Special Meeting November 1, 2018
President Tim Belton KK4DTT called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
The early start time was due to the length of the special SkywarnTM Training Program to be presented by Gary Woodall from the National Weather Service in Memphis.
No club business was conducted. After the presentation, Tom Meiners, Chief Meteorologist for WBBJ was introduced and thanked Gary for the fine program and the audience for their interest and active support of weather spotting in the Jackson area.
There were 22 members and 21 visitors present.
Respectfully Submitted Ben Barnett K4BEZ Secretary
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West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Regular Meeting November 2, 2017
President Tim Belton KK4DTT called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
There were 19 members and one visitor present.
The minutes from the October 5, 2017 meeting were approved as read.
The treasury report was given by the treasurer Philip Julian KG4NVN. The checking account balance is $505.40 and the savings account $4883.42. No additional bills are expected before the end of the year.
Philip also reported that our club radio license has been renewed.
Greg Flanagan N4GMF reported that the Bagels and Bluegrass Bike Ride was well supported with a record number of participants. The event organizers sent their thanks.
Tim Belton remarked that the D-Star repeater is working but its full capability has not been established.
The program was presented by Eddie Holmes WE4WXO using slides from the Winter Weather Workshop conducted by the National Weather Service. They focused on the Hazard Simplification Project and snow fall projections for the upcoming winter season.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted Ben Barnett K4BEZ Secretary
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West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Regular Meeting September 7, 2017
President Tim Belton KK4DTT called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
There were 25 persons present. (No membership information was taken.)
The minutes from the August 3, 2017 meeting were approved as read.
Philip Julian KG4NVN reported all finances are in order with a checking account balance of
$606.38 and savings account $4856.99. Copies of the club tax exempt filing papers for 2017
were submitted to the secretary for filing with the minutes.
The program was presented by Alan McClain KA4BNI. He explained and demonstrated features
of the state wide digital radio system that is now used by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and other
public service agencies.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted
Ben Barnett K4BEZ
Secretary
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Regular Meeting August 3, 2017
President Tim Belton KK4DTT called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. There were 21 members present and 1 visitor.
The minutes from the June 1, 2017 meeting were approved as read.
Philip Julian KG4NVN reported all finances are in order with a checking account balance of $732.91 and savings account $4856.99.
Jimmy Floyd NQ4U announced that the computer supporting the D-Star repeater is almost ready and the system should be on the air soon.
A very interesting program was presented by Dennis Murphy KJ6UF that outlined his very extensive solar panel installation at his home in Toone, TN.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM. Respectfully Submitted Ben Barnett K4BEZ Secretary
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WTARS Minutes for 3-3-16
Minutes of the October 1, 2015 Club Meeting
WTARS Minutes for September 2015
Minutes of October 2014 Meeting
Minutes of June Regular Club Meeting
Minutes taken by Stan AA5XO
June 5, 2014
Meeting called to order by President Tom Goodman, AI4DB, at 7:00 PM.
No Treasurer's nor Secretary's report since both were absent from the meeting. May minutes from Tim Belton, KK4DTT are included at the end.
Discussed the 147.210 repeater antenna situation. Jimmy Floyd, NQ4U, said he would make arrangements for another tower crew to put up the new antenna.
Discussed Field Day:
Greg N4GMF, made motion. Seconded by Jimmy, W4JHO to buy two Baofeng 2M/440 radios. One will be given away to the 9 people who either obtained their first license or upgraded at the May 31st Test Session. One will be given away to those attending Field Day. Motion carried.
Motion by Greg, N4GMF, Seconded by Lee, KF4NZV, to buy enough Bar-be-que from Latham's Bar-be-que to feed 60 people for a quoted price of $210. Motion carried.
Amateur Radio Day Declaration:
Jimmy, NQ4U, informed the club that the Madison County Mayor will make the declaration at the University of Tennessee Agricultural Center Monday, June 16th, around 8:30 A.M. It is requested that all who can attend, please do so.
Program:
Stan, AA5XO, made a presentation on BALUNS. Additional material has been added to the presentaion. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/na7xgz8.
Motion made by Ben, K4BEZ, seconded by Jimmy, W4JHO, to adjourn until July regular meeting. We will meet July 3rd at the Catfish Cabin Restaurant on South Highland at 6:30 PM.
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May 1, 2014
West Tennessee amateur Radio Society
Meeting Minutes
Meeting call to order by president Tom Goodman (AI4DB)
Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
REPORTS:
Trustee
147.210 antenna repair is still being planned for this month.
Treasurer
2788.50 in checking
Committees
Field day food committee
New business
Two meter exercise planning for the fall with Crockett and Gibson county club.
Exam study session for the ham exam will be May. 31 2014. Will give the test after the
study session.
Field day planning
Stan Kozlowitz made a motion to have field day at the Eco James garner second motion
carried.
Project : jimmy Floyd needs a terminated folded dipole built. We will schedule a time
to build this antenna.
Program
Dstar program john Guthrie wa4mqq. Kf5ddp
Meeting adjourned
January 2, 2014
Meeting call to order by president Tom Goodman (AI4DB)
Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
REPORTS:Treasurer checking 2,129.02 at 11/30/2013
Trustee report Allen McClain A new repeater has been added by KJ4HRM 442.300 on the MTEARS network.145.300 tuned and working well.442.900 will be moving to the police tower down town. 114.8 PL147.210 antenna will be installed next week weather permitting.
New business
ARES meeting is canceled for 1-16-2014
Old business
Ham of the year Allen McClain presented by president Tom Goodman
Ben Barnett K4BEZ did a program on a emergency antenna construction.
Meeting adjourned
December 5, 2013
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Minutes West Tennessee amateur radio Society meeting 12/ 5/13.
Pres. Tom Goodman open meeting with greetings meeting was called to elect officers for 2014. Jimmy always made a motion to keep the officers as it is by acclamation seconded by Greg motion carried my made the motion to adjourn seconded by Greg meeting adjourned. S
November 7, 2013
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Minutes.
The Meeting was call to order by Tom Goodman (AI4DB).
The minutes were read and approved.
The Bagels and Bluegrass bike ride went well.
There were no injuries and the ride completed at 4pm.
Treasurer Report Checking $2,156.02
The Jackson Christmas Parade will be December 2. The parade will have the same layout as last year. Volunteer are to meet at 5pm in the Civic center paring lot.
Roger Elmore gave an excellent program on Mesh networking..
Meeting Adjourned.
October Minutes
October 4, 2013
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
Minutes
The Meeting was called to order by Tom Goodman (AI4DB)
The minutes were read and approved.
Treasurer Report
Checking $1,033.02
There are no new nominations for officers from the nominating committee.
Bagels and Blue Grass bike Ride communication volunteers will meet at the JSCC gym at 6:30am on Saturday.
Update on the 146.210 repeater antenna. A commercial mono band antenna has been purchased for 849.00. A tower climber will be scheduled soon.
Tom Goodman presented a program on Radio Astronomy.
.Meeting Adjourned.
September 5, 2013
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
Minutes
The minutes were read and approved.
Treasurer Report
Checking $1,143.84
Savings $7,472.91
Trustee Report
Allen McClain reported that the power amp was repaired but the antenna on the 147.210 was bad and needed to be replaced.. The coax was ok. Allen suggested that we go back with a mono band commercial grade antenna and move the 442.900 to the EMA tower.
A motion was made by Stan Kozlowitz and seconded by James Garner to give Allen McClain approval to replace the 147.210 antenna up to $2,500. motion passed. A committee was appointed to assist Allen with this project.
Committee members are Tom Goodman, Greg Flannigan, Philip Julian, and Jimmy Floyd.
March 22 2014 is the date for the Andrew Jackson Marathon. The club provides communication for this event.
There will be a Cubaree demo link system on September 7 at the fairgrounds.
On Saturday September 14 at Montgomery Bell State park there will be digital communication training Jimmy will do training at the EOC from 8:30 to 5:00 with winlink and winmore.
Tom Goodman appointed an election committee of David Nailing and Philip Julian.
Tim Belton made a motion to form a committee of Jimmy Floyd and Mike Winslow To put together an proposal for club insurance with ARRL. Seconded by Greg Flannigan Motion approved.
Allen McClain did an excellent program on repeater operation and tuning along with the future of the westlink repeater network.
Meeting Adjourned.
July 11, 2013
Minutes for West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
President Tom Goodman (AI4DB) called the meeting to order.
The minutes were read and approved.
Treasurer Report
By Phillip Julian (KG4NVN)
Checking $1,176.84
Savings $7,472.91
The club received 3700 points for field day.
We want to remind everyone of the Tuesday night net at 8:30pm on the 210 repeater. We also are in need of volunteers to call the net on Tuesday night.
The program was on Anderson power poles by Stan Kozlowitz (AA5XO)
Meeting adjourned.
Tim Belton (KK4DTT)
Secretary
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
May 2, 2013
President Tom Goodman (AI4DB) called the meeting to order.
The Minutes were read and approved.
Trustee Report
No report
Old Business
Casey Jones special event station was canceled due to rain and lack of participation. The weather was the main factor because we would have had to work outside.
Treasurers Report
No Report
New Business
On Field day there may be construction going on at the emergency operations center. We will have to work around the construction. David Nailing will head the committee for field day. We are planning on having a test session in the afternoon..
The program was Joe Loucka building a wire Jpole and assisting other complete and tune. Great progam.
Meeting adjourned. Secretary Tim Belton (KK4DTT)
March 7, 2013
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
March 7, 2013
President Tom Goodman (AI4DB) called the meeting to order.
The Minutes were read and approved.
Trustee Report
Allen McClain (KA4BNI) reported all repeater are up and running.
Several member report that 146.210 repeater was experience some problems.
Old Business
Greg Flannigan (N4GMF) discussed details for the Andrew Jackson Marathon scheduled for March 16.
Treasurers Report
Phillip Julian (KG4NVN) reported the Balance in our account 1,353.27
All bills paid..
New Business
The club wants to thank Jimmy Floyd (NQ4U) for teaching the ICS 300 course.
WTARS has over 100 voting members Tom Goodman stated that there are more hams now than ever before. 708,500 . Reference QST magazine.
On The revived WTARS information and swap meet net on 147.210 repeater there were 17 check ins.
Stan Kozlowitz (AA5XO) did an excellent program on FL DIGI with the help of Jimmy Floyd.(NQ4U)
Meeting adjourned. Secretary Tim Belton (KK4DTT)
February 7, 2013
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
February 7, 2013
President Tom Goodman (AI4DB) called the meeting to order.
The Minutes were approved as read.
Trustee Report
Alan McClain (KA4BNI) reported that the 145.170 repeater on the hospital was down. All other repeater are up and running.
A new repeater is now on in Savannah Tn on frequency 146.700 pl 123.0. He also reported that a new 440 repeater in Savannah Tn will be coming soon.
Treasurers Report
Phillip Julian (KG4NVN) reported that the post office box rent was paid.
New Business
The club voted to sanction and support the following events.
March 16, 2013 The Andrew Jackson marathon.
The Casey Jones Special event station. The date is yet to be determined.
The Bagels and Blue Grass Bike ride in October.
Field Day June 22 and 23.
The club discussed that we support and assist the Chester County Club when possible.
The club voted to recommend and support a new call sign for the Ares/Races repeater.
February 21 is National Severe Weather Awareness Day
Our April Meeting will be at Barnhills.
Tom Goodman (AI4DB) presented a program about antenna’s we could build as projects.
One new member joined the club at this months meeting . Jonathan Haynes (KI7SC). If you hear him on the air welcome him to the Club!
Meeting ajourned. Secretary Tim Belton (KK4DTT)
Tom AI4DB showing a antenna while David N4JDN and Greg N4GMF look on.
January 3, 2013
West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
Meeting Minutes January 3 2013
President Tom Goodman (AI4DB) opened the meeting with greetings.
Minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved as read.
Treasurers report by Phillip Julian (KG4NVN)
Savings 7417.07
Checking 912.37
Expenses for the month of December 320.00 insurance premium.
No Trustee report
No old business
New business
Casey Jones planning for special events
Start a new net Tuesday night 8:30pm on 147.210 repeater
Simplex net on 146.550 Tuesday night
Stan Kozlowitz (AA5XO) did a program on soldering pl259 it worked and passed MFJ tuner test.
Meeting adjourned. (greg and Jim)
Secretary Tim Belton (KK4DTT)
