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New Year
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"My child, Jesus paid your bill a
long, long time ago." all things whatsoever President’s
Comments Thanks MARC for choosing
(railroading) me to be your Pres for 2003. I'm truly
honored and hope to see some good stuff happen with your
help. I've just started a new job as well. I will be
working on bank-related equipment in the Philadelphia
area but should be able to continue in office and see
some projects through. I've been hearing some good ideas
from the members and hope to hear more. E-mail me at
w5rb@arrl.net.
Notes for February: the February
business meeting has been moved to the second Saturday,
the 8th, so that we can attend the Jackson Hamfest on the
1st. MARC has 2 tables reserved for its members to share,
so e-mail me if you'd like to share some of that space.
On the local scene, hats off to 4
Meridian area hams, Donna - KD5GWM; Mel - N5JCG; Michael
- N5VWS; and Stan - KB5VAF, for being there in the
aftermath of the recent Newton tornado . All deserve to
be recognized for their efforts in conjunction with MEMA
and Red Cross.
That said, special recognition is
due to Donna and Mel for their respective efforts in
pulling together a team from this area on very short
notice. As Lauderdale/Clarke EC, Donna was tasked with
finding hams to support the Newton mission on only a few
hours notice. Meanwhile, Mel, having monitored the
request on the Section Phone Net frequency, helped pull
the plan together by providing equipment support and a
great deal of help behind the scenes.
Mel spent a full day supporting the
Red Cross office in Meridian while Donna coordinated the
efforts of 5 hams with the other forces in Newton. Mel
also calls the Section Phone Net once a week helping to
support the network that allowed a lot of these efforts
to take place. So, for the continuing work they do every
day in their respective position, for their extra efforts
at getting it all put together in Newton, and putting a
good face on amateur radio in December, I declare joint
recipients of the first Presidential "Ham of the Month "
award for January to be N5JCG and KD5GWM. Be sure to
recognize 'em for their extra efforts when you see them
or hear them on the air during January. I'll look forward
to hearing from the membership with nominees for
February.
Albert Einstein, when asked to
describe radio, replied: "You see, wire telegraph is a
kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New
York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you
understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way:
you send signals here, they receive them there. The only
difference is that there is no cat."
73, Russell, W5RB
Secretary
Report Minutes of January 4, 2003
business meeting
1. Meeting called to order at
10:00. Fifteen members present; all officers present;
minutes read and treasurer report given.
2. Field Day site has been secured
at Bonita Lakes pavilion. The Hovers were thanked for
hosting the Club Christmas party.
3. Repeater insurance is due;
motion made to renew and club pay half; motion passed.
The hat was passed for donations to cover ham fest swap
table at Jackson Hamfest February 1st.
4. Donna, Michael, and Russell were
recognized for their assistance in the Newton tornado
aftermath as well as Stan (KB5VAF) who was a guest at the
meeting.
5. Subject of retaining auto patch
was made; vote taken and phone patch will not be dropped.
Russell will take over as repeater trustee and paperwork
will begin this week.
6. Because of Jackson Hamfest, the
February business meeting will be held February
8th.
Treasurer
Report Happy New Year! We begin the new
year with several paid members as of January 4, 2003.
Thank you for helping us get the new year off to a good
start. In addition, the pavilion at Bonita Lakes
(Coot’s Crossing) has been reserved for Field Day
2003.
Please bring your 2003 dues to the
Queen City Truck stop on Saturday mornings or mail them
to the address below. Have a great month! 73,
KD5JYJ
MARC
W5LRG LAUDERDALE
REPEATER GROUP Supporters of these Amateur Radio
Repeaters January 5, 2003
Hello again everyone. I hope the
New Year is going well for each of you. Guess what???
It’s that time of year where it is time to pay the
overhead and operating cost of the two W5LRG repeaters.
The insurance premium is due this month and the cost has
remained at $325.00. We again will split the cost of the
policy with the Meridian Amateur Radio Club.
Cost to both organizations will be
$162.50. And on behalf of The Lauderdale Repeater Group I
want to contribute $100.00 to the City of Marion
Volunteer Fire Department as a friendly way of saying
thanks fer the use of their water tower as the repeater
site for both repeaters.
Each contribution will be greatly
appreciated and will go toward operating expenses of
these repeaters. As most of you know, the linking system
on the 146.970/R has proven to be very useful during
emergency and bad weather situations.
All equipment is paid for as of
now. A new simple controller was just purchased to build
a low power, portable, frequency agile repeater form two
old VHF mobiles. I want to use this in emergency
situations with a 3.5 mhz split so two antennas closely
spaced can be used. It can also temporary replace any
local repeater that may go down until repairs are
made.
Please send all contributions to
LRG c/o myself at the address in the above letterhead.
TNX to each past and future supporter of the Lauderdale
Repeater Group (W5LRG).
73 to all, Dennis Carpenter
ki5fw
Reader’s
Comments
---------- LOST
---------- Jim (W5ED) seems to have lost his
copy of the ARRL Antenna Handbook. It is one of the newer
editions and he indicates that he would dearly love to
have it back. He seems to remember bringing it to the
coffee drink and loaning it to someone there. With him
being so Easily Distracted that may not be the case at
all. He says that he does not remember throwing it at
some nighttime driver in the oncoming lane who must have
had Eye Damage and failed to dim his high beams.
This Exceptionally Dedicated Editor
believes he needs the book to work on some hair brained
antenna project from which he will be Easily Distracted
and never get finished. His most patient and Extremely
Dedicated wife, Brenda (KD5JYK), thinks so too.
We only publish this paragraph to
humor him but if he did by chance loan you this book
would you please get him in touch with him and let him
know. Brenda indicates that he is Extremely Distracted
over this loss and is driving her to the point of being
Emotionally Dysfunctional. She says that this Extended
Disruption in the family's life over his inability to
find his book is likely to cause her to Extremely
Disfigure his head with her rolling pin. She also says
that don't come to him and ask that he repay the money he
owes you (due to his bad memory) because she controls the
purse strings. The purse is empty anyway.
Please consider if you would like
to help operate the Jimmie Rogers Special Event Station
this May. If there are enough volunteer operators we will
again contact the JR Committee and see if they will again
allow us to operate from the caboose of the Jimmie Rogers
Train. It was a lot of fun last year. If you would like
to help please let W5ED or N5JCG know as soon as
possible.
The comments that I have heard
about the Meridian Area Amateurs operation during the
aftermath of the Newton tornado have all been of praise.
Your efforts have gone a long way to establish that the
group can work with the local civil agencies for the
benefit of our communities.
Lots of changes are happening that
will bring about more operating opportunities with local
civil agencies in the next few years. The new homeland
defense programs will give hams the ability to support
our communities, but it will take training and practice
on the part of the operators who want to participate in
this worthy cause. If you desire to get involved with the
ARES program please get in touch with KD5GWM, Donna, our
local Emergency Coordinator and let her know your areas
of expertise and what means of communication you have
available to you.
As a last thought, having emergency
power for at least one of your radios is extremely
important due to the possible loss of commercial power
during one of the severe weather conditions that we often
experience in this part of Mississippi. Lightning
protection is another feature we must build into our
antenna systems so that we can operate even during severe
thunder storms. It is during this time that tornadoes may
appear and without emergency power and antenna protection
an operator might place him or herself in a life
threatening situation to make a report.
Hope you each and all have a great
year in 2003. Jim/W5ED
Have a
great month
January 2003
you shall ask in Prayer, believing, you shall receive."
(Matthew 21:22)
c/o Debbie Hover
11785 Nancy Drive
Collinsville, MS 39325
7760 VAN ZYVERDEN ROAD
MERIDIAN, MS 39305
Home Phone: (601)679-5668
Email: ki5fw@strato.net
146.970- ki5fw/R (pl 100hz) 444.500+ w5lrg/R
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