Taos Amateur Radio Club, February 8, 2023 Agenda

6:00 PM, 2nd Wednesday Held at: OPD, 107 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, NM 87571

We have a simultaneous in person meeting and ZOOM for your choice, see Zoom instructions forthcoming.

Optional potluck, 5:30

6:10 Meeting Begins

1) Sign in

2) Guest & member introductions, call sign & first name.

3) Approval of minutes for the 1/11/2023 meeting, published on 1/21/2023.

4) Treasurer's Report - Don (K2WQ) Tax Filing Plan, Expenses for Jan & Balance: $_.

5) Tim (W5TNM) President’s remarks: i. Surge suppressors on all OPD TARC equipment. ii. ARRL 2023 License Testing: Adding SAR Escape Test at Philmont, Sunday April 23, 9am, ARRL paper test. March 4 (3 testers expected), June 3, November 4 confirmed. iii. Government filings underway, IRS prerequisite to State Attorney General Certificate iv. Fundraising tools listed at the bottom of agenda – Amazon Smile stopped Feb 2023. v. Tech Fest March 11, $15 http://www.rmham.org/wordpress/new-mexico-techfest
vi. Annual membership dues, due by March 1, ARRL membership encouraged. vii. ARRL insurance payments (+$800) coming up, 1 liability, 3 equipment policies.

6) New Business: a) Board voted to approve Darien (KI5YWK) as STEM Board Representative, club ratify vote. b) ARES Update: Brian (NB5R) / Kiri (K7KAH) i. OPD DMR has been the backup Net for 2 months now ii. ARES Test (Donovan (K2AH) iii. OPD town generator test planning – Tom (KF5RKM) c) Other?

7) Old Business: a) Cloudy weather note, trustee temporarily, remotely shut down PIC DMR and 220 repeaters to provide more power for PIC analog. Brian (NB5R). b) Grants update - Tom (KF5RKM) / Keith (K5FS). c) STEM team buy update – Keith (K5FS) / Wayne (W5GWR). d) OPD Shack facilities update Donovan (K2AH), Don, (K2WQ). e) PIC and SAM work 2023 needs - Glen (KF5OSB).

8) Repeater Report/Update – NB5R, (KF5PFO)

9) HF Report – John (WB5Q) Don (K2WQ)

10) Net report – W5GWR & K5GEO

11) Statewide ARES Net – HF 3939, 1st Sunday, 5pm winter time.

12) Other Business
a) Nets, 4th Wednesday 7PM, Picuris Mountain 147.120+, 67.0 analog, immediately afterwards DMR 442. 175 (+5 MHZ0 CC5 TS2 TG 715 local)

13) Notice - Each club meeting is the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6 PM, 107 Plaza Drive, Taos, NM 87577, minimum agenda Treasures report, New Business, Old Business, Closeout.

14) Business Meeting Close

a) Show & Tell – TBD i. Future Learning: Doing TaskBook activity, Chirp programming, Anderson power poles, 1st HF antenna, coax & connectors, crimp vs soldering, using OPD HF radios. More ideas and more volunteer teachers.

Picuris NET CONTACTS 4TH Wednesday 7PM May Net:

Analog: 2023 Net

  1. W5ZAC Zac, 2. K2AH Donovan, 3. KF5EIG Ed, 4. KF5TTO Greg, 5. NM5MK Mike. 6. KI5HKU Craig, 7. KE5CEJ Catherine, 8. W5TNM Tim, 9. KI5MGR John, 10. W5GWR Wayne (Net Control)

DMR (Mitigation - Switched to OPD): 2023 Net 1.) K2AH, Donovan, 2.) W5GWR, Wayne, 3.) NM5MK, Mike, 4.) KF0HSL, Chris, 5.) K5GEO, George (net control)

ZOOM Information:

Taos ARC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: TaosARC Feb 8, 2023 Regular Monthly Meeting Time: Feb 8, 2023 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89413425444?pwd=VGZHOU0xZW4xdk5VdGdpQ0w5Uys5UT09

Meeting ID: 894 1342 5444 Passcode: 542098

NOTE: 2 fund raising methods below: Bridgecom Affiliate, Smith’s Grocery and Bridgecom Affiliate

================================================================ Purchases from Bridgecom can benefit the club for 10% of this link is used. https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/?ref=ame1o2sv9r

Smith’s Kroger: Some of us have been having trouble linking to Smiths/Kroger to select Taos ARC for automatic donations. They key may be selecting your preferred store (Taos) then finding TARC. Detailed instructions follow:

  1. Create a digital account. A digital account is needed to participate in Smith’s Inspiring Donations. If you already have a digital account, simply link your Shopper’s Card to your account so that all transactions apply toward the organization you choose.
  2. Link your Card to an organization. Selecting the organization that you wish to support is as simple as updating the Smith’s Inspiring Donations selection on your digital account.
  3. Sign into your digital account.
  4. Search for your organization here. (Note, if you are a customer make sure you have a preferred store selected to view participating organizations).
  5. Enter the name or NPO number of the organization you wish to support (TARC is PT507).
  6. Select the appropriate organization from the list and click “Save”. Your selected organization will also display in the Smith’s Inspiring Donations section of your account. If you need to review or revisit your organization, you can always do so under your Account details.
  7. Your organization earns. Any transactions moving forward using the Shopper’s Card number associated with your digital account will be applied to the program, at no added cost to you. Smith’s Inspiring Donations will donate 0.5% of all eligible spending to organizations that customers have linked to their Rewards Card.