The OCRA meeting for March was held on Monday, April\u00a010, and was well attended with 25 \u00a0operators and two\u00a0CERT volunteers in attendance. \u00a0introductions and roundtable.<\/p>\n
We started with the usual monthly\u00a0introductions and roundtable.<\/p>\n
Then, we had the Treasurer’s report from Dan KR4UB. We have 68 members paid at this point in time. Dan also said that we should all contact our NC General Assembly\u00a0to include an amateur radio exemption in legislation currently under consideration<\/a> (Dan posted an update after the meeting).<\/p>\n Secretary Joel KM4NOU encouraged all to contribute to the website in their areas of expertise. Contact Joel for an account if you are interested.<\/p>\n Dee KU4GC reported that preparations for RARSFest on 4\/15 were well underway, and he implored members working at the table to keep documentation on what was sold, but also to volunteer to help!<\/p>\n Steve W3AHL gave the ARES report. While we had problems filling our slots for the “Not So Normal Run,” all volunteer slots for the Tarheel 10-miler are full, for this community service event. Steve also introduced our CERT guests.<\/p>\n Dan KR4UB, wearing his repeater hat, said that we are still working on the the UNC Neurosciences installation, and right now we owe UNC some drawings, on which we are working.<\/p>\n Dave W4SAR gave the President’s report, which focused on Field Day. \u00a0He explained that Field Day is a combination disaster drill and contest, and that our club (partnering with DFMA) was #3 of 1,500 clubs entering nationwide! He said we are still fine tuning the bands and working with Band Captains, but should have as many as last year. We are working on a wireless networking installation that will allow communication among logging stations but which will not create RFI. John KM4MDR is coordinating the pot luck, Lad W4ORD is running the Sunday grill, and we’ll be getting help from DFMA (Noble Phelps N4UOQ) for Saturday. Dave is still working to try to make sure we can get as many bonus points as possible. Joel KM4NOU reached out to County Commissioner Barry Jacobs, who has tentatively agreed to visit.\u00a0See Dave’s April post on Field Day <\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n For the program, Joel KM4NOU presented the Zoom videoconferencing tool, and turned things over to Bruce N1LN to describe how training on the N1MM software to be used for Field Day will be managed using Zoom.<\/p>\n Attending:<\/p>\n W4MKR – MK Ramm <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The OCRA meeting for March was held on Monday, April\u00a010, and was well attended with 25 \u00a0operators and two\u00a0CERT volunteers in attendance. \u00a0introductions and roundtable. We started with the usual monthly\u00a0introductions and roundtable. Then, we had the Treasurer’s report from … Continue reading
\nKU4GC – Dee Ramm
\nCert Volunteer – Ken Morgan
\nCert Volunteer – Tom Milledge
\nKA5JUJ – Martin Brody
\nKD4YJZ – Karen Snyder
\nN4ZAK – Robert Little
\nKM4LBW – Chris Florio
\nN2XZF – Paul Robertson
\nWA4HHR – Dewey Thompson
\nKw4KZ – Chuck Anoia
\nW1KES – Keith Stouder
\nN1LN – Bruce Meier
\nW4BOH – Wilson Lamb
\nKG4NEL – Jim Jingozian
\nK4TY – Charles Battig
\nKB4BM – Rose-Marie Battig
\nWA4PSC – Howie Hoyt
\nW3AHL – Steve Ahlbom
\nW4KIL – Andy Yates
\nN8BR – Bill Bischoff
\nW4ORD – Lad Carrington
\nKW4XL – David Vielbaum
\nNA4VY – Dave Belt
\nKR4UB – Dan Eddlemon
\nKM4NOU – Joel Dunn<\/p>\n