St. Louis County ARES® Minutes of the April 18, 2005 meeting

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Minutes of the April 18, 2005 Meeting

Steve Wooten, KC0QMU, the Emergency Coordinator, presided over the monthly St. Louis County ARES^® meeting held on April 18, 2005.

Steve said that he had sent messages to most of the area amateur radio clubs asking that they mention ARES^® in their newsletters or on their nets.

Steve also said he was about to send a survey and questionaire to the trustees of about fifty area repeaters.

Steve mentioned that the Planning Committee has meetings every other month and is discussing quarterly exercises.

Steve said that at one time ARES^® was able to obtain used batteries from a hospital, which were later sold to generate revenue. He is hoping to find hospitals or other agencies that would consider such donations.

Gary Hoffman, KB0H, said that the Planning Committee was working on some ideas for field exercises. They would like to hold a search-and-rescue event, but feel that there are not enough members to make it worthwhile at this time. They are, however, considering a problem-solving field exercise.

Steve said that an "Atomic Clock" (a clock tuned to the National Standards time station WWV) had been donated and would be given as a door prize at the next general meeting.

Craig Klimczak, K4LSU, was the guest speaker. He gave a presentation on Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS) antennas. He showed a portable / collapsible 75 meter NVIS antenna that he had built.

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