The March OAK FOREST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB face-to-face meeting has been cancelled due to Covid-19 social distancing directives (no surprise). We've been notified that all public meetings at the TranStar facility are cancelled until further notice. We're planning to hold the 3/27 Zoom video conference starting at 9:00 am. Club members and guests will receive an email invitation to the Zoom meeting in the evening of 3/26. Checkin via the 2m repeater is not required but we'll be monitoring to assist you if you are having trouble starting the Zoom session. Following the normal club business, there will be a presentation, topic TBD.
To get started with Zoom, download the appropriate application (runs on windows, mac, iphone, ipad and android) starting here. For Linux platforms, start here. I again appeal to Dave (WB5HJV) to schedule the zoom meeting for us. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, suggestions or concerns.
Announcements
- Our February club meeting had 16 checkins! We elected new officers to the positions of president (Stephen W2WF), vice president (Jeremy KG5PYY) and secretary (Mark WB5ANN). Donald (KG5PFN) is taking over Jim McClain's (SK) director position. Mark (WB5ANN) showed a couple of youTube videos on the topic of enhancing the signal strength of you HT by adding a tiger tail (single radial) to the antenna connector shield. I'm adding more content to the "Meetings" tab at the top of the page to archive the minutes of our monthly meetings and 2m nets, when available. The net control operator schedule for our weekly 2m nets can be found at the "Events" tab above - see Mark's Activity Calendar!!
- License exam testing has been a challenge but we've had a some success in continuing to offer this service to the community. Here are some photos of our prior testing events. Also, see the "Exam Sessions" and "Events" tabs above for more information, including directions to our outdoor testing site. Unfortunately, you will be paying an additional $35 for applications in the near future.
- If you have a photo of your ham shack or favorite operating location, please send it on and I'll post them for all our members see... and comment!! Please include your callsign in the photo. Images submitted so far can be found here!
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