Bonner County Amateur Radio Club - K7JEP

17 October 2024 –  Scatter Shooting

Our next meeting will be on the 11th of Dec. at the VFW Hall, 1325 Pine St, corner of Pine and Division.   At our monthly meetings the Officers meet @ 5:00 PM, between 6:00 and 6:30PM you can find answers to your questions or just enjoy the fellowship of our members, the meeting starts promptly at 6:30PM.  

Remember that the December’s meeting is our year end gathering for family members also.

Join us at our next breakfast on November 23, 2024, 9-10:30am, at Connie’s.

Meeting and breakfast dates for the rest of the year (as I now have them):

          Meeting              Breakfast

1.                          Nov-23rd
2. Dec 11th          Dec-21st

This month’s presentation is: CW: The Classical Amateur Radio mode presented by Dave Immel, KE4EW.

Club News:

1. The presentation slides of past meetings are now available in PDF format on the “Monthly Publications” page.
2. It is time to begin thinking about any officer replacements needed.
3. For you that are not on groups.io, the BOD is considering dropping the Club’s zoom presentations of its monthly meetings.  Its use has dropped off to where it is questionable as to its value vs. the time spent in set-up and tear down by the members.

Website:

1. A new area has been created “Members Corner”. This section will be for members to address any issues or concerns which they feel should be brought to the attention of our members.  While it may make a little more work for me, direct posting by members will not be allowed.  The reasons for this are: 1) to control spam, 2) to maintain control so it doesn’t turn into a “bitch” area, and, 3) since I didn’t implement a “chat room” on the website, groups.io is used as our chat room, any posts will have to be properly formatted to be used on the website.

   If you have an issue/concern that you feel should be brought to the attention of our members, contact me at our monthly meeting or send me an email.  I will need a brief statement with the following: 1) what the issue is, 2) what, if anything, has been done, 3) any supporting documentation, and, 4) any help or assistance required.  Please be aware that, if this is a controversial subject, I may refer it to the Board of Directors before placing it on the site.  Any updates or follow-up will be posted within each issues ‘ section.

2. The Club’s application for membership is now inter-active (you can complete it on-line and then print it out).  Thanks to Lee Lukehart.
3. All Monthly Publications, in PowerPoint format, and the current, as well as 1 year of past copies of the COAX, in PDF format, can be downloaded from this area. The November issue of the COAX can be viewed here.
4. If you are not a member of groups.io , it is highly recommended that you join the group.  BCARC members will have to subscribe to groups.io in order to receive direct communications from the Club.  Non members will need to access the Facebook page or this website for links to the monthly presentations (PowerPoint format) and the COAX Newsletter.  In addition, the Zoom code to attend meetings using Zoom will only be placed on the groups.io site.  When requesting admission please give your name and call sign.