Matt Walsh AC9IG President called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
Rebecca KA9EFE brought Cupcakes tonight; made sure we had coffee ready.
Attendees
| Leo Ribordy | N9NBH | Danny Kafka | KD9HIL | John Zubay | AC9CP |
| Ken Krzywicki | KD9HIJ | Kent Ochs | W9KAO | Frank Giampa | N9QPD |
| Matt Walsh | AC9IG | Geoff Stevens | KA9QGH | Mike Sorensen | K9KQX |
| Larry Barker | K9FLT | John Douglas | KD9KSH | Robert Kocourek | W9RKK |
| John Zietlow | K9WIC | Peter Maziuk | N9POL | Terry Jarholm | AE9TJ |
| Bob Benwitz | N9JAX | Dirk Smith | W0RI | Dennis Calvey | KD9HIK |
| Chris Brewer | AC9GN | Bill Crockett | KD9AUP | Rob Glowacki | N9MVO |
| Burt Schultz | AB9CV | Edward Lishka | AC9SD | Ken Krzywicki | KD9HIJ |
| Steve Karson | AC9EM | Bill McGovern | W9WEM | Cliff Sowka | K9QD |
| Wake Wacaser | AF9I | John Shofield | AC9JS | Mike Sorensen | K9KQX |
| Kevin Willard | KB9QVX |
Treasurer’s Report
Chris Brewer AC9GN reported: beginning balance $5,230.34. Income was $0. Expense was $60.42 for the data line. Ending balance $5,169.92. Paid membership is currently 72.
President’s Report
Matt AC9IG reminded the group we will present the Proposed By-Law changes to be voted on tonight in Special Session following adjournment of the regular Business Meeting.
This weekend is the ARRL Sweepstakes. Modes will be SSB Phone. Call, Serial Number (sequenced) and Grid. Get on the air this weekend.
Any On-Air Events to mention? Do we wish to conduct a January Winter Field Day?
Publicity
Dennis Calvey KD9HIK present; reported no new activity at the moment.
SARC Repeaters
Terry reported the effort to secure spare parts for our three machines is underway with the Board already approving a $400 budget.
Don’t forget: we are logging all transmissions through the repeater. If you hear interference please use the link at the bottom of our web site to note the date and time it occurred. Log any MI reports that help us continue the ARRL OO/FCC process. FCC has reduced the number of volunteer monitors and is now utilizing Official Observers (OO) with more targeted activity so concise logs are imperative.
Membership
The following were contacted via phone and/or email during the month of September
9/6 Patty Prasad (on behalf of her mother VU2RBI) who gave a presentation at our September meeting
9/13 Charles Herring (no call sign) needed info on our class for radio license
9/13 Matthew Samme (no call sign) needed info on our class for radio license
Secretary’s Report
Cliff Sowka K9QD: Approval of Meeting Minutes as published on our website. So moved.
EMCOMM
John Zietlow K9WIC reports SARC EmComm group participated in the Statewide exercise titled Dark Web II on October 27th.
The Scenario of the exercise was that the State of Illinois had experienced a cyber-attack on the phone switches and all land-line phones, cellular phones, and the Internet were inoperable. Hams were to set up portable stations that could provide tactical communications from the emergency operations centers (EOCs) to critical locations such as hospitals and fire stations. The ability to operate and send “911-type” information to the local public safety answering point (PSAP) was also to be tested. The original instructions required simplex operations; this was amended during the exercise to allow the use of repeaters as simplex operations could not be sustained.
Participants included:
Schaumburg EOC Control Operators: Cliff, K9QD and Phil, WB9C
Hoffman Estates EOC Control Operators: Tyler, KD9GOL and Hillary, HE EMA
Northwest Central Dispatch liaison: Rob, N9MVO and Bob, WB9TZC
Tactical teams:
Chris, KA9QPY and Alex Shin
James, KC9UFB and Danny, KD9HIL
Orson, AB9WQ and Kevin, K9AAB
Bob, K9EKL and Peter, N9POL
While the overall operation did demonstrate that we could communicate and many lessons were learned to be incorporated in future exercises, we need more participants to totally cover all critical locations and to fully test the stability of the network. We also need to establish digital links and HF connectivity to the State EOC.
A special thank you from SARC and the Villages of Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates to the participants for giving up their Saturday morning and helping with the exercise. Well done!
Construction Project (CP)
Bill W9WEM reported there were more donuts @ CP than participants so we’re hoping attendance will improve in the coming months. There are residual items from the impromptu auction that remain in the northernmost cabinet for redemption.
Summary of Sold items and items to be paid-for and picked-up:
$10 for Icom IC-27h N9EHA Sold & Paid
$190 for SB-500, SB-101, SB-600 K9KQX Sold & Paid
$1 on Motorola TEK7A meter AC9GN Sold & Paid
$25 for the ARC 5 T-22 7MHz Xmitter AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$22 for the Hallicrafters HT-18 VFO AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$5 for the Motorola TEK 21 Pulse Generator AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$5 for the Motorola TEK 31 Tone Generator AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$15 for the Fluke 8000A DMM AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$7 HP 1744 Scope AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$30 for the HP 200AB Audio Generator Picked-up already Open
$120 for the Philips PM6671 Frequency Counter AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$12 for the Eico 377 sine/square generator AB9CV In Cabinet Open
$241 Open w/ AB9CV; needs pick-up and payment for all except HP 200AB already delivered. Items located in northernmost cabinet of the Construction Project meeting room.
Social
Robert Kocourek W9RKK will contact Bueno Beef for the January meeting night. The January club party will include: Net Check-in Raffle, Special Acknowledgement Awards for Member of the Year as well as the Bill Smead K9IIM Memorial Construction Project contributor. These special acknowledgement awards were submitted on the Election Ballots this evening and will be ready for the January event.
Education
Leo N9NBH reported winter General Class has concluded with two students already taking their exam. Potential for Tech Class in the Spring and possibly another General Class in the Fall.
VE Testing
John AC9JS reports VE Tests Results for November 4, 2018
| Name | Call | Class |
| May, Douglas | W9YFC | General |
| Anderson, Justin | KD9LYK | Technician |
| Froula, Donald | WD9DMP | Extra |
| Class | |
| Technician | 1 |
| General | 1 |
| Extra | 1 |
| Total | 3 |
Next examination date: December 1, 2018
RHG
Matt AC9IG has been publishing club meeting minutes and activities on his newly-designed website.
Public Service
Rob N9MVO reported MS Walk is moving to Roselle this spring and set for the first weekend of May. Good Public Service participation was enjoyed throughout 2018.
Programs
Cliff Sowka K9QD no presentation tonight as elections will be held. Dirk W0RI will present Digital Ham Operations during the December meeting. No presentation for the January Holiday Party to be held at Buona Beef. Next presentation will be February, 2019.
Nets
2M Machine is back on the air.
Ebay Sales
No eBay sales to report
Old Business
Nominating Committee: Russell Schmidt KC9NUV is managing the candidate nomination process this year. Please make your intentions known to Russ so that we can continue to have dedicated leadership for the coming year.
New Business
Elections: Absentee Ballots that may have been returned to the PO Box today were not picked-up in time for the election tonight. Since the slate for two offices of President and Vice President remained vacant on the mailing of Absentee Ballots, and since the potential is open for only up to three vacancy entries on the Absentee votes cast, John Zietlow K9WIC moved the affirmation of Geoff Stevens KA9QGH President, and Danny Kafka KD9HIL Vice President, Ken Krzywicki KD9HIJ Secretary, Chris Brewer AC9GN Treasurer, and Peter Maziuk N9POL Director be consummated as the election slate presented tonight. Geoff KA9QGH seconded. So Moved.
Club Officers for 2019:
President Geoff Stevens KA9QGH
Vice President Danny Kafka KD9HIL
Treasurer Chris Brewer AC9GN
Secretary Ken Krzywicki KD9HIJ
Director Peter Maziuk N9POL
Adjourn 7:40 PM
Submitted: November 16, 2018 Cliff Sowka K9QD Secretary.