The regularly scheduled meeting of the Paducah Amateur Radio Association was held Monday, October 08, 2018 at the WKCTC Emerging Technology Center, Room 140, in Paducah, KY. There were 23 present. Two came for FCC VE testing, see pictures below.
The meeting was opened by PARA President, Jeff Wielgos. Jeff welcomed us and asked each attendee around the room to give their name and amateur call.
Club Business Items Discussed
- Treasurer Bruce Huyck reported on the club’s current financial status followed by the Secretary’s report. Both reports were moved, seconded and approved.
- Ken Wontor announced that he had spoken with the director of the Emerging Technologies Center and found that our meeting room, #104, or another room could be used for the “grass-roots” CW class. We should choose the date and time and let him know. Prospective participants should tune in to the PARA CW roundtable which meets Tuesday & Thursday evenings, 7:00 pm on the W4NJA 147.060 repeater for info concerning the day and time of the new class.
- Quite a bit of time was spent discussing the fact that apparently the KYQSO Party plaque awards construction and shipping had not been finished. It was not clear who was was in charge of the final construction of the plaques regarding use of engraving or brass plate attachment. It was felt that the slowness of this presentation would subtract from the overall success of the event.
- The question was asked about a date and place for the PARA annual Christmas dinner. Ed Pflueger will check with Casa Mexicana to see if the reservation was made last year and if not make the reservation for this year’s date: Monday, December 10th.
- It was announced that a Mayfield group had put 3 new repeaters on the air: frequency 441.875, +179.9, analog or Fusion digital; 145.110 -179.9, analog or Fusion digital and 224.820, -179.9, analog only.
Net Control Operators for Late October/Early November
Sunday night nets are at 9:00 PM on 147.060 Mhz. PL 179.9
October 14 Jeff KB9BVL 11 chk-ins
October 21 Roger KC4WPS 11 chk-ins
October 28 Frank KY4LDS 9 chk-ins
November 4 Jeff KM4LDP 12 PARA chk-ins
Logan KG4VKB 9 ARES chk-ins
November 11 Ken KW4DI 11 chk-ins
ARRL International Grid Contest
ARRL Leaderboard Results shows KY position and Total Grid count as of 11/12/2018 6 club members in top 25.
1. N4QS Dave Perry, 7802 grids; 12. AI4EY Fred Carter, 2907 grids; 15. KS4V Bruce Huyck, 2504 grids; 17. KC4WPS Roger Good, 2369 grids; 24. K4GYD Ron Cowherd, 1782 grids; 26. KO4XJ John Hudson, 1584 grids; 45. ND4X Paul Smith, 1020 grids; 48. W4WWS Steve Parmley, 941 grids; 50. AB4IQ Ed Pflueger, 863 grids; 55. NU4N Dave Tucker 740 grids; 69. KB9BVL Jeff Wielgos, 565 grids; 77. N4FZ Gene Summers 488 grids; 84. KW4DI Ken Wontor, 412 grids; 86. W4KU, Wallace Shankle, 428 grids; 94. 99. KJ4CO John Chandler, 346 grids; 126. W4NJA 343 grids.
New License Successes
We are happy to report that Glenn “Butch” Durrett and Carol Brown have both successfully passed the Technician class FCC exam. Congratulations to both of you. We cordially invite you to enjoy your new licenses and join us at future monthly meetings.
Glenn “Butch” Durrett, Tech
Carol Brown, Tech
Remember:
- PARA meets at Emerging Technology Center, WKCTC on 2nd Monday, 7 pm, each month except December. Prospective hams in search of general info concerning the hobby may Google ARRL.com and click on relevant headings.
- New License and upgrades exams are offered at the close of each meeting night throughout the year. See W4NJA web site at w4nja.org. For info click button at the top of the page: About Us, then VE License Testing.
- The Sunday Night Net meets each Sunday night at 9 PM. All amateur radio operators are invited to check in. 147.060 PL 179.9 The ARES monthly net convenes immediately following PARA net on first Sunday nights.
- CW round table for on-the-air operating practice, 7:00 pm Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Meet on W4NJA 147.060 repeater at 8:00 to get instructions. Stay tuned on these nights for info about a “Grass Roots” CW class to be organized in the near future.
- Amateur Radio Emergency Services meetings are held at 7:00 pm on 3rd Thursdays, 3700 Coleman Road EOC building in the Jack Johnston meeting room.
- The Annual PARA Christmas Dinner will be held at Casa Mexicana restaurant 6pm, Monday, December 10th. The dinner will replace the December Monthly Meeting.
For Sale:
- For sale by John Hudson KO4XJ: 10 element Cushcraft 2m beam $40.
- For Sale by Bruce Huyck KS4V: Kenwood TS590SG HF rig with built in antenna tuner, hand microphone, fused power cord, and everything else that came new with the radio. Two accessories are installed in the radio. The SO-3 is a temperature controlled oscillator for frequency stability and the VGS-1 is a voice synthesizer module for recording voice messages. Rig is in mint shape with absolutely no issues. Asking $850.
