August President's Corner

Hello Fellow Amateurs,
There are exciting things on the horizon for RACK. At the Board meeting last month, there were discussions about new projects the club is going to have to undertake in the near future. Some are voluntary, some are mandatory. There will be more info on this at a later date.
At our meeting last month, Bill McKeehan, KI4HDU, gave a very good presentation on APRS. His knowledge and passion for this mode of our hobby was evident and we appreciate him taking time to share it with us.
When we went to the AM transmitter site a few months ago, we were at full capacity on attendance, and it was so well liked that we have been invited to visit another transmitter site. This road trip will be at the Citadel Communications back up site for WIVK-FM. This tour will be hosted by Mr. Tim Berry, WB4GBI, and will be a treat for us to all of us who attend. This site serves in various other capacities for them. And, as for Tim, it is home to the 147.075 auto-patch repeater. The site is located at 3010 Millard Beets Road. We will have talk-in on our repeater system. I look forward to seeing you at this meeting.
I want to encourage all of our club members to be active in our hobby and also in the club. If you would like to write an article to be published on our website or blog, please let me know. If you want to share a project at a meeting with us, whether it be by video, pictures or on a table at the meeting, please let me know and we will make sure to put you on the schedule. Others and I want to know what is going on and how to do it. So, please get involved.
You can find out more on our nets on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday at 9:00 pm on the RACK repeater system.
Keep our Military soldiers in your prayers. See you at the meeting!

Jim, N4CFB
President, RACK

LATE BREAKING INFORMATION:
We will be meeting at Shields Electronics parking lot for a short drive to the repeater site. You may carpool or drive per instructions from Tim. We will be monitoring RACK repeater system and 147.075 repeater for talk-in if needed.
Jim