September Meeting

Hello Fellow Amateurs,

Our September meeting will be on the 20th of the month at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church at 7:00pm. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Charlie Hargis, K4LF. His topic will be a presentation on grid squares and there will also be an interactive “quiz” at the end. This will certainly be informative and fun for all of us.The Comm Van project is in full swing. We will have it at the VOAD fair at Cokesbury UMC on Sept.22. This event will be focused on emergency preparedness from storing food to civil agencies preparing for us. Faith based organizations as well as city, county and other government agencies will be present. It will be something that you will wish you had attended if you don’t.The van will also be at the TenTec hamfest on the 29th at the TenTec factory in Sevierville. It will also be taken to the Boy Scout Jamboree on Oct 27th just outside of Loudon. This will also be attended by some civil agencies to demonstrate emergency readiness. Put these on your calendar to help the club with staffing of our CommVan. As you know, the lightning strike we took at our repeater site was very damaging. This will be a very time consuming task of getting it back up and running. Thanks for being patient till we get it back to it’s usual operating condition. Our fall picnic will be Sunday, September 23 at Melton Hill Park. This location is in West Knox County on the lake. Talk-in on the club repeaters. The club will provide the grilled burgers ,dogs and other stuff. Please bring a side or dessert to help our with our fun. Thanks for your time, keep our military troops in your prayers.

See you at the meeting,

Jim Norman, N4CFB

August Meeting

Hello Fellow Amateurs.Our August meeting will feature Mr. George Dominick, W4UWC, to talk about his 60 years in Ham radio. George will talk on history, equipment and fun in his powerpoint presentation. This is an event you will not want to miss. Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 7:00pm, August 16th.Now for a bit of unpleasant news. Our repeater site on Chilhowee Mtn. has taken a major lightning strike or electrical surge. It has taken out the hamcam, weather station, computers, and much more. We will be going to the site to climb check on the tower and all equipment on the tower. At this time, the 2m, 1.25m and 70cm repeaters are working, but maybe not extremely well. More info as we find out. One thing is for sure, we will be filing on our insurance we have been paying on.More on the repeaters and equipment as we figure it out.See you at the meeting, Keep our military in your prayers,

Jim, N4CFB

July Meeting

Hello Fellow Amateurs,Our July meeting will be on the 19th at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. We will be installing new board members, having a great fellowship and, oh, I almost forgot. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Jim Smith. Jim is considered an expert in knot tying. I know in my past, I have been very when attempting to sucure something such as a guy rope, lawnmower in my pick-up or something of that nature. Jim's knowledge will help us all in all parts of our journey through life. He will also bring demo ropes for all to practice and show and tell as he demonstrates. That's all for now,See you at the meeting, and keep our armed forces in your prayers,

73'

Jim Norman
N4CFB

Field Day coming in June

W4BBB RACK Field Day video from Knoxville, TN

Field Day is an annual event held throughout the US where Ham Radio Operators demonstrate emergency radio communications. This year, RACK Field Day will be June 23rd & 24th 2012 at Fort Dickerson Park. Whether or not you have a Ham license or even a RACK membership doesn't matter. This event is open to anyone interested in amateur radio. For more information contact Steve Brummette w4zj@arrl.org or 865-216-0226. For a Field Day site close to you visit: http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator. We hope to see you there this year!

73'
Joe Meighan, KB4REC
RACK President

May Meeting

The May meeting will be on May 17, 7:00pm at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. Our guest speaker will Mr. Ken Weathers , meteorologist for WATE-TV6. He will be speaking on severe weather and Skywarn weather spotters. Also on our agenda will be discussing our Comm Van. It has had a substantial amount of work done on it, but we will be having many things to do if we have it presentable by the Hamfest.

The other item of business for the May meeting will be a report by our Nomination Committee which is composed of myself as immediate past President, Bill Reneud, WR4MS and Jim Snyder, AJ4NO. We have put together a group of potential board member that we believe will work well for the club in the next year. The slate for board members is as follows: Proposal From Nomination Committee The nomination committee has the following recommendation for the Board of Directors to be voted on at the June 2012 meeting. Nominations are as follows: President, Joe Meighan, KB4REC 1st Vice President, Jim Norman, N4CFB 2nd Vice President, Steve Brummett, W4ZJ 3rd, Vice President, Jack Creed, K4EPC Education Officer, Willard Sitton, W4HZD Public Information Officer, Dave Garner, K4YRK Treasurer, Bill Renaud, WR4MS Secretary, Jim Snyder, AJ4NO Hamfest Chairman, Lou Dreinhoefer,W3JKQ

Nomination Committee: Jim Norman, N4CFB, Immediate Past President Bill Renaud, WR4MS, General Membership Jim Snyder, AJ4NO, General Membership

I look forward to seeing all of you at our May meeting, Keep our military troops in your prayers.

Jim Norman, N4CFB 1st Vice President