Just some notes.....

     We had our first "Swap & Sale" tonight and lets just say we had a pretty fair turn out... OF LOOKERS! Not too much to sale. Bruce KS4V was trying to sell his junk and I was trying to sell my junk and no one wanted to buy our high quality junk!! But we did have a fairly good turn out so hopefully we will have a better selection of junk next month.

     Tonight we also had a show and tell of our HT's to try and show the new hams the many different types of HT's that are out there and what we have locally. We went from the old ICOM 02AT to a Kenwood tri-band to the small Yeasu VX3R to the newest Chinese HT the BAOFENG UV5R. So there are many types and models and $$ levels you can invest.

   Speaking of HT's, last month we decided that the club would give away a new HT to some lucky winner at the December Christmas club party. Everytime you come to a regular meeting you will be given a ticket, sign your name and callsign on the ticket and turn it back in. At the December Christmas dinner you may get the grand prize. A couple of rules we decided on tonight. You do not have to be a licensed ham to get a ticket and enter into the give away BUT at the December Christmas dinner if your name is drawn and you do not hold a valid FCC amateur radio license you will not be awarded the HT...we cannot give a unlicensed person a ham radio! If this happens, we will draw again until a licensed ham is the winner.

     One other important piece of business, we made a motion that if a person is a licensed ham and is 18 years or younger and they are a full time student they do not have to pay any dues and have a full membership. This is a good thing, we need to bring some young people into our hobby and show them that as a club we are willing to make an investment in them. By showing the young hams some support maybe they will bring some of their friends into our hobby.

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73

John KO4XJ