• Reminder: license exams will be held this Saturday, October 9th at 9 AM at the NRAO building, 520 Edgemont. See details on club calendar (on website).
  • New equipment: satellite receiver and cart for repeater. Once cart gets built, need to return old cart to Paul Benneche.
  • Appropriations: Will to order two 24" barstools and meet Jamie to order from TESSCO (polyphasers), as well as see if we can order the GPS to go with the APRS Yaesu HT
  • Votes: Club voted to change meeting times to 5:10 PM (unanimous); Voted to change constitution to replace "Vice President" with "Vice President-Secretary", eliminating "Secretary" position and creating a new "Equipment Manager" position (unanimous); Voted to elect Bert Herald as "Vice President-Secretary" and moved Tom Sielicki to "Equipment Manager" (unanimous).
  • Repeater: Consensus is that coverage has improved, but many holes remain. Tom will investigate possibility of re-locating repeater to O-Hill. Mark will investigate mountaintop options. As of now, no changes to antenna.
  • Club net: A new W4UVA net will meet on Mondays at 5 PM on the repeater. Depending on how schedules work for people, this date/time may get changed.
  • Keys meeting: Will, Matt, Alex and Pete will meet with Paul Benneche on Monday at 11 AM for the tour and to get keys.
  • Foxhunt with VT: UVa's best date appears to be Nov. 11th. This is the date we will report to VT.
  • Events: School Club Roundup contest next week, anyone interested meet with Bert Herald at the shack next week.
  • Other: Additional club history being added to the history section of our webpage. Feel free to visit and give Bert Herald feedback!