SPECIAL NOTICE JANUARY AWARDS BANQUET MEEETING

FEEDBACK VOLUME 63 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2018 MASSILLON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Tony Casebolt KD8UXK kd8uxk@yahoo.com VICE PRESIDENT Perry Ballinger W8AU w8au@sssnet.com SECRETARY Vern Sproat KE8VS vsproat@hotmail.com TREASURER Mike McNamara KB8OTK kb8otk@gmail.com MRN NET Sundays 8:00 PM 3599.50KHZ WEST STARK INFO NET Fridays 8:00 PM 147.180 MHz (except 1st Fri of month) SPECIAL NOTICE JANUARY AWARDS BANQUET MEEETING The meeting for the month of January will be our Very Special Annual Awards Banquet Meeting..This year it is located at the Pike Grange Hall located at 1421 Battlesburg Road SE. on January 6th at 6:00 PM, doors open at 5:00 PM to get all paper work done. Reservations should have been made no later than December 31. The cost per meal is $ 13.00 for a two piece meat dinner All information including directions is in the December issue of Feedback. Entertainment for the evening will be the presentation of the serious awards followed by the not so serious awards. We all look forward to see who is the recipient of the funny awards CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW OFFFICERS FOR 2018 At the December meeting, members made their choice of new Officers for the MARC. They are: Tony Casebolt KD8UXK President (incumbent) Perry Ballinger W8AU Vice President (incumbent) Vern Sproat KE8VS Secretary ( New) Mike Mc McNamara KB8OTK Treasurer (incumbent) Terry Russ Trustee (New) Welcome back our incumbents and Welcome to our new Secretary and new trustee. CONTENTS Secretary Report 2 N8ATZ Column 3 Presidents Column 6 ARRL News -7 MARC Picture Page -8 K8INN Calendar --9 MARC Back Page 10 DUES ARE DUE With the coming of the New Year that means that the Dues for MARC are now due.. This can be fixed real easy by sending your $ 15.00 dues to Treasurer Mike McNamara KB8OTK Po Box 73 Massillon, Ohio 44648

MARC Minutes December 1, 2017 Tony KD8UXK called the meeting to order at 8:00 PM. After the Pledge of Allegiance, there was a roll call with 30 people present. We had 3 visitors, Don N8IVJ, Tom WD8MBE, and Will Shafer. Welcome! Secretary s report: 2 For November, Fred had an emergency come up with his wife and Vern, KE8VS is filling in tonight. Tony KD8UXK asked for a motion to accept last month s Secretary s minutes as published in the newsletter. First Bud WA8KWD, second Don W8DEA. Motion passed. Treasurer s Report: Mike KB8OTK then gave a detailed report of club finances. There were a lot of details on two CDs to explain. Mike gave a good detailed report of all items. A motion to accept was made by Jim WA8GXM, and seconded by Gary WC8W. Motion passed. Mike added in it is time to pay yearly $15 dues for Hams, and $ 7.50 for Spouses and Kids so to pay for annual meeting Christmas dinner $13 per person. The dinner starts at 6 p. m. so come earlier to pay dues and pay for dinner. He need a head count for dinner to provide to the Grange (There is a minimum of 35 people required.), the money can be paid at the Grange the night of the event. The address is: 1421 Battlesburg RD SE, East Sparta, Ohio 44626 Phone 330/484-3870. MEAL: The meal for the evening will consist of 2 meat dinners; Swiss steak and Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, noodles, green beans, applesauce, rhubarb sauce, bread & butter, dessert and drinks. PAYMENT: You can pay for the meal either tonight at this meeting or at the banquet. You can pay for the next year s dues also. Checks must be made out to MARC. Thanks! 90 th Anniversary patches are available for 2 for $5.00. Vice Present s Report: Perry identified one Hamfest this month is in Madison Heights, Michigan. There were 10 or so exam testing sites for this month listed on the ARRL website. Activities on the Air: Perry W8AU identified the Special Event for our 90th Anniversary will be tomorrow December 9 th, 2017 from 8:00 am until supper time 5 pm at the Senior Center Club Station. We plan on having two stations running at the Senior Center shack, and possibly some remote stations at member s shacks. We need to work out the details of QSL cards, how to distribute them. Depending on how much the cards cost, perhaps $1 or $2 and a SASE Two laptops to be setup by Dan (because the laptops are to be next to each other there was no need seen to network the laptops together.) To provide experience using a club station HF station. Shift are setup for every two hours. A list is being passed around for signup. 1929 QSO CW Code only party, to use basically 160, 80 meters Dec 9 th 6pm to 6 pm. Also runs the following week end Saturday Dec. 16 to Sunday Dec 17. OO observers, monitoring for bad signal and send a card for the operator to straighten up. Perry showed a cartoon card of an observer finding a jackpot. Annual Straight Key night December 31, 2017 and have an award for best HAM sending. Winter Field day, (different from the freeze your acorns off group), the Event Manager promoting it was present, Tom WD8MBE. Tom Winter Event Field day 2017, 3 categories: Outdoor (Car, tent, etc.) Indoor, and Home. There is a WEB site https://www.winterfieldday.com/, face book, or email Tom KD8UXK, WFDA@winterfieldday.com to find out more. The intent of the event is to provide proactive training in case of an emergency, (potentially in subzero weather.) (He provide the example of operating key with mittens on.) They are nonprofit 501 (C3). It is the last full weekend in January 27 and 28 th, 2018. It starts 2 pm Saturday and ends 2 pm on Sunday. Tom WD8MBE says there are essentially no bugs and pest to put up with. Favorable comments from those in Alaska. Certificates for high scores. There five on the executive committee, one in each of the following areas: Canada, Michigan, Ohio (Tom), Tennessee, and North Carolina. Fliers for the event were made available by Tom. In regard to upcoming mentoring classes, Perry has received several ideas back from members, but would like everyone to continue to think of What do I want to know more about? ideas for classes. Last year, these classes were a good way for members to learn more about the hobby, and to spend some informal time with other members, so put on your thinking hats and come up with some good ideas! Committee Reports: There were no committee reports presented this month. Jim WA8GXM reported that the repeater has been working perfectly all month. Old Business: Rex NX8G reported on the VE sessions at the hamfest. Four people passed their Tech test, and one person passed their Extra Class. Mike KD8OTK, talked to the Parks office about Fry Park about Field Day potentially being held there. They are not taking reservations yet and may not be taking reservations until spring 2018. No rules or regulations or price have been setup yet. Mike is to check every month on the status. Mike reminded use again of the annual meeting Christmas dinner $13 per person. The dinner starts at 6 p. m. so come earlier to pay

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2017 was another good year for the club. Attendance at monthly meetings was also strong. When people attend meetings I believe it's because they enjoy being there. We have always tried to be professional during our meetings but still have some fun. I stand by a firm set of rules - and Rule No 5 is to have a little fun every day, it helps to keep me sane!. I hope you enjoyed the programs we were able to put together as well. With Perry, W8AU as new Vice-President I have pledged to help him with programs for the new year. I already have some new ideas for programs for 2018 and I know Perry also has some great ideas to. Plan on joining us for the year and see what we have in store for everyone. Club participation at our events was also better than ever, including Field Day, the Swiss Festival and out annual Hamfest. We all appreciated your help and all our events were very successful. During the year our club repeaters continued to deliver solid performance Several other projects were completed throughout the year thanks to the officers and members. I hope you will continue to support our club in 2018 and our new officers look forward to serving you.. If we all do our part we will have another successful year! 3 Supply last year, it's nice to know we have a great ham radio store just up the road in Akron. DXE has posted a new video tour hosted by Tim Duffy, K3LR that shows the new store and lots of info on all the new products they now carry. They even have a new guest operator table where you can tune around using the newest ham gear. Just point your internet web browser to www.dxengineering.com and look under Tech Articles. OTHER STUFF Ralph, K8HSQ has indicated we should again have use of the hospital conference room on some Saturday mornings during the early part of this year and we hope to have a few mentoring programs to offer the club. We are always looking for topics for programs. That's it for now, I hope to see many of you at our annual banquet and at monthly meetings! 73 s Terry N8ATZ DX ENGINEERING The last several years DX Engineering (DXE) has held an open house during the first few months of the year that was very enjoyable and fun to attend. They just announced their Winter Sale day on Saturday, January 20 from 9: AM till Noon. With the closing of Amateur Electronics

4 dues and pay for dinner. He need a head count for dinner to provide to the Grange (There is a minimum of 35 people required.), the money can be paid at the Grange the night of the event. The address is: 1421 Battlesburg RD SE, East Sparta, Ohio 44626 Phone 330/484-3870. MEAL: The meal for the evening will consist of 2 meat dinners; Swiss steak and Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, noodles, green beans, applesauce, rhubarb sauce, bread & butter, dessert and drinks. PAYMENT: You can pay for the meal either tonight or at the banquet Checks must be made out to MARC. New Business: Tony KD8UXK identified that according to Code of Regulations tonight is when the time and place for the Annual Meeting is to be figured out. Article II section 6b of the Code of Regulations Regular meetings shall be held at least once each month, the number, and time, and place shall be determined by vote According to Article II section 6B. Nothing was budgeted for occupying the Senior Center for the coming year. (Perry W8AU identified it as s moog point because the Senior Center had drop the fee. Don W8DEA asked when the charge had been dropped. Perry answered about 6 months ago. (Gary had for the first 6 months of 2017. Although we had been meeting at the Hospital for almost a year. It was also thought the training class had used up the paid funds.) The classes this spring are not to be charged. There was a discussion on the starting time next with the comments on the couple of month trial of starting at 7:30 pm rather than 8 pm. There was identified a few comments for the 7:30 pm time and one had suggested 7 pm. Tony identified that needs to be voted on tonight. Training can be held on Saturday and no extra cost (Pam Hughes at Affinity Hospital is the contact person for scheduling events. It was suggest to have at least 2 week lead time.) Doors lock at 8 pm so if a little late the doors may be locked. Speakers from out of town speakers might be hard; but only a portion of time. Ralph K8HSQ made a motion to keep business meetings at Affinity Hospital and starting time at 7:30 pm the first Friday of the month. First Pat KA8DAL, second Mike KD8OTK. Motion passed (with one opposed, and a few obtained). Tony, need for a few changes, noted official procedure to code of regulations. Suggest to change so time can be changed each month at the previous meeting. Another is for the executive committee, suggest to have a committee board, with all officers and the trustees so they could meet in case of an emergency and take care of the matter. The last revision would be presented to the members to be voted on. This could be done anytime of the year (not just the annual meeting). Ralph K8HSQ made a motion to form a committee (5 people board and trustees) to formulate the wording for change of Code of Regulations. Code of regulation Article 8 section A was read by Tony. Tony identified the online on the website is an old version, A request was made for the Code to be place on the Website. (Terry N8ATZ said it is do-able but time consuming to hand type in.) Terry N8ATZ said it could be updated with some time because it needs to be hand typed onto the website. Tony identified that he had a few printed updated copies with him tonight, and that the update on the website could be done once the changes are made. (But not updating the website until after the changes were voted on by 2/3; but not having the member knowledgeable about the current by laws (Code of Regulations) and any changes. This is going against the intent of having members make an informed decision for or against the changes.) The need to set the time and place for the annual Executive Board meeting. (There was a suggestion to have it just after the first of the year. It was assumed prior to the Jan 6 Christmas dinner.) Also, we need to decide what, if any changes need to be made to the bylaws, which would have to be voted at the January banquet meeting. Election of officers: The officers and one trustee (3 year term for the trustee) are to be elected. Tony then opened the floor to nominations for a trustee. Terry N8ATZ and Don W8DEA were nominated and were voted on by secret ballot. Trustees passed out the ballots and counted them with Terry N8ATZ being elected as trustee. From the previous month nominations were made for: President Tony KD8UXK, Vice-President Perry W8AU Treasurer Mike. KB8OTK Vern Sproat KE8VS for Secretary. More nominations were requested; but none were found for these offices. So the above were elected by proclamation.

With all business concluded, Tony asked for a motion to adjourn. First Jim WA8GXM, second Don W8DEA seconded. Motion passed. The 50:50 raffle was won by Chris KD8TNF and donated back to the club $56.00. Thank you Chris! Also a meter and an ARLL 100 anniversary donated coin was raffled off. After the meeting, there was a short break for coffee, soda and donuts for everyone to enjoy. Thanks to all who helped provide the treats. Then Perry W8AU presented an interesting video on the MFJ manufacturing facility. Thank you Perry for the enjoyable (and educational) evening! The January meeting will be the Annual Christmas Dinner Meeting begins 6:00 pm at the Grange 1421 Battlesburg RD SE, East Sparta, Ohio 44626 Phone 330/484-3870. Anybody attending the 90 th can receive a patch free by asking Mike KD8OTK at the next meeting. Submitted by Vern KE8VS 5 SECRETARY S REPORT, KEY TO PI- TURES ON PAGE 8 The Secretary's report in this issue of Feedback starts on page 2 and continues on page 4 and finishes on page 5 of this issue. It Is a very detailed report, the first from out new Secretary, Vern Sproat, KE8VS. I usually insert Terry s column on page 3 on any given issue and this one was no exception. But the Secretary's report caught me by surprise because of its length. I really appreciate it though, it makes my job a little easier! Thanks Vern! W8NP SPECIAL EVENT In the pictures on page 8 of this issue they are (1.) Mike KE8EHG logging for Chris KD8TNF Operating the club station. (2.) Russ N8PII doing both chores logging and operating with Chris in the background operating and logging as well. (3.)New to Armature Radio is Evan Rankl KE8IDH, Club President Tony KD8UXKwho is pulling both chores operating and logging. (4.) Shows Don W8DEA logging and Gary WC8W operating. (5.) Here Mike KB8OTK logs for Vern KE8VS who is operating. Although this was not a contest, we did log the contacts and at this time it is not known what the final total is. We should know at a later date. This event was deemed a success! UNIVERSAL RADIO AD The Universal Radio Ad in the next column is still the old ad from their old address. I have the new ad but it s in PDF format. I ll try to get the new one working! As is it takes a whole page to work!

6 Hello everyone, Awards Banquet Our Awards Banquet will be held on January 6th, 6:oopm, at the Pike Township Grange, on Battlesburg Road, in East Sparta Ohio. The cost is $13.00 per person. It will be an evening for some eyeball QSO s, good food, awards, and swearing in of our officers for the upcoming year of 2018. Come and join us. MARC Membership Dues MARC membership dues are being accepted now. Dues can be paid at the Awards Banquet or before, get it in ASAP. 90th Anniversary Special Event Our 90th Anniversary Special Event was on December 9th. We had a good turnout for the event, and was great to see those who stopped by the club station and had a few that worked it from their QHT, a big THANK YOU to those who participated in the event. The year in review The 2017 year was great year for the club. We had several new members join, both the Swiss Festival parking and the Hamfest was good fundraisers for the club, we updated some of our radio equipment, and we celebrated 90 years. All of these were possible because of your support of MARC, and looking forward to 2018 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TONY CASEBOLT, PRESIDENT OF MARC

7 ARRL NEWS STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT Ring in the New Year with ARRL Straight Key Night and AMSAT CW Activity Day Every day is a good day to operate on CW, but set some time aside on New Year s Eve and Day to enjoy Straight Key Night (SKN) or to do some CW on the satellites during AMSAT CW Activity Day. The annual SKN gets under way at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2018 (New Year s Eve in US time zones). The 24-hour event is not a contest but a day dedicated to celebrating Amateur Radio s CW heritage. Participants are encouraged to get on the air and simply enjoy conversational CW contacts, preferably using a straight (hand) key or a semi-automatic key (bug). Activity traditionally centers on CW segments in the HF bands. There are no points or obligatory exchange. The only requirement is just to have fun! Send a SKN list of stations worked and your vote for Best Fist and Most Interesting QSO by January 31, 2017. AMSAT CW Activity Day formerly Satellite Straight Key Night takes place on January 1, 2018 (UTC) and run for 24 hours. As with the old Straight Key Night, this is a fun event, not a contest, and there is no required exchange. All forms of CW are welcome, from straight keys, bugs, and keyers to keyboards and decoders. Working the same station on more than one satellite is permitted. ASB QST @ ARL $ARLB027 RLB027 REMINDER: W1AW begins scheduled transmissions on 6 meters starting January 2, 2018 SB QST ARL ARLB027 ARLB027 REMINDER: W1AW begins scheduled transmissions on 6 meters starting January 2, 2018 Just a reminder that beginning with the 9 AM EST (1400 UTC) fast code practice on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, W1AW will add 6 meters - specifically 50350 khz - to its regular CW code practice, and CW, digital and phone bulletin transmission schedule. In addition to providing regularly scheduled transmissions on 6 meters, another goal is to act as a beacon on 6 meters, especially from the Northeast US. Signal reports will be welcome. A web page that will allow listeners to provide signal reports will be made available after the start date. Reports may also be emailed to W1AW at, w1aw@arrl.org. NNNN /EX All participants are asked to post their results, including any Soapbox comments, to AMSAT-BB. Include the satellites you used and the number of CW contacts you make on each. Participants may post their full logs, although this is not required.

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January 2018 W8NP Monthly Planner Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 BD KA8JIM New Year's Day 2 Stark County ARES Net on 147.12 at 7:00 PM 3 4 5 BD KD8UXL BD Patty Fisher 6 BD N8ZQF MARC Awards Banquet, Pike Grange, Dinner to be served at 6:00 PM 7 Massillon Radio Net - 3599.5 khz, 2000 8 BD KB8SBZ 9 Stark County ARES Net on 147.12 at 7:00 PM 10 VE Test Session, Cuyahoga Falls ARC, 1900, Bruce, 234-206-1592, Stow-Monroe Falls Public Library 11 12 West Stark Info Net - 147.180 at 2000 13 14 BD KB8YKE Massillon Radio Net - 3599.5 khz, 2000 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. 16 Stark County ARES Net on 147.12 at 7:00 PM 17 18 19 West Stark Info Net - 147.180 at 2000 20 SCARF Hamfest, Nelsonville, OH, CTC: Jeramy - 740-767-2554 21 Massillon Radio Net - 3599.5 khz, 2000 22 23 Stark County ARES Net on 147.12 at 7:00 PM 24 25 BD KC8ZCS 26 West Stark Info Net - 147.180 at 2000 27 Lockport ARA's Hamfest, Lockport, NY, CTC: Mike 716-6228616 Winter Field Day winterfieldday.com/ SAT 1900 UTC - SUN 1900 UTC 28 Massillon Radio Net - 3599.5 khz, 2000 Tusco ARC Hamfest, 965 North Wooster Ave, Strasburg, Ctc: Janice, KB8YDK 740-922-4454 Winter Field Day winterfieldday.com/ SAT 1900 UTC - SUN 1900 UTC 29 30 Stark County ARES Net on 147.12 at 7:00 PM 31 Upcoming Events: 2/18 - Mid-Winter Hamfest, Dec 2017 Mansfield S M T W T F S 2/18 - Livonia ARC Swap-N-Shop, 1 2 MI 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2/2510 - WashFest 11 12 13 2015, 14Castle 15 16 Shannon, 17 18PA 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Feb 2018 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Please contact K8INN for updates, changes, or additions.

MASSILLON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB P.O. BOX 73 MASSILLON, OHIO 44648 FIRST CLASS MAIL TO: 90 Years in existence 1927-2017 VISIT US ON THE WEB AT; http://www.w8np.org President Tony Casebolt KD8UXK Vice President Perry Ballinger W8AU Secretary Vern Sproat KE8VS Treasurer Mike McNamara KB8OTK Editor Gary Kline WC8W Trustee Bud Harvey WA8KWD Ted Armstrong K8TWA Terry Russ N8ATZ W8NP Trustee Perry Ballinger W8AU W8NP Webmaster Terry Russ N8ATZ Published by the Massillon Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 73, Massillon Ohio 44648. The Club meetings are the first Friday of every month (except January) at 8:00 PM at the Affinity Hospital conference room # 1, Massillon, Ohio