Meeting Minutes, December 2025
Elections: Slate Passes!
Member-At-Large: Steve W0STV
Treasurer: George N0MGY
Secretary: Collin AA0CN
VP: Eric KF0RHE
President: Jared KF0PGS
Club President of John Marshall Radio Club: Raffle for Radio + entries to JMHS drawing! Contact Melissa AA03ME
Presentation: Dan N0SPN on 10M contesting!
Contest starts 0000Z Sat (6PM Friday Central time – 5:59pm Sunday), 48 Hours, max of 36 hours of operation.
Both Sideband and CW contacts count! (2pts vs 4pts each respectively)
K0VH comments: CW is fast (30WPM) and numbers for DX stations are sequential (listen for sequence). contests.arrl.org/contests.php < Lots of certificates to win!
RTTY 1st weekend in January.
PSK contest in the spring.
FT8 contest is early June.
K4IU Comments: Logging handout, lots of info and sample log! ARRL has cabrillo generator online. Multinational multipliers in addition to DX.
Business meeting:
Meetings and Food – Check Calendar and Hamster! Also for Nets, Etc.
Facebook group message to RARC: Radio Tower at 402 12th Ave NW Kasson MN, they want taken down ; Lightweight square-back, perhaps medium duty. Contact AA0CN for info (via relay)
NZ0S: John Beargrease sled dog race looking for radio operators January 25th-28th 2026.
Secretary report: Minutes from last month present and approved.
Treasurer’s report:
Report 2025-Dec Checking:
Opening Balance: $1,100.62
Credits:
Dues: $70.00
PayPal Dues: $160.00
Equipment Sold:
Raffle: $22.00
Donation:
Misc: Transfer from saveings $1,000.00
Debits:
RPU $42.22
Meeting Food 3 months $64.93
Paypal Charges $5.65
Field Day:
Pic-nic
Equipment
Tower Lease
Insurance Equipment $328.72
Web domain
Postage
Misc. SK estate sold equipment split $400.00
Total: $1,511.10
Saveings:
Opening Balance $9,828.20
Credits:
Intrest: $0.35
Transfer to Checking -$1,000.00
Closing Balance: $8,828.55
Total: $10,339.65
CD Matures January 2026 $4,000.00
CD Matures January 2026 $4,705.29
Technical Committee Meeting:
DSTAR repeater updated in progress
Fusion repeater stuck on Digital – Restarted and issue resolved itself.
125Live antenna to be moved to the West in open air, hope for long-term fix to issues. No 125Live meeting this month (December). Need some rotators for that club for leadership. 3rd Tuesday of the month at 2:00PM. Considering moving meeting time. Need to be Social member.
82 repeater is reporting 0F temperature. Battery replaced, needs to be reprogrammed. John is working on it (needs calibrated)
Contesting: In Hamster, notes here above.
Education: Maple Grove Technician class is starting in January
John Marshal Radio Club is looking for help 3:30pm – 5PM Wednesdays, looking for help!
Public Service: None
ARES: Contesting ongoing, moving Foxhunt out to the 21st (Sunday, a week later, 1PM-3PM) Foxhunt activity.
Winter Field Day; Last weekend in January. 710s in trailer.
Christmas Party next month (January the 13th) at Roosters Two (South by Lowes) at 6:00PM
Meeting Adjourned 8:07PM