Meeting Minutes, February 2026

Program: Stain AI0M Shack tour!

Field Day Discussion: Chester Woods?

Discussion of net ideas – topic-focused ragchew nets

Discussion of POTA options: May 2nd (3rd fallback) 10AM Douglas POTA (tentative), possibly at Chester woods weekend, rent a cabin? Thoughts! Aug23rd as another date?

Business meeting to order 8PM
Drawing winner: AA3ME wins!

Dues are due! Pay N0UM!
VE test on Thursday the 12th 7PM at 305 Alliance Pl. NE (RedCross building), walkins welcome!

ARES training: To be discussed!

Hamfests: St. Cloud, then Buffalo Midwinter Madness 8-noon March 21st (see Mailer).

Nets:

  • Monday night Elmers net on 255
  • Monday Waseca 146.715 digital net 7pm
  • Tuesday 10m sideband net 28.325
  • River Bend net 80m Digital Net 8pm 3.583MHz Olivia 8/500
  • Wednesday Southeast MN Digital Net on 146.820 at 7PM FLDIGI
  • Faribault 146.79 at 8PM PSK125RC12
  • Wednesday Experimenter net 146.79
  • Thursday MN Digital Ares Net 8PM 3.5835MHz Olivia 8/500
  • 2M Daisychain Simplex Net 146.520 8:30pm Thursday (145.19 repeater to coordinate)
  • Saturday IBM 20m 14.347 Net
  • Sunday Nets:
  • Austin 7pm 146.73,
  • Owatonna 7:30 145.49
  • Fillmore 147.015 Wykoff repeater and 444.250 repeater,
  • Goodhue and Hiawatha 8PM 147.300 pl 136.5
  • Dodge County 8:30pm on 146.820
  • Faribault 8:30 146.79
  • Winona 8:30 146.835
  • Olmsted County ARES Net: 146.255 (odd Sundays) and 146.820 (even Sundays)

Socials:

  • Roosters breakfast Wednesdays 9AM
  • Saturday Grandmas Kitchen 6:30AM breakfast.
  • Meeting nights – Pre-meeting get together 5PM
  • St Cloud Cabin Fever reliever at Feb 28th 8-noon


    Treasurer’s Report 2026-Feb

Checking:
Opening Balance: $1,995.20
Credits:
Dues: $150.00
PayPal Dues: $340.00
Equipment Sold:
Raffle:
Donation:
Misc:

Debits:
RPU $41.17
Meeting Food $28.98
Paypal Charges $12.19
Field Day:
Pic-nic
Equipment 820 repeater power switch $123.01
Tower Lease
Insurance Liaibility $200.00
Web domain
Postage
Misc.
Total: $2,079.85

Saveings:
Opening Balance $8,828.93
Credits:
Intrest: $0.37
Closing Balance: $8,829.30
Total: $10,909.15

CD Matures July 2026 $4,000.00
CD Matures July 2026 $4,849.51

Contesting: Check newsletter!

John Marshal Radio Club: School Roundup, thanks for participation! Playing with GMRS soon.

ARRL is chipping in for <18YO licences.

ARES and Public Service:
Valentines this Saturday, moving ARES meeting to the 21st. John Beargrease lessons.

125Live: 125 Electronic Communications Group

Minnesota Amateur Radio Consortium: Letter from president and alternate for quarterly calls.

Wisconsin ARES Ride-Across-Wisconsin from EauClaire and back, looking for clubs that can commit people to water stops. July 11th.
Plan to commit to a water stop, perhaps two.

Echolink is getting redone – W0STV

Tech Committee:
Mayo: D-Star Gateway server – Pat needs to schedule time w/ Darrell to return the computer. Hopefully, Pat can configure power control devices when he is there.

82 Repeater: Eric received some info on admin/programming from John S. Can we calibrate if it’s not accurate? I didn’t see anything related to this in above docs. Cabinet keys. John D,  John S, and Eric VN have keys.

125 Live: Still having meetings on the third Tuesday.

Digipeater: Lease is up for renewal. 10 Yr @ $1/yr. Will try and get a new set of keys so we have 2 of each (gate and door).

Website: Repeater page needs updating. BJ is still listed. Access. Do we need additional people to have access?

Facebook page: No current administrator. Can we get a new one assigned? Steve W, can you get us access? Jared would volunteer. May need to be a moderator to get notifications. Also give Mark the ability to post.

Old Business:

None?

New Business:

W0STV looking into Chester Woods; Field Day possibility, 4th weekend in June and sometime in August for Chester Woods Cabins.

Generator Cover: KE0EXE wrote Hamster Hints for list of requirements for generator cover (read it!) – Anyone have thoughts? Send to KE0EXE!

Good deals this weekend, pre-hamfest!