RaRa November 2020 General Meeting 11/4/2020 Rochester Amateur Radio Association 1 TO THE ROCHESTER AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER 2020 GENERAL MEETING WELCOME Notes: ● If you’re on the GoToWebinar we encourage you to participate. Use the “Raise Hand” button and we’ll unmute you. ● If you are having audio trouble, try calling in. The details are in your signup e-mail, or you can click the “Phone call” option in the webinar for the call info. 1 2
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RaRa November 2020 General Meeting 11/4/2020
Rochester Amateur Radio Association 1
TO THEROCHESTER AMATEUR RADIO
ASSOCIATIONNOVEMBER 2020GENERAL MEETING
WELCOME
Notes:● If you’re on the GoToWebinar we
encourage you to participate. Use the “Raise Hand” button and we’ll unmute you.
● If you are having audio trouble, try calling in. The details are in your signup e-mail, or you can click the “Phone call” option in the webinar for the call info.
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Tonight’s Agenda1. Visitors, New Members2. New Licenses / Upgrades3. RARA Board4. Membership RARA / ARRL5. Club Reports6. Education Report7. RXCWG8. VE – License Testing9. Public Service10. Operating Tales
• Visitors / New members?• New Licensees / Upgrades?
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Karl Heinz Kremer K5KHKSecretary
RARA Officers
Brian O’Connor KA2CGBVice President
Mike Moore KC2NMTreasurer
Tim Barrett K9VBPresident
Don Vallone KD2REU
The RARA BoardDave Enright K3WHD
George Lama KC2OCJ
Tim Guyot KB1POP
Tim Brown WB2PAY
Scott Theis W2LW
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Membership● Our membership year ended on Sep
30th with 563 members● Thanks to all those who have renewed,
we are currently at 444 which is excellent progress
● If you still need to renew, please do it as soon as you can – you can even do it NOW online!
● Or if you aren’t a member we would love to have you join – just go to www.rochesterham.org
Membership - Renewal Process● Note there are some sporadic errors in
our membership software that only affect a few people
● If you have a problem renewing, please let me know [email protected]
● Also, Hotmail and Outlook are blocking all automated emails from RARA at present
● Finally we have a problem with points display on the website – check them carefully before you use them!
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ARRL Membership● Are you a member of the ARRL - the US
national radio organization? ● ARRL represents US ham radio interests
to the FCC and internationally● Organizer of many radio events, e.g.
Field Day, Contests● Provides Logbook of the World and
QSL Bureaus for the US● ARRL now provides online access for
members to ALL their magazines QST, QEX, On the Air and NCJ
ARRL Membership● RARA offers a special deal to new ARRL
members – join through us and save $15 on your first year