Election Ballots and Meeting Agenda

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Hi all,

Just another friendly reminder about the officer elections at the meeting coming up this Wednesday, March 6th at 6pm, hosted at the Steakhouse Restaurant in Barre on rt. 302. If you wish to run for office, please submit an email to the President stating the position you’d like to run for, so the ballot will have your name on it. Elections will be done by paper ballot at the meeting, so please submit your emails no later than 3pm on Wednesday. The officer positions are President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and W1BD Trustee.

Additionally, you may view the meeting agenda by visiting this link: https://w1bd.club/cvarc_agenda_20190304/

Thank you,
-Patrick Schlott
KC1DPM – President, CVARC

Meeting 3/6 and Officer Elections

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Hello all,

CVARC will be hosting the yearly elections for club officer positions next Wednesday, March 6th, 2019, at the monthly meeting. Please email the President to inform the club of your wish to run for office. All current club members in good standing that have paid dues, as well as those currently holding officer positions, are allowed to run for office. The meeting will be held at the Steak House Restaurant in Barre on US RT 302. We hope to see you there!

73,
-Patrick S.
KC1DPM, CVARC President
tesla257@gmail.com

Meeting 2/6

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Hi all,

The meeting for Wednesday, February 6th will be held at the Steak House restaurant on the Barre-Montpelier Road. (Address:
1239 US-302, Barre, VT 05641) Due to a scheduling conflict with the police station, meetings will be held here until further notice. Thank you!

-Patrick
President, KC1DPM

VT QSO Party Canceled

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Hi everyone,

I regret to inform club members that unfortunately, due to a lack of space availability, CVARC will no longer be hosting the VT QSO party this year. I would encourage all operators to get on the air individually to help make it a fun event for all. More information can be found at http://www.ranv.org/vtqso.html

73,

-Patrick
CVARC President, KC1DPM

Williamstown Repeater Link

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The Williamstown repeater is currently experiencing an issue with its RF link into the CVARC linked repeater system.

Based on some initial diagnostics, there appears to be a issue with the antenna system of the link radio which carries radio traffic from Cabot and Lincoln Peak into Williamstown. The issue is likely being caused by antenna icing, or damage from falling ice.

Because of steeply decreased antenna performance, there isn’t enough RF signal strength at the link receiver to overcome interference from adjacent in-band high power transmitters at the tower site. Because of this, signals from the link may seem strong one moment and completely unreadable the next.

The Williamstown repeater itself is functioning properly as a standalone repeater. Cabot and Lincoln Peak are still linked by RF. There is no evidence to suggest problems with basic repeater functionality at this point.

Unfortunately, I am out of town for a week starting early tomorrow morning. I will promptly investigate the issue further on my return and will work towards implementing a solution. In the mean time, I may make the decision to disable the Williamstown link altogether until it is repaired. I will notify the club if this decision is made.

I appreciate your understanding with this issue, and I will post updates as they become available. I apologize for any inconvenience this system failure has caused.

Best,
Chris Craig
K1MHZ