Congratulations Joe, KN4KIB On Passing The Tech License

New Technician Joseph Hansel Kn4KIB holding his Certificate.

Ever since EME the sky is no longer the limit for radio communication. Someday MEM will be the thing to try, but not until Hams populate the moon. :-)

A New Approach To Field Day

Fred reviewed the plans for this year's field day.

Things will be a little different this year at field day. A committee, headed by Fred,  has been formed to manage the various aspects of this three day event. This includes help with scheduling operators, food preparation, antenna and radio selection, as well as the all important, though much less exciting set up, cleanup, and tear down. In addition to Fred, other team members include Bob Doherty and Jim Stewart on scheduling, Patrick on food, Bill Johnson on setup, cleanup, and tear down. Each team member will be looking for volunteers to assist them.

We are especially encouraging new members to get involved. And, leading the way by example...

Members of the Holzer family, Leon, Aiden with the vacuum, and Liam.
Mom helped too, but the photographer was on the other end of the table
she was helping to move. Our club needs more of this kind of involvement.

Sun and Fun Special Event Station

Tom Ruhlmann, W9IPR discusses plans for this year's Special Event at Sun and Fun.

Tom reviewed the details for this year's Sun and Fun Special Event Station. If you like radio and airplanes, this is your chance for a big win win Participants get a free pass to the show, along with some special parking. For details, please contact Patrick. He is a veteran of this event, and can fill you in. Sun and fun will start April 10th this year. Be sure to check with Patrick well in advance



The Citrus Tour May 5th and 6th 2018
The main speaker for this evening was Mike Breese, W2YS. Mike made a request for help with this event. Several positions need to be filled. Radio operators are required at each rest station. Operators with vehicles capable of transporting bike and biker are also needed. Finally, operators are needed at command center. Dinner will be held for participants. More information is available at http://www.citrustour.org. 

Our club contacts for this event are Bob Doherty, or for the skinny from the man who has done this the last ten years running, Larry Walker, KI4DNO. You an contact Larry at  KI4DNO@aol.com.

Darrell Davis KT4WX recently appointed Mike Bresse W2YS as an Assistant Section Manager for the Special Project of the Bike MS Citrus Tour.  Bresse is the new amateur radio coordinator for the Bike MS Citrus Tour starting this year and had previously been the SAG vehicle coordinator for a number of years.

For those who missed Techcon, once again, Darrell did an outstanding job of lining up speakers to meet just about everyone's interest.

Attendees

CALL	NAME_FIRST	NAME_LAST	LICENSE_CLASS	ARRL	ARES	SKYWARN
AA4HT	Robert	Van Winkle	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K1DU	Frederick	Delaney	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K2OU	Gary	Perkins	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
K4JZ	William	Aten	Amateur Extra	LIFE	NO	POL-933
KA2BVC	Alwin	Pogue	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
KG4PWF	James	Scott	General	NO	NO	POL-173A
KI4CDY	Patrick	O'Neil	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-219A
KI4DNO	Larry	Walker	General	YES	YES	POL-218A
KI4EFL	Donald	Jeerings	General	NO	NO
KI4NBE	George	Gafford	Amateur Extra	NO	NO	POL-316A
KI4WRX	David	Zdanowicz	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KI4ZMV	William	Johnson	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-840
KJ4AFB	Patricia	Morris	General	YES	YES
KK4VCN	Eleanor	Marshall	Technician	NO	NO
KM4BAO	Robert	Doherty	General	YES	NO	POL-829
KM4STS	Liam	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4STT	Aimee	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KM4STU	Leon	Holzer	General	NO	NO
KN4CHP	James	Edmonson	General	YES	NO
KN4FBD	John	McCullough	Technician	YES	NO
KT2T	Michael	Oliver	Amateur Extra	LIFE	YES	POL-322A
N4KWR	Kevin	Rought	General	YES	YES	POL-868
N4PEG	Margaret	Lang	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	HIL-1000
N6MRS	Michael	Shreve	General	YES	NO
N7CUC	Samuel	Shaver	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
NJ4Y	Matthew	Stevens	Amateur Extra	YES	YES	POL-680A
W4EMT	Eric	Clark	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
W4JGC	J.	Culler	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-560A
W4ZSC	Albert	Sheppard	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-843
W7STR	Springer	Rush	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
W8DUK	Richard	Grubb	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-782
WX4AMS	Andrew	Stevens	General	YES	YES	POL-838
WZ1P	Daniel	Gagnon	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
Guests
W2YS	Mike	Bresse	Extra
KK4ASE	Mike	Gearhart	Extra
N4WDH	Duane	Archibald	Extra
KK4PFA	Mike	Lipsey	General
W9IPR	Thomas	Ruhlmann	Extra
New Members
KN4JNX	Eric	Grenier	Technician
K1OPQ	David	Perrin	Extra