Volume 29, Issue 7

July 2001

Postcard from Gerhard 2

Club’s Night Out 4

What I learned from FD 6

DX Convention 3/9

Minutes 10

Calendar 12

Roster—Suffix Sheet 13

Inside this issue:

July Program Activity Manager Michael Dinkelman, N7WA

This month, in response to a number of requests from mem-bers, the Club program will fo-cus on message handling and the traffic system. One of our own, Jan/K7YH will

be presenting the material. Jan is associ-ated with MARS and is experienced in mes-sage handling. Traffic handling was one of the core activities of amateur radio in days past and still plays a role—especially when disaster strikes. Don’t be the one who gets on following the next earthquake and messes up the traffic net because you don’t know the procedures. Bring your traffic han-dling questions to Jan at the July Club meet-

ing. Note: Jan experienced Emergency Sur-gery July 8th. He hopes to be fit enough by Meeting day to continue the presentation. If he cannot, we will dispense with any pro-gram and reschedule. I will not be present at the general Club meeting as I am headed for the Northwest DX Convention. However, Dawn Hum-phrey’s will be present to sell raffle tickets. The raffle continues to do well this year. It looks like there will be some mighty fine prizes in December. In August, there will be no program so the members can go directly to the Club picnic being held that day. There will be a short presentation, hosted by Carolyn/WV7Q and the Committee liaisons, to explain the pur-pose of the standing Committee’s, who leads them, and to solicit volunteers.

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President Jack Grimmet N7IHS Vice-President Mark Whitaker KD7KUN Secretary Curtis Hanner N7MWC Treasurer/ WebMaster Jim Eztwiler KD7BAT Activity Mngr/ Newsletter Michael Dinkelman N7WA Radio Officer Harry Lewis W7JWJ Trustee #1 Brendan Burget KD7IKV Trustee #2 Steven Kaney N7MUT Trustee #3 Steven Cook KD7IQL Trustee #4 Mary Lewis W7QGP Trustee #5 (CoB) Alan Hughes KB7SVU

Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club - Seattle, Washington

The Prez Sez Club President Jack Grimmett, N7IHS

This year’s Field Day event was a smashing success. Alan Hughes (KB7SVU) the Field Day

Chairman did a great job organizing this year’s event. Carolyn Pasquier (WV7Q ‘Tee Hee’) was Alan’s assistant while he was out of the county. Her timely and in-formative e-mail messages on the Mike & Key reflector had to be the primarily rea-son for the large turnout we had. In previous years we really did not need to take reservations for the Wagon Wheel. We always had room for everyone. Not this year. On Friday night we were still trying to squeeze in a campsite wherever we could and the barracks were full. The Friday night potluck was superb. Our resident Chuck Wagon Master, Wayne Heath (KC7ORB) and his XYL Diane did a

great job with the ‘Big Unit’ to provide hamburgers, hot dogs and a barbequed ham. Their contributions along with the potluck provided by the attendees resulted in a great evening meal. The SSB site setup went faster than it has in previous years. All towers and anten-nas were erected and installed by about 5:00 PM. Thanks to Alan’s antenna par-ties and the great job Wayne (KC7ORB) did on the antenna trailer, things went up without a hitch. Of course it boils down to a great organizational plan and the com-mitment of the people on site to support it. I believe that on Saturday morning the only thing that needed to be done was to setup the stations and crank up the 15-meter tower. There were a couple of small problems such as the 2-meter all-mode transceiver didn’t work properly, but Mike Ross (KB7YXB) was able to determine that the problem was due to an operator

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Another Postcard from Germany

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First to Fifty? Activity Manager, Michael Dinkelman, N7WA

Eight members have accepted the challenge to be the first to work all 50 states. This internal Mike & Key contest started on July 1st. The winner will receive a nice plaque and be the first member (in my recollection) to win an “on-the-air” Club contest.

Those accepting the Challenge include Nils and Jo

Hallstrom, Carolyn Pasquir, Richard Pasquier, Dan Hum-phrey, Ric Danielson, Curtis Hanner, and Mitch and Tyler Taylor. Dan Humphrey was the first to jump out, working

6 states the first couple days. Ric then checked in a day later with 33—way over half the final required total in just two days. Of course, the more you get, the rarer they be-come. Still that’s a significant lead Ric. Meanwhile, the Taylors are wandering about the Southeast corner of the country. I think they forgot this is a radio contest—you don’t have to visit all 50 states. Still, they graciously of-fered to set up skeds for any needy contestants. As of July 13, the last I heard was that Ric had pulled in 40 states and that Mitch had four. However, the IARU contest is coming up and it’s an easy way to get 50 real quick. Stay tuned.

The Northwest DX Convention Submitted by Michael Dinkelman, N7WA

The Pacific Northwest is fortu-nate to host three DX and Con-test Clubs– the Willamette Val-ley DXC in Portland, the British Columbia DXC in Vancouver, and, of course, our own local Western Washington DX Club. These 3 clubs compete and co-operate in several venues. One of the areas of cooperation is a traveling Convention that rotates among the Clubs. This year, the Convention will be

hosted by the WWDXC and held in Everett. This conven-tion is an excellent way to “hobnob” with members of the local DX and contest community. Not only that, but DXers and Contesters will coming from throughout the country to present seminars and teach techniques. If TV is your bag, you could almost spend a whole day watch-ing videos about DXpeditions to rare countries. Add to that a pileup contest, DXCC card checking by the DXCC manager, hospitality suite, plus Banquet and you have a mighty fine weekend devoted to the finest pur-suits within Amateur Radio. Ward/N0AX, who just gave an excellent presentation on Slovenia at our May meet-ing, has lined up the programs for the Convention which are listed elsewhere in this Relay (see the Convention flyer). Granted, the convention is the same weekend as the Club meeting. However, if you have any interest in DXing or Contesting, this is the place to be.

For Sale: Camano Ham Site Modern Home on 5 cleared acres with antenna trees. Situated at 400 foot ele-vation—good for VHF/UHF and quiet HF. Tower, beam 80M vertical, UHF/VHF, 6M antennas. Available Late sum-mer—Price $210K. Call John Black W7HIL 425 391 8026 Vertical Antenna Cushcraft R6000—never used $300—Steve Kaney N7MUT

Picnic Contest By Dawn KC7YYB

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye! There has been a change in the Mike & Key Pic-nic Poster Contest. I've become aware that we need yet another Category. Those who use computer generated designs need to be in a category by themselves, since hand drawn posters might not be able to achieve the "professional" look that computer/printer creations can, so we'll just have an-other niche for them. So, as it stands now there will be 3 categories for the poster contest. 1) Those done by ages 12 and under. 2) Those done by hand [not mechanically]. 3) Computer/Printer generated posters. That should make it fair for everyone. NOW, get busy and put those ideas for promoting ham radio and/or Mike & Key down on your posterboard and plan on getting in there and competing! Oh, and keep the size manageable, nothing the size of the side of a barn.

Silent Key—KG7OW Past Club Member Lee Bertrand, KG7OW, went Silent Key at the end of June. Lee had been recovering from surgery to clear several blocked arteries. Lee used to be a very active member and was a regular out at Registration during the Flea Market. Lately, he had spent the last sev-eral years pursuing his musical interests with a group of Cajun Fiddlers. I didn’t know Lee too well myself but would entertain the membership to send in anything to remember him by.

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Club’s Night Out Activity Manager Michael Dinkelman, N7WA

Our second try at getting a group together for a trip to see the Mariners was wildly success-ful. Combining with the Western Washington DX Club was even better. We ended up with a group of almost 100 people between the two Clubs (of which, we are the majority). The tickets have been purchased and are in my hands for distribution.

How to get your tickets? Please send me a SASE (Self Addressed Self Stamped) envelope with a check covering the cost of your tickets ($7.50 each). I’ll return the tickets in the en-velope. If you doubt the abilities of the Postal Service, let me know and we can make other arrangements. I will NOT be at the next Club meeting so I cannot distribute them then. The game is August 21 so we have plenty of time but I would like to clear my credit card as soon as possible. I did buy a few extra tickets and have sold half of those already. We have a good chunk of Section 311 which is straight above first base. You can check out the Mariner Web page for a stadium map. It promises to be an interesting evening. For sure, bring your jackets, shirts, and hats.

Pictures courtesy of Tressie and Alan Hughes. From their trip to Ger-many and visit to Club member Gerhard.

Above: Gerhard and his wife Ingrid in their glass covered sunroom Right: Gerhard’s shack—note the tower in the back corner.

Closer to Home Submitted by Jo Hallstrom KB7UFM Dxing is fun, no doubt about it, but every now and then you come across someone with a story to tell. "Bud"---W6DMN has such a story. Bud is 90 years old with a wonderful sense of hu-mor. He has been blind since the age of 12. He got his ticket in 1930 and has been active in Ham Radio ever since. His first wife died when she was 85 years old, about ten years ago. They had been married for 60 years. He said to me "you don't want to listen to an old duffer like me yacking away." I said why not do what we both like to do, listen and talk? So, we did just that for over an hour. It was a very en-joyable hour listening to stories about his chil-dren, his first Wife and now about his new wife. I love DXing but now and then you find a new friend — a little closer to home.

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Field Day 2001 Fort Flagler

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What I learned from Field Day by Mitch, K7TUT

I am ashamed to say that this was my first Field Day but I am happy to say that I will endeavor to never miss an-other one. I and the kids had a blast! Needless to say, as a new member, I was asked to be the Band Chairman for 2 meters as the person responsible for that had con-flicting obligations. As I understand it, he had to take a bus somewhere. I accepted the responsibility with a little trepidation but there were so many that gave advice and offered their help (especially Carolyn---tee hee!). I found after I got to Field Day that the daunting task was actu-ally very easy as many helped me get started and I thank all of you. With all this in mind, I would like to tell you what I learned from Field Day. 1. I learned that "Little Johns" chili is an alternate form of energy. He should package it and send it the Governor as we are in dire need for some new form of energy. Un-fortunately there are some rather nasty side effects as Tyler,

KD7MJO, found out after he had several helpings. Actu-ally, we all found out as our room in the barracks had windows that would not open. Thanks John! 2. I learned that some Hams take Field Day seriously as a contests and some believe it was intended to expose the public to Ham Radio and to give new Hams a chance to experience contesting and operating on bands they normally would not operate on while at the same time, gathering points. Both type of Hams are needed and they all were up to the tasks. Sometimes it caused fric-tion but it surprised me to see how little friction existed. Think about it, we had 70 people together and everyone seemed to get along almost the entire time. That alone is a testament to the organization of the event and the qual-ity of the people in this club. Don't get me wrong, there were complaints but they seemed to be less important than the overall tasks of having a good time. 3. I learned that on CW Beach I never had to worry about the porta potties running out of TP as there was plenty hanging around. 4. I learned that Alan is a masochists when it comes to climbing towers. Steve, just to let you know, as soon as Alan started shaking the 20 meter tower I would have

Field Day—from the Chair By Alan, KB7SVU Well we sure had a great field day. What a great turn out of club members and visitors. I would like to thank everyone who helped with set up. I believe we were set up in record time. Everything worked including the 20 meter antenna, thanks to the members who came out to my house to put it together before Field Day. There are a few people I would like to thank for an outstanding job, first is Carolyn Pasquier, WV7Q, for taking over while I was in Germany. She did a great job of getting the word out and promoting it, through word of mouth and E-mail. She is a great cochairmen and an en-thusiastic worker. Next I want to thank Wayne Heath and

his wife for the great job of cooking on Friday and Satur-day. Weren't they so cute in their matching chef's outfits. Then comes Rita for the big job of organizing the barracks and getting everyone in that wanted to be there overnight. It is looking like we will have a great score. I want to thank all the band chairmans and all the people who took turns operating or duping. I should also like mention that there were three articles in three different news pa-pers. I would like to tell those who were not able to come that we also had a reporter come and spend two nights with us. To see what Field day is all about. Finally I want to thank everyone who helped with teardown, we were down and finished by 1:30 PM. Lets all start thinking about next years field day, so that we can have another great

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either been down the tower in 2 seconds, changing my clothes afterwards or beating him on the top of the head! 5. I learned that the people on CW Beach kept trying to convince me that being there was a punishment of some sort. Sorry guys but living on the beach for a weekend does not seem to be a punishment in my book but just keep telling us that and maybe someday we will believe it. 6. I learned that CW is still in my blood. Thanks to Mike and crew for helping me to get adjusted as it has been many years since I received code that fast. I recom-mend everyone to give it a shot. 7. I learned that good food (thanks to Chef Wayne and company) can be found at Field Day, that Brandon likes to play with fire, that we have a great bunch of officers and trustees, that Jack really uses that cane to intimidate us into submission....heh heh, and that the friendly rivalry between CW Beach and the SSBers will escalate sometime in the future. There is an old saying, "Never wake a sleeping giant" and I fear some of you are in for a big surprise. When you least ex-pect it, the CW Beach giant is going to wake up. Alan better get that po-tato gun ready! 8. I learned that I could leave the kids to operate and never have to worry about them as many kept a watch over them, taught them how to operate a Field Day, joked with them, laughed with them and kept them from harms way. Thank you to all who took an interest in all of the kids as Tyler and Aaron came home excited and

from what I understand, every kid who was not licensed now wants to get a license. 9. I learned that Larry, our resident Army Mars State Di-rector and former Officer, really liked to read comic books while he served. Special note....I do not know all of those who are in the club and have served in the mili-tary but I want to say, "Thank you for your service to our country whether in peacetime or war!" Sorry I have to get that in as I am a firm believer that we don’t say it often enough. 10. I learned that Field Day is a great way to get to know the other members of the club and learn more about dif-ferent aspects of Ham Radio. I never heard a satellite before, never saw Packet Radio (thanks Mike also for all your help as I could not have done it myself), and I never helped get a tower set up. 11. Lastly I learned that I have a lot of new friends now and that Field Day creates a bond between Hams. I will remember my first Field Day for a long time and I know the boys will remember it as one of those times that can never be replaced. Ok, so when do we start planning for next year? Who's buying the food? Wayne, you cooking again? Please say Yes. Carolyn, you better be back in time to be temp Chairman, if needed...tee hee!. Jack, who's Field Day Chairman? Mike, we need to make a sign at the road coming down to CW Beach to let people know you are there! Lets get cracking we have less than 12 months to go and I want next years Field Day to be as much fun as this one was. Congrats and thank you to all who volun-teered their time to make this a great Field Day that will always remain a cherished memory.

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CW Beach—in retrospect By Mike, N7WA This was actually a scary CW Beach for me. For the first time, nobody who was at my “first” CW Beach was going to be at Fort Flagler. Granted, we had plenty of support from our current regulars but when Jim/K7ND told me he wouldn’t be here at all this year, it was like a last invisible support brace had been pulled. Jim has always made it up in some shape or form (even if only for breakfast) , and I have always thought of him as the “Old Man” of CW Beach. But alas, in 2001, we were to be on our own. I did miss you Jim. Still, we did well. We had our highest ever point total, there were no real equipment problems, both stations were manned for the majority of hours, and I think we gained a couple converts. The new C3S worked great and was a pleasure to put up and take down. The weather was great—nary a sprinkle between the time we

drove in the front gate and back out again for home. Got-cha’s included a mast we couldn’t raise higher than 20 feet, no 80M vertical, and the return of mutual QRM from the bluff on 20 Meters. We have plans for fixing all 3 problems next year. Somehow, we also got TP’d. Got plans for fix’n that too. We’ll be losing another CW Beach regular as Atsushi W7KN/JR1NKN will be returning home to Japan. He has been a real pleasure and treasure down on the Beach and will be missed. Fortunately, we may have found two more to replace him in Mitch Taylor and Jim Hamlin who both seemed to enjoy their stays on the Beach. Hopefully they will return. Of course, the Beach would not have been possible except for three more Beach stalwarts, Chuck and Karen Jones and John McGee. Thank you all — looking forward to next year. Finally, thank you Alan Hughes and Carolyn Pasquier for organizing the entire event. CW Beach is always fun but the fun is raised exponentially when the entire team is organized.

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Rita and Ric Danielson’s Grandkids have found the Radio. Start training ‘em young I say….. ‘cept what’s with the microphone? Where’s the Paddles?

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error and solved it prior to the start time. The 15-meter rotor had some problems but Alan and his crew fixed that in about 30 minutes, again before start time. We even had a coordinated start time this year using 2-meter sim-plex and a receiver tuned to WWV. Then there was the expected midnight raid by the CW beach gang on the sideband site. The sidebanders retali-ated this year, but they have some work to do to keep up with Mike Dinkelman (N7WA) and his bunch. Saturday night we had another great dinner with the left over potluck and the usual hamburgers and hotdogs. Wayne and Diane added a roast beef to the menu for that feed. All stations were manned nearly all of the time with only a

few gaps reported. The Band Chairs did a great job. I believe that we will score better than we did last year and maybe move up in the rankings. The site teardown went very smooth. We had enough people stay to get the job done by 2:00 PM Sunday after-noon that included a clean-up sweep of both the SSB site and the Wagon Wheel. I stayed over Sunday night in the Wagon Wheel and talked to the park ranger on Monday morning. I wanted to know if there were any problems. She said there were no problems and the Mike & Key ARC was always a great group to have at the park.

I believe that everyone had a good time and I want to thank all of the people who worked so hard to make this year’s outing such a success. Start planning for the last full weekend in June next year for ‘Field Day 2002’.

Help Wanted: Position: Renton River Days Parade Participant Requirements: Any Mike & Key Member, Spouses, Family and Friends. Location: Downtown Renton, starting at Shattuck Avenue South at South Third Street and end up at Liberty Park. Date: July 28, 2001 Schedule: We will start decorating the Trailer at around 8:00am. The parade starts at 10:00am and should end around Noon. When it will be over for us depends on where we are placed (probably toward the end). Job Description: Help decorate the trailer before the parade. Then you can either ride on the trailer and/or walk along beside handing out fliers. The parade route is approx. 8 – 10 blocks. The pay isn’t great (like nothing) but it job has a big benefit package (lots of fun). Bring your HT’s and anything else that makes you look like a real HAM. Where to Apply: Send resumes to Wayne Heath, KC7ORB, (wheath4@home.com) or just show up on the

28th.

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2001 North west DX Convention July 20-22, 2001

Location: Everett Holiday Inn (Exit #186 off Interstate 5 at 128th Street S.E., conveniently adjacent to the freeway) Activities: Friday and Saturday - Hospitality Suite hosted by the WWDXC (after 7PM) Saturday Programs - “Internet Portal s for Ham Radio” - Bill Fisher, W4AN ”DXing on the Back Porch of Cycle 23” - Carl Luetzel-schwab, K9LA ”YK9A Dxpedition” - Al Rovner, K7AR and others ” 10 Most Common Tower Building Mistakes” – Steve Morris, K7LXC ”Cuba – Ham Radio Style” – Don Walters, W7NG DXCC Card Checking by Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager

CW Pileup Competition – Saturday afternoon Saturday Dinner - Garry Shapiro, NI6T, “Confessi ons of a Mad Reefer” ( a summary of adventures to rare reefs and i slands) Sunday DX Breakfast - Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV – “Tales of East Timor, 4W6/K7BV” Fantastic raffle prizes – drawn Saturday afternoon! Early Registrations (Before June 15th ) get two extra raffle tickets!

Visit the web page at www.wwdxc.org/convention.htm

Registration $20 ($25 after July 10) Sat Banquet $30 Sunday Breakfast $12

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General Meeting Minutes, June 16, 2001 Officers present: President Jack Grimmett (N7IHS); Secretary – Curtis Hanner (N7MWC); Treasurer - Jim Etzwiler (KD7BAT); Activity Manager – Mike Dinkelman (N7WA) Trustees Present: Trustee #1 – Brendan Bur-get (KD7IKV); Trustee #2 - Steve (K7MUT); Trustee #3 – Steve Cook (KD7IQL); Trustee #4 - Mary (W7QGP); Trustee #5 – Alan Hughes (KB7SVU) The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM with all members and guests repeating the Pledge of Allegiance at the Salvation Army Building in Ren-ton. Introductions of members and guests were made. The President made announcements regarding taking breaks on the west side of the building at the request of Salvation Army. The coffee and donut fund is self-supporting. We are an affiliated club are encourage to join and sup-port the ARRL. Please sign the rosters at the table. Visitors are asked to refrain from voting on club matters requiring a vote. Wayne received a standing ovation for his hard work on the antenna trailer. Frank asks that if you have a key to the Salvation Army and are not using it please turn it in. Minutes: It was moved by N7RHE and sec-onded by KD7IKV to approve the minutes of the May meeting as printed in the Relay. The mo-tion was approved. Officer Reports President: Jack Grimmett (N7IHS) Vice President: Not Present Secretary: Nothing to report Treasurer: Jim Etzwiler (KD7BAT) We are do-ing quit well and are within budget. We spent lots of money last month. Expenses: repairs on the antenna trailer and postage for the Relay. Also paid for the new storage trailer and made a donation to the Salvation Army for our meet-ing hall. Activity Manage & Relay: Mike (N7WA) The RELAY is your Relay so keep the articles com-ing. The program today is Field Day. August 21st will be Mariner’s night. This will be a com-bined event with the Washington DX Club. Radio Officer: Mary Lewis (W7QGP) in Harry’s absence. After restructuring many of the tech pluses have upgraded to generals. We also have lots of generals who came up to extra. Standing Committee Reports Those committees not reporting in the RELAY are asked to report before the General Mem-bership. Facilities: Mary Lewis (W7QGP) We have a problem with the tents because the stacks were not put in the right bag and the poles were not put in the right bag. This has caused damage to the tents. Please make sure you put the tents away correctly.

Public Service: Brendan Burget (KD7IKV) Next meeting is postponed until after field Day and is scheduled for right after the next General Meeting. Picnic: Dawn Humphrey (KC7YYB) The picnic will follow immediately after the August General Meeting and will be held at the Cedar Park, just a few blocks from the Salvation Army in Ren-ton. Wayne and his bride will be cooking for us. We have the park reserved for all day. Family friendly event with the whole family, little kids to grand parents. Will have fun games for the whole family. We will be having a poster con-test with a prize from Ham Radio Depot. We will be having a “funniest sun hat” contest for the XYLs who are interested. Bring a salad or side dish to picnic. You will need to bring your our utensils. The park is reserved for all day August 18th. Field Day: Alan (KB7SVU) Gerhard sends his greetings to everyone from Germany. Field Day is the program for today. Signup for the different bands will be Friday at Fort Flagler. Being safety conscious is a priority this year. If you are setting up an antenna or tower you MUST be wearing a hard hat. More details during the field day program after the meeting. Awards: Michael (KG7MX), Awarded Carolyn Pasquier (WV7Q) with the 2001 Pop Brown Award. The award is given to the member who has given the most to the club, amateur radio and public service. Carolyn received a stand-ing ovation from the membership. Public Service: Gary (KG7KU) public service net is back on the air. Thursday evenings at 7:30 PM on 146.82. Big thanks to Jim (KD7BAT) for maintaining the web site with all the public service information. For information please see www.mikeandkey.com/pubserve.htm or call Gary at 253-661-7882. Alligator Award: Dean timed out the repeater again so he gets to keep the award for now. Old Business New Business Good of the Order Chuck (WA7EBH) is selling discounted ferry passes. Please see him at the break. Mary (W7QGP) would like folks to renew their ARRL membership right now before the mem-ber rates go up. Mike (N7WA): Presented Atsushi (W7KN/JR1NKN) with a plaque recognizing his mem-bership in the club. Atsushi, joined the club 3 years ago and will soon be returning home to Japan. He has been an active club member and active contester. Chuck N7BV created a special plague for Atsushi to take back with him to Japan. There being no further business Jim (KD7JKT) moved to adjourn and Nils (W7RUJ), seconded the motion, Jack (N7IHS) closed the meeting at

9:45 AM. Attested: Curtis Hanner, N7MWC Secretary Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club Board Meeting Minutes, June 27, 2001 Officers present: Vice President – Mark Whitaker (KD7KUN); Secretary – Curtis Hanner (N7MWC); Treasurer – Jim Etzwiler (KD7BAT); Activity Manager – Mike Dinkelman (N7WA); Radio Officer – Harry Lewis (W7JWJ). Trustees Present: Trustee #1 – Brendan Bur-get (KD7IKV); Trustee #3 – Steve Cook (KD7IQL); Trustee #4 – Mary (W7QGP); Trus-tee #5 – Alan Hughes (KB7SVU). Visitors: Nils Hallstrom (W7RUJ), Chuck (N7BV), Jack Burrell (N7ZS), Dawn Humphrey (KC7YYB), Dan Humphrey (N7QHC), Carolyn Pasquier (WV7Q), and Sam Sullivan (N7RHE) Officer Reports COB: Alan Hughes (KB7SVU): Alan called the meeting to order at 7:13 PM. Motion made was made by Brendan (KD7IKV) to approve the board minutes as printed in the RELAY. Mark (KD7KUN) seconds the motion. The motion carries. President: Jack Grimmett (N7IHS): Not pre-sent, no report Vice President: Mark Whitaker (KD7KUN): Presents application for Theodore (KD7MTY) for membership. After discussion the board unanimously approves KD7MTY’s application for membership. Secretary: Curtis Hanner (N7MWC): Setup mail forwarding from the old PO Box in Kirk-land. Treasurer: Jim Etzwiler (KD7BAT): Major ex-penses were all field day related. Everything is within budget. Activities Manager: Mike Dinkelman (N7WA): Topic is going to be message handling and will be presented by Jan (K7YH). There will be no program in August because the picnic immedi-ately follows the general meeting. August 21st is clubs night out at the Mariner’s game. Relay Editor: Mike Dinkelman (N7WA): Dead-line is Friday the 13th. If you have good field day pictures please send them in. Radio Officer: Harry Lewis (W7JWJ): Harry has narrowed the selection for a new repeater to the GE Master II. Harry presented a report on the GE Master II and the options that we would need to purchase with it. The board re-viewed these materials. The board voted unanimously in support of Harry and his contin-ued work for the Mike and Key ARC. Committees Liaison Reports Education Committee: Steve Cook (KD7IQL): August 11th and 12th there will be a technician

The RELAY is the official tabloid of the Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club. The Mike and Key is dedicated to the growth and betterment of Amateur Radio. We meet the third Saturday of every month at the Salvation Army Renton HQ, 720 Tolbin St., near the SE corner of the Renton Airport. The Club operates repeaters on 146.22-146.82 (PL103.5), and 222.52-224.12 under the call K7LED. The Club mailing address is: POB 4234, Renton, WA 98057. All persons interested in Amateur Radio are invited to participate in the Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club and it's activities. Yearly dues are $12 for individuals and $18 for families.

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PRESIDENT Jack Grimmett N7IHS n7ihs@aol.com 425-271-7955 VICE-PRESIDENT Mark Whitaker KD7KUN mcw@nwlink.com 425-881-6260 SECRETARY Curtis Hanner N7MWC curtis@hanner.com 206-915-6145 TREASURER Jim Eztwiler KD7BAT kd7bat@arrl.net 206-633-1512 (for dues: 3935 Interlake Ave North, Seattle, WA 98103) ACTIVITY MGR Michael Dinkelman N7WA mwdink@eskimo.com 253-631-3756 RADIO OFFICER Harry Lewis W7JWJ w7jwj@aol.com 206-523-9117 TRUSTEE #1 Brendan Burget KD7IKV kd7ikv@arrl.net 206-297-3022 TRUSTEE #2 Steven Kaney N7MUT n7mut@arrl.net 425-277-3933 TRUSTEE #3 Steven Cook KD7IQL kd7iql@arrl.net 206-781-2293 TRUSTEE #4 Mary Lewis W7QGP w7qgp@aol.com 206-523-9117 TRUSTEE #5 (CoB) Alan Hughes KB7SVU kb7svu@juno.com 253-840-4947 WEBMASTER Jim Eztwiler KD7BAT kd7bat@arrl.net 206-633-1512 Chair Field Day Alan Hughes KB7SVU kb7svu@juno.com 253-840-4947 Chair Picnic Dawn Humphrey KC7YYB n7qhc@juno.com 206-243-0163 Badges/Logo Dan Humphrey N7QHC n7qhc@juno.com 206-243-0163 Chair Fleamarket Hal Goodell N7NW 253-549-4178

Club Contacts

CW Beach

20M SSB

15M SSB CW Antenna Crew

class. Public Service: Brendan Burget (KD7IKV): The next committee meeting will follow imme-diately after the July General Meeting. Collect-ing all pictures from Field Day. Please send Brendan any pictures you might have. The public service net is running again, 7PM each Thursday on 146.82. Field Day: Alan Hughes (KB7SVU): Discussed Field Day MVP and passed our select to the Awards Committee. Alan made a motion to sell the two old antennas at a silent auction at the picnic. The motion was seconded by Bren-dan. The motion carries. We need to buy a tarp to cover the trailer and Alan would like a load of gravel to keep it from sinking into his wet yard. Picnic: Dawn Humphrey (KC7YYB): Plans for the picnic at Cedar Park are moving right along. We need to get more tables and per-mission to bring the BBQ. Old Business Carolyn (WV7Q), asked for clarification of the board's directive at the last board meeting re-garding the latest proposed bylaws changes. She stated that she is a member of the newly formed bylaws committee. Since the ap-pointed chairperson, Jan, resigned during the month, the committee is now in need of direc-tion. During discussion, it was determined that all five changes proposed this year were inva-lid for lack of the necessary 3 signatures. But,

it has been 4 ½ years since the bylaws have been reviewed, so it was decided that a bylaws committee should be formed to review the en-tire package to make sure it still meets the needs of the club. Mike (N7WA) will put an announcement in the Relay, asking for volunteers for this bylaws committee. The ARES agreement to use our repeater needs to be reviewed and updated. Since we don’t have the current agreement available for review we will delay discussion until the next board meeting. New Business Carolyn (WV7Q): Is planning a committee awareness day in order to encourage activity and involvement. This is planned as part of the August General Meeting. Each committee will be highlighted and the committee chairs will give a brief overview of the their commit-tee. Nils (W7RUJ): Has the 6m rotator and he is fixing it. Mary (W7QGP): New Salvation Army Captain is coming. We need to be on our best behav-ior during this transition period. Brendan (KD7IKV): Renton River Days parade is coming up. Do we want to participate in it? Brendan will follow up on this. Jack (N7ZS): Proposes that we spend $500 as

a donation to Fort Flagler. Alan moves that we spend $500 out of the public service budget. Jim seconds the motion. The motion carries. Steve makes a motion that we regularly have a line item in the budget for frequency defense. Mark seconds the motion. There is support for frequency defense, but concern about making motions on mandatory budget items. The mo-tion fails. The secretary agrees to note the need for this new budget item and bring it up for discussion when next years budget is being created. Nils (W7RUJ): Reports that the staff of Fort Flagler is tickled to have the Mike and Key ARC come up for Field Day. The barracks were left in excellent condition. Upon inspec-tion of the bunkers the only garbage found was a single gum wrapper! We are an exceptional group and welcome anytime. There being no further business a motion by Brendan (KD7IKV) seconded by Curtis (N7MWC) to adjourn was made, and the chair-man closed the meeting at 9:20 PM. Attested: Curtis Hanner, N7MWC Secretary

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16 17 DA

18 19 PSN

20 21 Club Meeting 10AM NW DX Con-vention MKN

22 Chinatown Parade RN

23 University District Parade

24 DA

25 Board Meeting 7PM Greenwood Parade

26 RAMROD PSN

27 Tour de Terrace Prade

28 Torchlight Parade

29 WaterLand Parade RN

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31 DA

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2 PSN

3

4 Lake City Parade NA QSO Party—CW

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6 7 DA

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15 16 PSN

17 Relay Deadline

18 NA QSO Party—SSB

July-August 2001

RN – ARES Regional Net, 8PM, 146.82 DA – ARES Damage Assmnt Net, 8PM, 146.82 PSN – Public Service Net, 7PM, 146.82 MKN – Mike & Key Net, 9:15AM, 146.82

June 2001 Roster Addendum—Suffix list Burns Bob

Adams-Forsstrom Melody

Smith Kathleen

Ashford Jasmine

Raymer Bob

AAE Verschuyl Ronald K7AAE

AFS Ayengar Prahlad KB7AFS

AGF Nosler Ned N7AGF

AYC Smith Wayne KD7AYC

AYU Cross Michael WB7AYU

BAL Hughes Tressie KC7BAL

BAT Etzwiler Jim KD7BAT

BET Stitzlein, Jr. Elmer W7BET

BMD Burns Sylvia KD7BMD

BPW Forsstrom Paul EA8BPW

BSP Plank Darrell WB7BSP

BV Jones Charles N7BV

Call Last Name First Name Call Sign

CBW Keith Wilbur WB7CBW

CG Ingram Hal N5CG

CNU Danielson Rita KD7CNU

CS Lisk-Angeloff Sandra AB7CS

CTQ Skelton Rhett WL7CTQ

DG Langjahr Joe KJ7DG

DLV Snyder Eric N7DLV

DNE Dinkelman Diane KB7DNE

DOW Moddison Wayne K6DOW

DTM Mitchell David WA7DTM

DU Parton Scott KK7DU

DVC Ashford Ruth KD7DVC

EBC Leslie Eleanor KC7EBC

EBH Stroeher Charles WA7EBH

EFG Gronau Eric K7EFG

EKH Leslie Ray WA7EKH

ELI Rambo Lew WA7ELI

EOP Griggs Chuck KC7EOP

EVY Telegenhoff James KC7EVY

FJ Smith, Jr. Larry AB7FJ

FKI Hamlin James W7FKI

FMT Morris Jim WA7FMT

FQ Cloonan Tom NL7FQ

FSR Lee David KC7FSR

FYD Wolborsky Kimberly KD7FYD

GBP Panzer Gerhard DL8GBP

GEW Talltree Claire KB7GEW

GIM Brighton Dave KD7GIM

GML Hulse Bruce W7GML

GQY Ngune Kano KC2GQY

GTO Shinners Pat W7GTO

GZL Doss Calvin C. KC7GZL

HB Lahr Donald AA7HB

HDA Ovink Bob W7HDA

HIL Black John W7HIL

HKO Monaghan, Sr. Jim N7HKO

HNW Vanderpool Joe K7HNW

HNY Haverman Lloyd WA7HNY

HQG Rehnstrom John WA7HQG

HRC Pietrucha Gregory W7HRC

HWX Hart Jan WA7HWX

HX Caldwell Lou W7HX

ICB Brown Dale KC7ICB

IHS Grimmett Jack N7IHS

IIH Parton Loren KD7IIH

IKV Burget Brendan KD7IKV

IQL Cook Steven KD7IQL

IYP Doss Calvin D. KC7IYP

JD Grote Martin KI7JD

JED Clawson Jed W7JED

JJJ Svennungsen Jeannie N7JJJ

JKT Smith James KD7JKT

JML LaFerla Mike K7JML

JPW Stroeher Joyce N7JPW

JQB Dalton, Jr. Choice W. KD7JQB

JS Miranda Marcos WL7JS

JWJ Lewis Harry W7JWJ

JX Angeloff Casey K7JX

KAR Hall Mary KC7KAR

KAV Verdon Chuck N5KAV

KBK Rembaugh Don WA7KBK

KFY Sundberg Charles KD7KFY

KOT Tillett Steve K7KOT

KU Bryan Gary KG7KU

KUN Whitaker Mark KD7KUN

KWZ Ahrens Norman N7KWZ

LAV Fleming Lee KD7LAV

LAX Jurasek Michael KD7LAX

LAY Jurasek Debbie KD7LAY

LBE Smith Steven KD7LBE

MCJ Welch Bob W8MCJ

MCU Westbo Len W7MCU

MDA Hickman Don KC7MDA

MF Foster Mike N7MF

MIN Min Paul K7MIN

MJO Gill Tyler KD7MJO

MTY Kamplaine Theodore KD7MTY

MUT Kaney Stephen N7MUT

MVA Kellison-Bullard Ilona KD7MVA

MVB Bullard Paul KD7MVB

MWC Hanner Curtis N7MWC

MX Hansen Michael KG7MX

MYM Samboni Aldo N7MYM

MYU Hammel George WA6MYU

ND Christiansen Jim K7ND

NEX Vance Dick K7NEX

NFF Gibson Thomas N7NFF

NFG Bachelder Steve KD7NFG

NIW Radford Dick WA7NIW

NKN Sasaki Atsushi JR1NKN

NKO Holtan Dean N7NKO

NQ Sutton Jimmy K7NQ

NW Goodell Hal N7NW

NZJ Holly Ross N7NZJ

OES Fitzgearld Lyman KA7OES

OHO Stock Myles KB7OHO

OHT Maughan Ralph WA7OHT

ORB Heath Wayne KC7ORB

OT McGee John KI7OT

OZY Dunkel Sandra K7OZY

PEC Crooker Robert KB7PEC

PFR Becker IV John K7PFR

PGZ Hansen Mike N7PGZ

PHZ Carpenter Jim K7PHZ

PMJ Lester Phil WA7PMJ

PRS Bryan Pamela N7PRS

PSN Smith David KB7PSN

PVE Baskett Michelle WA7PVE

PWR Akerman Ned N7PWR

PZ Lowell Fred N7PZ

PZO Thomson Buzz W7PZO

Q Pasquier Carolyn WV7Q

QCV King Hap W7QCV

QDN Ingram Jo KF6QDN

QGP Lewis Mary W7QGP

QHC Humphrey Dan N7QHC

QHG Krieger Frank KA7QHG

QMI Schneebeck Tim K7QMI

QMO Martin Kathy KB7QMO

QMP Navarre Lewis W7QMP

QNB Schweitzer Robert WB7QNB

QT Fanfant Rob N7QT

QXL Sommerwerck William KA3QXL

QZC McCluskey Roy KB0QZC

RCP Gibbs Richard WB6RCP

RGC Gianacos Jim KC7RGC

RHE Sullivan Sam N7RHE

RIC Danielson Richard K7RIC

RMD Silva Ted WB7RMD

RUJ Hallstrom Nils W7RUJ

SFT Doss Vanessa KC7SFT

SIT Harris Darla KC7SIT

SKE Gibbs Judi WB6SKE

STR Benefiel Chuck N7STR

SVU Hughes Alan KB7SVU

T Schumacher Ralph WX7T

T Robinson Scott AG7T

TBR ZumBrunnen Victor WB7TBR

TCS Andrews Virgil N7TCS

TFF Donimirski Melissa KB7TFF

THX Hopwood Al KB7THX

TKV Roberts Fred W6TKV

TMW McCall Jack W7TMW

TNI Martin Ryan N7TNI

TUT Gill Mitch K7TUT

TX Vyborny Frank KF7TX

UEW Lundstrom Dick WA7UEW

UFM Hallstrom Jo KB7UFM

UFS LaFerla Ronnie KC7UFS

UIF Kozlowski Peter N7UIF

UII Westby Betty N7UII

UOC Castonguay Scott KC7UOC

V Butcher Dick KS7V

VG Antes Rick KF7VG

VIQ Rusi Ermanno N7VIQ

VMG Henshaw Frank K7VMG

VWH Hanner Dawn N7VWH

VXN Baskett Joyce KA7VXN

WA Dinkelman Michael N7WA

WJC Wilson David N7WJC

WNF Elkins Raleigh WB7WNF

WOX Walenceus John KC7WOX

WSH Olson Marilyn KB7WSH

WSO Lowell Dorothy KB7WSO

WTG Hedberg Pete K7WTG

WTG Bollmann Warner W7WTG

YB Wolborsky Barry KC7YB

YC Boessenroth Ted N0YC

YES Antes Chris KC7YES

YFH Kuhlmeier Thomas WA7YFH

YG Donimirski Jeremy W7YG

YH Hughes Bill N7YH

YH Van Allen Jan K7YH

YK Hall Bill KI7YK

YOB Bridges Richard N7YOB

YR Rau Ken K7YR

YXB Ross Micheal KB7YXB

YYB Humphrey Dawn KC7YYB

ZCT Flener Betty KB7ZCT

ZEO Roubal Ted KC7ZEO

ZK Barish Carl KC7ZK

ZPN Givens David N3ZPN

ZQT Drynan Gil KB7ZQT

ZQY Robbins John KC7ZQY

ZRM Michels Frank KA7ZRM

ZS Burrell Jack N7ZS

June 2001 Roster Errata Sheet Lew Rambo, WA7ELI — email: Ham1ram@aol.com Claire Talltree — Callsign: KB7GEW Curtis Hanner — Address and Phone: 16763 SE 49th St, Bellevue, WA 98006 425-829-1407 Vic ZumBrunnen — Callsign: WB7TBR