Greetings fellow Amateurs!
Ken Read her, call sign VE6CBZ, President of the Calgary Amateur Radio Association.
We are going to try something new. The January CARA General Meeting will, barring availability, at the Calgary Sports Car Club on the afternoon of Saturday, January 20th rather than the Tuesday evening of January 23, 2024. The topic will be a ‘hands on presentation’ of repeaters (the fun stuff) by Doug Howard, VE6CID followed by a short financial presentation because we have to. We’ll keep the dry stuff to a minimum. There will also be having an outdoor barbeque at the Calgary Sports Car Club.
As a club, we’re also now looking at collapsing the special interest group meetings (DX and VHF) in favour of just one general meeting a month. Topics presented going forward will be from both groups. The thinking at the last general meeting is that the cross-interest exposure may help foster more interest and participation in CARA activities. Your thoughts would be much appreciated.
We still need two volunteers to work with our Treasurer, Stephane VE6NR to go over the books to prepare for the AGM taking place in January. The volunteers need not be accountants. All we need are open eyes and minds. The two volunteers cannot be members of the Executive. Anyone interested is asked to reach out to Stephane at treasurer@caraham.org.
We do have a number of winter events coming up that you might want to start thinking about. The Cookie Race and the Cochrane Winter Rally will need volunteers.
The CARATELS Net runs every Tuesday afternoon at 1PM on VE6RYC 2M. The Thursday Evening Rag Chew Net runs every Thursday evening at 7PM on VE6RYC 2M. The Monday Evening Rag Chew Net will take place on VE6RYC 6M at 7PM. Anyone who wishes to check in to any of these three nets is most welcome.
Peter LaGrandeur has again volunteered to take on the post-Christmas Party this winter. I look forward to seeing what he can put together for us.
Have fun with which ever amateur radio activity you choose. That’s what it’s all about.
73, Ken Read, VE6CBZ
