November Members meeting

The November members meeting is back at Mashcraft in Fishers.
6:30 PM be there or be square.

MASHCRAFT

11069 Allisonville Rd
Fishers, IN 46038

Piglet Meeting 11/21/2022

6:46 p.m. Piglets assemble at Tequila Sunrise :sunrise:

In attendance:

W9CZK

AC9XK

KD9UGB

W9DCL

W9LMR

AE9TC and XYL Nancy

KD9RPL

KD9MEQ

W9KD

KC9AAP

KD9ULV

KD9MAK

07:00 p.m. Applicant vote in:

W9DCI Jeff

Jeff lives in Carmel and grew up in Central Indiana. Married with 2 grown boys (empty nesters).

-Tech in 2017

-General August 2022

-Looking for a club to learn more about radio.

07:03 Jeff voted in unanimously

Additional members not present to be voted in:

Mark KD9UYC

Eric KC9TJJ

Gary W9ST

07:07 p.m. all members voted in

07:08 p.m. W9CZK discusses how Piglet Radio came to be and our purpose

07:15 Foxhunt was discussed

Derek, KD9MEQ nominated as Chair of Foxhunts

Next foxhunt discussed: 12/04 at 12 PM

07:16 November Amateur Radio Library Presentation discussed

The possibility of another library presentation at Carmel Library was discussed

07:23 AC9XK discusses the Fort Wayne Hamfest, the Piglet Radio presence and the interest in Piglet Radio

07:27 Winter Field Day Discussion

Possible locations:

-Osprey Point Reservoir

-Cool Creek Nature Center

-Red Bridge Park Cicero suggested by KD9RPL

-W9CZK suggested we could do overnight or just day operating. This should be put to a vote to gauge overnight interest.

07:36 Piglet Monthly Meeting Time Discussion

-Suggestions to move the meeting to a “library” location

-Mondays vs Fridays

-Another poll for Mondays vs Fridays should be put out

07:45 Financial Update by KC9AAP

07:46 Google update including club email and Hortonville net recordings

07:52

W9CZK asks the club for Hortonville Topics:

-Portable Antennas

-Satellites

-Contesting

-Intro to HF

-IRLP

-SSTV

-3D printing for ham radio

-Wires X

-Ham radio options for tech license

8:20 W9DCI very generously pays for everyone’s Piglet Dinner has been given “founder status”.

8:25 meeting adjourned.