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ALLEGAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

March 14th, 2026

Meeting Opened At: 10:07 AM
Pledge, Sign-In sheet and Introduction Yes

Topic/Program:

Secretary’s Report: Not much to report few email correspondence and website updates made.

Treasure’s Report: Balances read. Cash withdrawal for the swap meet. 

Motion: Dennis WB3LHU Second: James KB8VUC

Group Reports
				
Auxiliary Communication: March 19th, 2026 7PM
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010
Preparing for the Michigan QSO party and the Skywarn training both on April 18th information will be sent out in an email. 

Allegan County SAR: April 8th, 2026 7PM
Location and topic TBD
March meeting was cancelled. Nothing needed to be discussed.

VE Team: March 28th, 2026 9AM
Martin Township Building 998 Templeton St, Martin MI 49070
Looking forward to it!

Up Coming Events:Next club Meeting: April 14th, 2026 7PM Plainwell Public Safety
Back to our normally scheduled meeting dates. 

AC8RC Mini Swap: April 11th, 2026
Salem Township Hall 3003 142nd Ave, Dorr, MI 49314
Setup: 6:30AM-8:00AM Run time: 8:00AM-11:30AM
$5 Buying or selling. 
Dennis will be working in the kitchen. Randy has donated a small emergency kit to add to the door prizes. Talkpod has sent us some POC “radios” and we still have the dual band Talkpods that were sent to us before.

We still have some club items that have been donated overtime to sell. 

Michigan QSO Party: April 18th, 2026 
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010
Start time is noon. more details to come.
Looking forward to it. Keep an eye on your email for more information. 

Club Camping Trip: June 4th-7th, 2026
Fort Custer State Park 
Questions? Ask Randy W8RMN randymacneill@gmail.com
Even if you’re not planning on camping, come out and join us for a potluck on Saturday night. We are centered around site #5

Summer Field Day: June 27th-28th, 2026 
East Saugatuck Community Park 5599 136th Ave, Hamilton, MI 49419
Will look at planning out where antennas and trailers will be placed. John is going to talk to the park to see where we are allowed to go out to. Main goal is to get some separation between antennas. Club picnic will be on Saturday around 5PM. Look at putting together a plan in the next couple of meetings. It would be nice to have a CW operator!


Club Activities/Presentations/Opportunities: 
Any ideas -!! The club is interested in Your thoughts and suggestions  

Possible presentation on the new digital mode FT-2 

Old Business:

Club Pota Operations: 
Look at the possibility of getting together on some weekends to operate some parks. 
March 28th, 2026 Yankee springs starting at noon. At Murphys point near the boat launch on Gun Lake. 

New Business:

Nothing new to cover. 


Meeting closed @ 11:30 AM
Respectfully submitted	Seth McPherson KE8GOJ Club Secretary

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