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ALLEGAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

February 14th, 2026

Meeting Opened At: 10:00 AM
Pledge, Sign-In sheet and Introduction yes

Topic/Program: Peter N8YEL weather balloon presentation. 

Secretary’s Report: No report


Treasure’s Report: Balances Read. Winter field day food and testing fees deducted.

Motion: Jim AC8AG Second: Mike KC1KVR


Group Reports
				
Auxiliary Communication: February 19th, 2026 7PM
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010
No update

Allegan County SAR: March 11th, 2026 7PM
Location: TBD
Last meeting topic was SOPs there is now a google drive containing all the SOPs for Search and rescue.

VE Team: March 28th, 2026 9AM
Martin Township Building 998 Templeton St, Martin MI 49070
Successful test session at the winter field day event 4 participants that all passed! Next session will be at the normal location. 

Up Coming Events:
Next club Meeting: March 14th, 2026 10AM Plainwell Public Safety 
Last winter daytime meeting after March will be back to Tuesday nights.

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. 
Looking forward to it!

Michigan QSO Party: April 18th, 2026 
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010
more details to come. Start time is Noon


Club Camping Trip: June 4th-7th, 2026
Fort Custer State Park 
Questions? Ask Randy W8RMN randymacneill@gmail.com


Summer Field Day: June 27th-28th, 2026 
East Saugatuck Community Park 5599 136th Ave, Hamilton, MI 49419


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



Old Business:

Club Pota Operations:
Lots of ideas for parks we can activate and look at getting some dates on the calendar.

240 Repeater interference:


New Business:

Winter Field Day: How did it go?
Food was good, we did better than we did last year with score of 8694 points and 369 contacts! Thank you to everyone who came out and operated or just hung out!

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

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