ALLEGAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
August 12, 2025
Attending: James (KD8VUC), Will (KE8MJT), Ray (N8LRP), Carl (KB8FQJ), Randy (W8RMN), Ron, our newest Extra Kayla Kramsvogel (AD8PO) and John (AC8HZ)
Meeting Opened At: 19:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance
Pledge, Sign-In sheet and Introduction
Topic/Program: 1:1 Balun Build
Secretaries Report:
No Report
Treasures Report:
Report given, (Motion to accept subject to audit) Carl / (S) Ray / Passed
Group Reports Reports given
Auxiliary Communication: August 21st, 2025 7 PM
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010
Allegan County SAR: August 14th, 2025 7 PM
Location: Plainwell High School
No Meeting due to the concert/fundraiser the next day.
VE Team: September 27th, 2025 9 AM
Martin Township Building 998 Templeton St, Martin MI 49070
Up Coming Events:
Next club Meeting: September 9th, 2025 7 PM Plainwell Public Safety
Possible ideas mentioned, another POTA, tour of the facility
Club Activities/Presentations/Opportunities:
Any ideas -!! The club is interested in Your thoughts and suggestions
Old Business:
Monterey Center remote power controller: Seth has spoken to Jeff at CCOMM, and we will be scheduling the installation soon.
Club Insurance: Motion was passed in May to start club insurance with a cap of $50 per year.
John was paid back for this.
New Business:
Club booth at the Allegan County Fair
Signup Sheet created, and passed around for the 3 days.
Randy signed up for all 3 days,
Carl for Saturday
Meeting closed @
Respectfully submitted Seth McPherson KE8GOJ Club Secretary
Thank you Randy W8RMN for taking notes for me.
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ALLEGAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
July 8, 2025
Meeting Opened At: 7:03 PM
Pledge, Sign-In sheet and Introduction Done
Topic/Program: Short Video QFH antenna for satellites.
Secretaries Report: no correspondence, working on some historical projects such as old meeting minutes, past club officers and trustees. website has been updated, and some adjustments have been made to MailChimp to be able to post to Facebook when I send out emails.
Treasures Report: Balances Read deposit from dues and radio sales at Dayton. a purchase made for N3FJP Logging software was made.
Motion: Mike James Second: James Kooistra.
Group Reports
Auxiliary Communication: July 17th, 2025 7PM
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010
AUXCOMM now has a Shares and Amateur Station License with VARA
Allegan County SAR: July 9th, 2025 7PM
Location: Little John Lake County Park Topic: Sar Topo Training
No Update
VE Team: July 26th, 2025 9AM
Martin Township Building 998 Templeton St, Martin MI 49070
A few people signed up.
Up Coming Events:
Next club Meeting: August 12th, 2025 7PM Plainwell Public Safety
Topic TBD
Fox Hunt: July 12th-13th, 2025 9AM-5PM
Starting location: Home Depot in Plainwell
Club Activities/Presentations/Opportunities:
Any ideas -!! The club is interested in Your thoughts and suggestions
1:1 Balun build sign up on the google form sent out in the email.
Need to order soon. Cut off date Monday the 14th.
Old Business:
Monterey Center remote power controller: Seth has spoken to Jeff at CCOMM, and we will be scheduling the installation soon.
Collins Radio Sale/Auction:
John has sold the last radio at Dayton. Thank you for your work.
Old Business Continued:
Club Insurance: Motion was passed in May to start club insurance with a cap of $50 per year.
John will be looking into and signing up for insurance soon.
New Business:
Summer Field Day Report:
Randy has uploaded the log. Thank you to everyone who came out and operated or helped setup!
Allegan Public Library presentation: we did not have anyone show up to the presentation thank you to John Hanse, Randy MacNeil and James Kooistra from coming out.
Meeting closed @ 8:05 PM
Respectfully submitted Seth McPherson KE8GOJ Club Secretary
For more information please email us at AC8RCMI@gmail.com