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ALLEGAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

July 14th, 2026

Attendees: John Hanse, Mike James, Mark Buskik, Kayla K, Randy MacNeill, James Kooistra, Ron Vriensma


Meeting Opened At:
Pledge, Sign-In sheet and Introduction 7:05 PM

Topic/Program:
Video - Building an Antenna w/o analyzer

Secretary’s Report:
No Report

Treasure’s Report:
Need receipts for Field Day. Motion (James)/ Second (Mike J) / Passed.

Group Reports

Auxiliary Communication: July 16th, 2026 7PM - Cancelled
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010

Allegan County SAR: August 12th, 2026 7PM
Location: TBD
Concert coming up, August 13th, 7PM – Plainwell HS Auditorium

VE Team: July 25th, 2026 9AM
Martin Township Building 998 Templeton St, Martin MI 49070

Up Coming Events:
Next club Meeting: August 11th, 2026 7PM Plainwell Public Safety



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

Old Business:

Grant Application: Ideas for upgrades to our systems.


Club Pota operations: Next outing date?

Field Day Results

New Business:
Allegan Fair Booth – need to have Jason contact Rodney for tickets.

Elections are coming up too. Oct/nominations, Nov/elections.

Christmas Party December 12th. Location – Suggestions??


A different video was shown: Is your antenna really effective?

Closed meeting at:

Thank you Randy W8RMN for taking minuets in my absence.



Respectfully submitted Seth McPherson KE8GOJ Club Secretary

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