THE LOCAL OSCILLATOR - March 2008 NOTE: An HTML version is available at www.mvrc.qzxservices.com. A pdf file of the web edition is available at http://www.mvrc.qzxservices.com/pdf/LO0803.pdf. It will be easy to print that edition. If you do not have the free pdf reader, you can get it at http://www.adobe.com TABLE OF CONTENTS COMING EVENTS PRESIDENT"S CORNER DUES MARCH MEETING WEATHER SPOTTER TRAINING INCOME/EXPENSE BACK PAGE COMING EVENTS Sun CW net 7.142 MHz 4:00PM M-F 6 m FM net 52.540 6:00AM Mon WTRA Swap net 146.88 8:00PM Wed Net 146.64 6:45PM M-F Round-table 52.525 MHz 8:00PM MWF Informal get together Wal-Mart W (Valley) 10 AM TTH Informal get together Wal-Mart E (Walton) 10 AM March 1 Breakfast 8 AM Club House March 1 Business meeting 9 AM Club House March 5 Directors meeting 7 PM Club House March 8 Run Old Mesilla Race April 27 Bean Feed PRESIDENT'S CORNER KD5ZHI Hello all, we are having a great year so far. We have a new club house storage building and Bob Bennet and crew got the first paint on it last weekend. Jack made the project move quickly by daily coordination with the contractor. Thanks to all involved with the success of this project. Brad Sacca has the new controller for the 76 machine and is working with Cash Olsen to program it. We will have it on the mountain this next month and working. The intent is remote control for this repeater. We also have the been feed just around the corner. We will be finalizing the schedule for help this next week and are looking for volunteers, If you want to help out please give me a call. Lastly and most important is our dues. We are still way down from last year at this time. If you have not paid your dues please do so next meeting which will be a very good meeting that Dennis has arranged, please see his article. Thanks for all the support and I look forward to a great spring DUES N5CWW Note from the treasurer - For those who haven't yet sent in your 2008 dues this would be good time. Our fiscal year and membership year run concurrently with the calendar year so dues are due on January 1st. We continue to send the Local Oscillator through April regardless of renewal status. Membership dues form a major part of our budget.They enable us to maintain and upgrade the clubhouse, station, and repeaters as well as conduct educational and license classes among other activities.You can mail your dues to MVRC Treasurer, P.O. Box 1443, Las Cruces, NM 88004, or bring them to our business meeting the first Saturday of the month, or be creative. We'll appreciate them any way they come in. MARCH MEETING KB5TPV Brian Mileshosky (N5ZGT), ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Director and Don Wood (W5FHA), ARRL Section Manager will be attending our March business meeting. They will be our speakers and will be informing us of happenings in the ARRL. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet our section representatives from the ARRL. Please make every effort to attend the March meeting and welcome Brian and Don on their visit to the southern part of the state. WEATHER SPOTTER TRAINING AD5fe There will be a Sky-warn/Weather Spotter training class on April 23, 2008 (that's a Wed.) from 6:00 PM till 9:00 PM in the EOC at the corner of Solano and Spruce in Las Cruces, NM. If you are interested, let me know. My e-mail is schotzko@comcast.net. Also, if there is enough interes after the first class, which is a Basic/Intermediate class, there will be an advanced class held later in the year. INCOME/EXPENSE January, 2008 N5CWW INCOME Breakfast & Drinks 55.00 Dues 570.00 Equipment Sales 120.00 Total income 745.00 EXPENSES Capital Expense - 3501.33 Postage - 41.00 Tax Exempt Fee - 10.00 Utilities - 380.26 Total expenses - 3932.59 Cash and Bank Accounts as of 1Feb08 MVRC Checking 1638.98 MVRC Education Fund 2113.98 MVRC Savings Account 0.00 MVRC CD 5130.16 MVRC Petty Cash 50.00 TOTAL Cash and Bank Accounts 8933.12 BACK PAGE The newsletter is always looking for articles and notes of interest to the members of the Mesilla Valley Radio Club. Please send them to Alex. F. Burr, K5XY, Editor, MVRC Local Oscillator, 695 Stone Canyon Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88011. Small personal ads from members will also be published. It would be helpful if submissions would be made in a machine readable form. MSDOS disks are welcome. Files can also be sent to the Internet address k5xy@arrl.net. The club has a web site maintained by WA2NIJ at http://www.zianet.com/mvrc. OFFICERS Pres Tres Campbell KD5HZI 373-2008 trscam@netscape.net VPr Dennis Shepan KB5TPV 522-7466 KB5TPV@zianet.com Sec Bob Rossow KE5ISD 522-7445 fullback@zianet.com Treasurer Charlie Welch N5CWW cwwelch@usa.net BOARD Communications Henry Schotzko AD5FE 526-1922 schotzko@comcast.net Education Tim Linn KD5SSF 521-0486 KD5SSF@arrl.net Special Events Jeffrey.campbell-1.nasa.gov Newsletter Alex Burr K5XY 522-2528 k5xy@arrl.net Clubhouse Bob Bennett AD5LJ 382-0148 rpbennett1@comcast.net Repeaters Brad Sacca KC5SKE 382-4380 shiekyerbouty@msn.com JOIN THE CLUB To join the Mesilla Valley Radio Club, renew your membership, or to support the repeaters, please complete the form below and s end it with dues ($35 single, $45 family per year) to: Treasurer, MVRC, Box 1443, Las Cruces, NM 88004. Name: Address: Call: Class of License: Phone: E-Mail Address: ARRL Member? Yes? No?