Central Wyoming Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

Date                :        April 25, 2026

Time                :        10:00 a.m.

Location        :        Wyoming Outdoor Council, Lander

Attendees        :        Hannes Stueckler

                        Tara Stueckler
                        Charles Burd

                        Mark Harris

                        Ralph Allen

                        Paul McTee

                        Becky Hanson

                        Kirk Baxter

                        David Maulik

Secretary:        

1. Roll call, do we have a Quorum? 
2. Membership sign up.  Dues $25 per individual, $40 per family.
3. Family member information / primary member contact info.
4. ARRL Sign up

President:        

1. Confirm Quorum
2. Introduce Officers and Committee Leaders
3. Contact secretary for any club documentation.  Every book is open for your review.
4. Benefits of Club Membership

Treasurer:        

1. Account Status $2000+ 
2. Repeaters in order, ready to be deployed

News and Updates:

1. Repeater Committee: 
   1. GMRS repeater tested.  2M Repeater Tested (Charles AI7RZ) 
   2. Griffy Hill Site Progress (Mark W7MOH)
      1. Still waiting to hear from Riverton, expectations that we clean up the site, need hands.
         1. Recommend we take all stuff & store in the shed, allow the other club to claim or donate equipment to us.
         2. Recommends we do a clean install on the site.
         3. Have an individual who will donate use of a bucket truck to do the install.
2. Meshtastic:   (Hannes KJ7VWV)
   1. W0KGB node site. Successes and Problems
      1. Cycles every  9 minutes, does not allow for good use
      2. Has the potential to connect Lander, Riverton & Lyons Valley/Hudson areas
      3. Meshtastic is better with repeaters otherwise a walkie talkie, great for backpacking and small groups at less than a mile.  Meshcore might be a better option for regional repeaters.  David Maulik is researching this option.
      4. Lower on the club funding priority.  Meshtastic isn’t panning out at a reliable local network, but is still worth supporting for experimental and educational purposes.
      5. Meshcore can be installed on our Meshtastic devices if we want to change systems eventually.
3. POTA Sinks Canyon Results (David, Charles, others?)
   1. Charles 20 meters -FT8 made 91 contacts
   2. David- 20 meters made 15 contacts
   3. New POTA site in Riverton, the Rendezvous 1838 site. KR0WS-Tanner Miller
4. Challenge for Charities
   1. Signed up & official
   2. Need people to donate time-10 volunteer hours.
   3. Steve Ng is working on getting us set up to man their aid stations.
   4. Sending mailers to Hams in Fremont/Sublette counties to solicit donations
5. LOR grant finished.
   1. End of Lander party in May @ the community center.
6. ARES laminated proword chart fundraiser.
   1. $5 for 8x11 double sided, $7 for 11x17 double sided, $10 for two 11x17 laminated single sided.
   2. Print on demand items, such as neoprene desk mats.  researched by David.
7. Pass the hat for club banner (in Memory of Frank Longtine)
   1. Between $100 & $300 needed.
   2. David may be able to get this done cheaper
   3. Kirk also volunteered to find a printer.

Raffle/Door prize

        Paul McTee won a cup holder power port for USB and 12v cig lighter plugs.

Floor open for motions and discussion.

No motions

Education

Several HF nets need volunteers for net control.

Look under the hood of the 2M repeater.