Here are some ideas floating around in my mind that aren’t big enough for their own items. or would be too much work to make into their own item:
- 30 guys showed up for the ARROW meeting last night. Not bad for a meeting in the middle of August.
- Club activity continues to pick up. I’m actually getting people to volunteer to give presentations at meetings, and members other than board members are actually initiating club events. For example, Steve, WB8WSF, organized a club station for the ARRL UHF Contest last weekend and is planning to do the same for the VHF Contest next month.
- One thing I’d like to see our club do is get more involved with kids and middle schools and high schools. On the ARRL Club Presidents mailing list, one guy mentioned that his club mentors a student group in a robotics competition. I’m going to have to see if we can’t do something like that, too. Another idea would be to get involved with the Detroit Science Fair.
- At the meeting last night, a guy mentioned to me that he reads my blog every day. Whoa! That means I not only should I post here more often, but that I have to post something interesting as well. (Well, OK, I’ll shoot for semi-interesting. :)
- The presentation was on Logbook of the World, a repository of log records submitted by users from around the world. The idea is for operators to submit their electronic logs and let LOTW electronically generate QSLs. You don’t actually get the card, but then again, you don’t have to wait years for a card to arrive, either. I think LOTW is great if all you’re after is a high DXCC listing, but I wouldn’t want to see it completely replace the QSL card.
- I just received another QSL for my collection of cards from stations whose calls spell words. Thanks, Al, KA3FAD!
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