The CRES Amateur Radio Club held its first quarter general meeting
of the 2006 calendar year at the New Albany Library on Wednesday,
22 March 2006.  Those in attendance were: President Bill Erwin/N9CX,
Vice President David Brown/K8AX, Secretary/Treasurer Rob Stampfli/
KD8WK, Contest Coordinator Carl Yaffey/K8NU, VE Coordinator Art
Grandle/KD8ZG, Past President Tricia Kovacs/KC8HIH and members K8KJ,
WA8LBZ, K8TX, KD8BJ, W8AGS, W3CRZ, K8RSP, K8ON, W8RJM, W8REW, K8LE,
K8LJ, and N4DLR.

Bill Erwin called the business portion of the meeting to order
promptly at 7:00 PM.

Our newest member, George Foy/N4DLR, who joined the club just prior
to tonight's meeting, was recognized.

The minutes of the December meeting were approved, along with the
Treasurer's Report, which reported the club had $177.39 in the
cash account, $2547.31 in Telhio savings, and $4361.33 in CDs.
The audit of the club's financials for FY 2003 - 2005 has been
completed, and the Treasurer, on behalf of the club, wishes to
thank Dave Brown, David Jeffords/K8ON, and Tricia Kovacs for
the time and efforts they expended in performing the audit.

Reports from the standing committees:

Repeater:  Dave Woolf/K8RSP reported the repeater was generally
in good shape, although there seems to be a sensitivity problem,
suspected to be in the link receiver at the main site, which the
committee is studying.

VE Team:  Art Grandle reported we will be holding a ham radio
exam session on April 1.  Those VEs desiring to attend the team
breakfast should meet at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant (SR 204 &
SR 256) at 7:30 AM on the 1st.  Otherwise, VEs are asked to be
at the site, Parkview Presbyterian Church, at 8:45 AM.

Field Day:  Bob Cartwright/W3CRZ reported he is (1) looking for
suggestions for things to do, (2) looking for helpers, and (3)
looking into putting together an order for Field Day club shirts
and pins.

Carl Yaffey announced he had brought some floppy disks to the
meeting and anyone who wanted them could help themselves.

Dave Woolf reported we could use Parkview Presbyterian Church 
for our next presentation (it has a VGA projector which Carl
needs), but the church will be undergoing a significant
construction project at that time.  Tricia Kovacs offered to
provide a portable projector borrowed from her employer as
an alternative.

Dave Woolf reported he had repaired the Marconi deviation
meter and would bring it to a future meeting so that those
who wanted to bring in their rigs could check and adjust
their deviation, power output, and receiver sensitivity.

Tricia announced that she was close to locking in Friday,
April 21, for a tour of the WOSU transmitter facility at
the Fawcett Center on Olentangy River Road.  The tour will
be at noon and take about an hour.  Tricia also displayed
an updated club flyer she had created for advertizing the
club to prospective members.

Dave Brown presented the topics for our upcoming meetings:
Our next general meeting, in June, will feature Carl Yaffey
(perhaps with some assistance from Dave Woolf and Bob
Kenyon/K8LJ) speaking on "An Intro to Amateur Satellites."
In September, Mike Rauh/W8GT will give a talk on "What's
Wrong with our Present-Day Receivers?"  Finally, the
December meeting will feature a Dave Woolf and Bob Kenyon
presentation on antenna modelling programs.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 PM, after which Dave
Brown and Al Mecozzi/WA8LBZ presented a program consisting
of a photo-tour of member hamshacks and antenna farms with
each participant in turn describing his or her station.

Respectfully submitted,
Rob Stampfli/KD8WK
CRES-ARC Secretary/Treasurer