The meeting was called to order by President Henry Weidman, K2BFY, at 8:30 am, Saturday, August 16, 2014, at the Leesburg Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at 605 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag to the United States Of America was recited.

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Attendees:

W5ODJ, JOHN
KM4EKZ, CHRIS
AJ4EY, DODSON
KJ4GYH, MARCIA
KF4TJI, DENNY
KF4TJJ, CAROL
KK4RNV, VAL
K0BRA, FRANK
AI4UX, MARGARET
N4TS, BILL
KJ4NXG, BOB
KD7UIY, BEN
K0ZR, JEFF
KJ4VTH,, BILL
KE4S, DAVE
W3KZQ, BUD
W4AU, JOHN
AI2C, NORM
KG4UPR, BRYAN
NC4S, GARY
N3EV, GENE
KD2UW, STEVE
K2BFY, HENRY
KI4NHV, ERIC
N4PD, PAUL
W2YE, DICK
K4FW, JIM
KM4DLV, DAVE
KJ4GYL, KEN
KI4UTB, JAY
K5NOB, LUTHER

Visitors:

Steve Hutchenson, KE2UW. Licensed in NY, been all around. MARC club member.

Contesting:
John Unger, W4AU
North American QSO Sideband (NAQP) (today). 12 hours long starting at 13:00 local time. All bands (10-160). Can work the same guy on different bands. Exchange is Name and State. Keep things terse in the exchange. Power limited to 100 watts. No amplifiers allows at all.

Nominating committee:

John Unger, W4AU
Paul Dluehosh, N4PD

Nominations:
President: Henry Weidman, K2BFY
Vice President: Ken Sullivan, KJ4GYL
Treasurer, Ben Packard, N3FQ
Secretary, John Westerman W5ODJ
All affirmed in a club vote and seconded on January 17, 2015 at 08:58 am.

Awards:

Presidents Award: KG4UPR, Bryan, tirelessly supporting all of the nets throughout the weeks in 2014 VA QSO Party: Several given who were not present at the Christmas dinner.

Door prices allocated.

Recognition for the holiday party staff and supporters in the club who helped put things on for all of us. We salute you.

HF digital mode "Go Kit" presentation by John Westerman with demonstration. For full, updated, presentation go to this Dropbox link (and is also on K4LRG.ORG at http://history.k4lrg.org/Projects/HF_Go_Kit_by_W5ODJ/GoKit_Presentation.odp .)

The presentation was developed in Libre Open Office. Slides in the presentation have a custom "animation" and is designed to be presented in a sequence. If you view the slides stand alone there will be images that appear to be overlapped to one another. The presentation is best viewed as a slide show.

Motion to make a $300 donation to the church for our use of their facilities was made and seconded.

Next Month: Zeno will be giving presentation on mesh networking.

Posted To QST de K4LRG by: "John Westerman" <[email protected]>

Respectfully Submitted, John Westerman, W5ODJ, Secretary

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