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The Presidents Corner2009 has been a fun and exciting year to remember. We are very proud of JTRG's accomplishments at our 2009 Field Day. Once again, we surpassed the previous year's record of points for the event, a statistic you should all be very proud of. My thanks to all of you who helped make our 2009 Field Day event so successful!
Another great accomplishment in 2009 was the 48 New Hams who we helped to achieve their goals in becoming Licensed Amateur Radio Operators thanks to our Instructors and an outstanding VE Team. This is a part of our commitment to help promote, educate and be there to assist our communities when we are needed to respond to emergencies and disasters. In 2010 we will continue our commitment to bring more Hams into the hobby by holding more classes and exam sessions.
Our clubs website has undergone some improvements and we now have a link called “Visit Jupiter” with a listing of restaurants and businesses in our area. Also check out the link to our 2010 Peanut Island Dxpedition at http://dxpedition.jtrg.org In 2009 we qualified Peanut Island in preparation for our 2010 Dxpedition on Saturday May 29th and Sunday May 30th. Peanut Island can now be found under US Islands. There will be many Hams around the world just waiting to make contact with us. My thanks to the Dxpedition Committee for all of the time and efforts as we continue to move closer to this big event.
Our repeater upgrades are under way with the purchase of the Motorola Quantar for our primary 146.625 VHF site, the Motorola MSR 2000 VHF repeater will be moved to our back up site and we replaced the 146.715 Kenwood repeater with a Motorola MSF 5000. These upgrades will provide us with the best repeaters for our group and will insure reliable communications equipment to be used in our area for many years to come.
With the help of Mike N2ROU our club received a $1,000.00 Grant from WalMart. Way to go Mike who received our clubs 2009 Ham of the Year Award! Also with the help of Kevin W4JKJ he was able to get Dell to donate $200.00 in matching Grants.
In 2009, with the help of Scott W0JSF and Glenn AJ4OK, we now are a part of an International Ham Radio Club. There will be other clubs around the world who will be joining and sharing their experiences and correspondence with us. There is a Yahoo group email address for this effort and it is helloradio@yahoogroups.com
For those of you who are also into photography, you will be able to share your activities on another Yahoo group created by Chuck N4SDW. The link is: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jtrgphotography/ which is a part of our JTRG Group.
The Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group will have many different activities going on throughout 2010 with events such as Amateur Radio Classes, Amateur Radio Exams, the Jupiter Jubilee, Field Day, Adopt A Highway program, Club Picnics, Food For Families drive, working communications for the Jupiter Farms Parade and the Jupiter Tequesta Parade, Club Meetings every other month, some with special guests, and our regularly scheduled weekly Rag Chew Net. Now that our club has grown to over 125 members, there is something for everyone to enjoy including a Slow Scan Net on Wednesdays at 7:30pm on the 146.715 repeater Pl 110.9 In 2010 we will build on our strengths which have been to help promote Amateur Radio in a positive way in and around our communities, continue to educate those individuals seeking to join this hobby, demonstrate our skills at public events, enjoying the hobby and helping others when called upon. For those interested in helping out during disasters you will need to take the FEMA on line courses; IS-100, 200,700 and 800, the ARECC Courses; Levels I, II, and III and one other educational opportunity is the Skywarn Beginner and Advanced class which is usually held at the PBC EOC. Other groups that you may want to consider joining is the PBC ARES and the ARRL. When you join the ARRL you will receive the QST magazine and the ARRL assists you when your license is about to expire or if you change your address. These are just a few of the many benefits available to you when you join the ARRL.
As always, my sincere thanks to all of our club members for all of your contributions at all of our events, helping to promote the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group for our success and the future of our fun and exciting hobby. A special thanks to the Town of Jupiter for allowing us to use their facilities, the American Red Cross, Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue, PBC Fire Chiefs Association for allowing us use of the emergency trailer at Field Day, all of our Committee Groups, Net Control Operators, the leadership skills of our Club Officers, JTRG Board of Directors, all of our sponsors, our supporters and of especially all of our club members. 73, AG4BV |
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