Wilderness Road Amateur Radio Club (WRARC)
Monthly Meeting Minutes for January 27 2026
Hybrid meeting via Dennis’ Zoom account. (Thanks Dennis!)
Meeting called to order by President Mike May (KF4FMQ) at 1935 hours EST.
Attendees: 8 attending members and 0 guest of 8 total: (A quorum was present.)
- Mike May (KF4FMQ)
- Bill Waldschmidt (W9WA)
- Ken Douglass (KY4KD)
- Dennis Weiskircher Sr. (K3KZU)
- Peter Rock (KJ4ND)
- Taylor Scott (KA9CKI)
- John Wulf (K4FT)
- Tony Cromwell (KB4TC)
Guests; None
Previous monthly meeting was November 25, 2025. Motion to accept Minutes of meeting as published (via
email) by Dennis (K3KZU), 2nd by Peter (KJ4ND). Passed by acclamation.
Treasurer’s Report:
$ Starting balance
$
$ Ending balance.
Past Activities Report:
The WRARC Coffee Social is scheduled for Friday, December 5th 2025 (1st Friday of month) at 0900L at
Cracker Barrel. 8 attended?
ARRL 10-Meter Contest on 12/13 from 1300 t0 1800 at the club room.
NA QSO Party SSB on 1/17 from 1300 to 1800 club room.
The weekly WRARC OTA club net is each Wednesday evening at 2000L on the club’s 2m Repeater:
145.310 MHz with -600 kHz offset and Split PL Code 100 Hz (i.e. 100 Hz on both Tx CTCSS & Rx
CTCSS).
Next monthly general meeting of The American Legion Boyle Post 46 at 1900L hours on Tuesday,
December 2th, 2025 (1st Tuesday of the month).
Next VEC Testing: Saturday, January 24, 2026 starting at 1000L at The American Legion Post 46
building, 45 Spears Lane, Danville, KY. See http://www.wrarc.com/ve-testing/ for details. Pre-registration is
requested but not required. One tested and passed the extra exam.
Old Business:
Elections were held, all officers and one director reelected. Taylor Scott, (KA9CKI) elected replacing Ray
Whitehouse as the second bi-annual director.
New Business:
Current Membership number is at 37
Emergency Frequency protocol:
1) Use our repeater as normal operation
If the repeater does not function normally, use
2) Use the repeater output frequency and operate in simplex mode
Ken asked if someone could take over the club website. It has gotten more complicated than he is able to
figure out.
Dennis discussed the 3-3-3 recommended practice for emergency communications. Channel 3, 3 minutes
for listening/broadcasting, every third hour.
Future Activities:
The WRARC Coffee Social is scheduled for Friday, February 6th, 2026 (1st Friday of month) at 0900L at a
local restaurant.
CQ WW RTTY Contest 2/14/26 at 1300 at the clubroom.
The weekly WRARC OTA club net is each Wednesday evening at 2000L on the club’s 2m Repeater:
145.310 MHz with -600 kHz offset and Split PL Code 100 Hz (i.e. 100 Hz on both Tx CTCSS & Rx
CTCSS).
Next monthly general meeting of The American Legion Boyle Post 46 at 1900L hours on Tuesday,
February 3rd, 2026 (1st Tuesday of the month).
Next VEC Testing: Saturday, April 26, 2026 starting at 1000L at The American Legion Post 46 building, 45
Spears Lane, Danville, KY. See http://www.wrarc.com/ve-testing/ for details. Pre-registration is requested
but not required.
Next WRARC hybrid monthly club meeting will on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (4th Tuesday of month).
Adjournment. Motion to Adjourn by Bill (W9WA), 2nd by Taylor (KA9CKI). Passed by acclamation.
Adjourned at 1005 hours EST.
Minutes respectfully submitted,
Mike May for Harold Miller (AF6MB)
After-meeting Presentation: None