Wilderness Road Amateur Radio Club (WRARC) Monthly Meeting Minutes for October 27, 2026
Hybrid meeting via Dennis’ Zoom account. (Thanks Dennis!)
Meeting called to order by President Mike May (KF4FMQ) at 1930 hours EST.
Attendees: 11 attending members and 0 guests of 11 total: (A quorum was present.)
- Harold Miller (AF6MB)
- Mike May (KF4FMQ)
- Chris Galbreath (KG4UQL)
- Doug Collins (KA4SWT)
- Tony Cromwell (KB4TC) V
- Ken Douglass (KY4KD) V
- Dennis Weiskircher Sr. (K3KZU) V
- Taylor Scott (KA9CKI)
- Bill Waldschmitt (W9WA) V
- Ronnie Murphy (KG4AYP)
- Andy Rose (KI6SEP) V
The previous monthly meeting was Sept 28, 2026. Motion to accept Minutes of meeting as published (via email) by Harold 2nd by Taylor Passed by acclamation.
Treasurer’s Report:
Now is the time for membership renewal for 2027. Members can send a check payable to American Legion Post 46 to: Ken Douglass 108 Chandler Dr. Danville, KY 40422. Full legion members can renew online at: legion.org and click on the renew prompt and follow the instructions. Legion Dues are: Full Members $40, Sons of The American Legion: $20 and Associate Legion Members: $20.
- Starting balance $
- Expenses $
- Ending balance $
Past Activities Report:
The WRARC Coffee Social was scheduled for Friday, October 2, 2026 (1st Friday of month) at 0900L at Red Rooster Cafe. 5 attended service was fair.
General meeting of The American Legion Boyle Post 46 was held at 1900L hours on Tuesday,October 6th, 2026 (1st Tuesday of the month).
VE Testing on Oct 24th was cancelled.
Old Business:
Bourbon Chase was successfully completed. WRARC was complimented by attendees for being better than the official Tracking app, and a valuable resource. Additional information in attached report.
New Business:
See Financial Note regarding Dues.
We are still looking for an Activities Manager.
We discussed the JTB1B antenna and the issue with replacing the capacitors in the base. It was suggested that they may be just regular 5pg -> 20 pf 100V disc caps.
We discussed the club purchasing it’s own 10×10 or 12×12 pavilion with walls for the next event. Mike was given the go-ahead to collect information.
Future Activities:
Taylor announced the Club will be active in the ARRL Sweepstakes event, November 21 (1300 Local) , the same day as the Post 46 annual free Thanksgiving dinner (for members).
Come on down to the WRARC Ham shack, and stay after for the dinner!
The WRARC Coffee Social is scheduled for Friday, November 6th, 2026 (1st Friday of month) at 0900L, at the Red Rooster.
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).
Club elections will be held next month (NOV). Run for Office, contribute to the Club! Most positions are available, with the existing Officers more than willing to train you.
Next monthly general meeting of The American Legion Boyle Post 46 at 1900L hours on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 (1st Tuesday of the month).
Next VEC Testing: Not yet scheduled, your input on times and dates is requested. See http://www.wrarc.com/ve-testing/ for details. Pre-registration is requested but not required.
The next WRARC hybrid monthly club meeting will be on Tuesday, November 24thth, 2026 (4th Tuesday of month)
Adjournment. Motion to Adjourn by Doug, 2nd by Tailor. Passed by acclamation. Adjourned at approx. 2040 hours EST.
Minutes respectfully submitted, by Harold Miller (AF6MB)
After meeting Presentation:
Bourbon Chase After Action Report
Bourbon Chase 2026 WRARC Crew
Exchange zone
- Ken Douglass
- Taylor Scott
- Harold Miller
- Peter McCaffrey
- Andy
Spotting
- Chris Galbreath
- Doug Collins
- Rodd Neely + crew
- Mike May
- Ronnie Murphy
- It rain most of time but was dry during setup & breakdown
- City support impressive:
- City ground level outlets were broken & not powered on Wednesday when Mike tested but were repaired and operational for Chase
- Our Main St setup was in street directly in front of Central bank exit
- We had permission to bring van to location to unload
- First runner due at Exchange at 1745
- fastest team would have had Runner at Spotting at 1729.
- Runner actually at Spotting 1 hour earlier at 16:29
- We were operational for first runner!!
- 207 runners spotted, about 10 had no visible bids;
- 217 Teams finished per Ragnar!
- We got 100% of visible bibs!!
- Our Display very popular
- Many comments that the Ragnar runner tracking app wasn’t working/was glitchy.
- We operated from 16:30 until 21:30.
Issues: - Backup battery UPS at Display drew 15A when recharging which tripped City breakers.
- We found charge switch and changed it to 5A….after Chase.
- Battery sufficient for entire event.
- We don’t know actual current limit of City outlets.
- Rain direction changed: we need panels for all sides of popup at Display. (First time we’ve had
rain going back to 2018!) - Took a while for it to get dark enough for projector to be visible.
- Probably want TV to display in parallel with projector until dark.
- Leaky canopy at spotting
- Need separate rain protection within canopy for radio, computers