NPARC Meeting notes: Monday, July 24, 2017 Time start: 7:30 PM Location: NP Senior Center/Decorso Center, E. 4th St., New Providence, NJ. Attendees: K2AL,K2EFB,K2EZR,KB2FCV,AC2GL,K2GLS,KD2JRI,K2JV,KA2MPG,KC2OSR,W2PTP,N2TO,KC2WUF.AE2JP, W2YEZ. REMINDER: PLEASE SIGN THE ATTENDANCE SHEET WHEN YOU ARE PRESENT AT THE MEETINGS. SEVERAL MEMBERS DID NOT SIGN IN, BUT ARE LISTED ABOVE. 1. W2PTP, President, called the meeting to order at 8PM. A) NPARC Field Day N2XJ/W2FMI logs submitted by KC2WUF B) Field Trips- Harry, W2YEZ. discussed several possibilities for club field trips. Harry to present more specifics regarding cost, minimum visitors, dfates and times, etc., at the August 14 meeting. These trips may be combined with Senior Center field trips. Possible trips include: 1. Bell Labs museum tour/"Technology Showcase"- tentative dates of October 21 and September 5. 2. Raritan Valley Planetarium. (August 24- $15?) Harry to confirm time and cost. C) KC2OSR has sent the first batch of DX Outgoing QSL Bureau cards to the ARRL. D) KB2FCV has reserved The Chimney Rock Restaurant for Saturday, December 2, 2017 for our annual NPARC Holiday and Awards Luncheon. Keep the date open! 2. K2JV passed around a copy of a Japanese ham radio magazine. 3. AEJP discussed a potential new club project- A DIY Transistor/Capacitance/Inductance/rotary encoder/frequency counter ESR test meter. It involves some minor SMT soldering with which Jon can help. Jon has posted info on the club reflector regarding this project. Please relay inquiries regarding this project to AE2JP directly or via the reflector. More details at the August 14 meeting. 4. KA2MPG appropriately presented several how-to videos on surface mount tecnology and the soldering of surface mount components. The rest of the meeting was spent ragchewing, drinking coffee and once again,enjoying Norma Cohen's homebaked goods. Meeting was over by 9:00 Al Hanzl K2AL Secretary, NPARC August 5, 2017