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Archives for June 2022

General Meeting Monday June 20, 2022 at 7:00PM

June 17, 2022 by John Comanzo

This SARA meeting will be Hybrid: in-person at Alplaus Fire House and via Zoom

7:00—8:30 PM ………….Speaker Presentation

(Zoom link to be sent out separately prior to the meeting)

Field Day 2022 and Annual Business Meeting

Speaker: Tim Long W2UI and James MacMurray N2UZQ

Abstract: The June meeting is also our annual business meeting, including our annual election of Board Members and Officers.

Officers and Board of Directors Nominations for 2022-2023 are:

President: Jim Silva WA2JMS

Vice President: Skip Evans W2YJL

Secretary: Jim Stewart K2PK

Treasurer: Tim Long W2UI

Board member: John Clement, NM2R

Board member: Dean Poeth, II, K8TM

Board member: Paul Siemers, WY2F

Board member: Bob Saltzman, WB2ARK

Please plan to attend this meeting.

About our speakers:
Tim Long got his start in amateur radio in 1961 when he passed his Novice exam given by his scoutmaster WA2FFJ and received call WN2KHQ. That call sign became WB2KHQ, then WA4DXR, then WB2SPN, and now W2UI. Tim has served SARA in various positions including many years as Secretary, two stints as Vice President, two tours as President, and countless years as Treasurer (dues cheerfully accepted). Tim holds BSEE and MSCS degrees and is now retired after a career with Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp. in West Milton. Besides ham radio antenna work and Field Day, Tim enjoys golf.

James MacMurray was born in 1972 and grew up in Scotia. James was licensed in 1993 and received his Extra while going to college for Data Communications. He is past president of SARA, current treasurer for SMARA, Emergency Coordinator for Schenectady County ARES, and Assistant Section Manager for Eastern NY. He has served as a Director for SARA for the past 6 years and served SMARA as a past President, Vice President, and Treasurer. Currently James is a full time Employee Retirement Examiner 3 for the State of New York Office of the State Comptroller. James has interests in VHF/UHF weak signal, HF phone, and HF Digital contesting.

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About SARA

The Schenectady Amateur Radio Association (SARA) was established in 1930. The club station, K2AE, is the Henry Primm Broughton Memorial Station. SARA operates repeaters on  2 meters (147.06 MHz.), and on 70 centimeters (444.200 MHz.) which are located at the top of Crawford Hill in Schenectady County near New York State Thruway exit 26.

The club is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) affiliate and has about 100 members from all over New York State’s Capital District (Albany, Schenectady, Troy), and beyond.

For additional information about the ARRL see https://arrl.org

Last updated: 31-August-22