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Boca Raton Amateur Radio Association
Community - Communication - Leadership

ANNOUNCEMENTS
as of 13-March-2021

2021 ARRL FD Rules CLICK
March Simplex Exercise AAR CLICK
MAY-8 Next Simplex Exercise CLICK
ARRL 2021 FD changes CLICK
FEB 2 General Meeting Minutes CLICK
FEB 27 BOD minutes CLICK
SEFTN Updates for 9-MARCH CLICK
Next BOD Zoom meeting 27-March 10am

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

February
Ellee Spiro N2RRE
Elliot Spiro N2HYD
Dwight Woodson KO4MUZ
Mamie Barnhardt KO4KFR

SHACK STATUS

To ensure the safety of our members, we the full BRARA Board have decided to postpone our opening plans until the pandemic stabilizes in the state of Florida. We all feel very strongly that our club must not in any way, however small, add to the risk of spreading the virus.

The BOD has tasked a group to reexamine the process and criteria to open the shack. This team has been underway for a few days and progress is being made.

Membership Renewals
Time is Running Out

CLICK for 2021 Dues Payment Gateway

Membership period: Jan 1st to Dec 31 st.
Renewals began: October 1 st
Grace period ends: March 31 st

Please Note
Any member who has yet to renew for 2021 shall continue full privileges and benefits of Membership until March 31st.

If you have paid your dues and have NOT received an email confirming payment, please contact

Michael Greenfeld by email k8bq@arrl.net

APRIL 2021

6 th 7pm

General Meeting
6-April 7pm

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Meeting ID
865 5255 5294
Passcode
123456

Presenter
Ralph W1DAR on "Antennas for HOA"

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Renewals
Oct 1st to March 31

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Date   UTC      AOS
13 Mar 02:03:21	223
16 Mar 09:29:13	320
17 Mar 00:30:00	223
20 Mar 07:55:48 320
20 Mar 22:56:34 223

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BRARA 2021 Membership

We look forward to a full year of many projects even with COVID-19. Member tools are periodically undergoing updates.

Thank you for your support which is vital to our success.

How can you tell if you have not paid your 2021 dues? There are two ways.

1. No logon permitted if Admin Year was 2019 or earlier.

2. On home page see message "2021 dues payable by 2021-03-31."

In either case, to resolve this, please visit our Payment Gateway to Pay 2021 Dues.

MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS

The following are some Membership statistics as of 12-MAR-2021. Please note these numbers are vastly different from prior BRARA Weekly Updates because we rolled into a NEW YEAR.

STATISTICS DESCRIPTION	COUNT
TOTAL MEMBERS	150
ACTIVE MEMBERS	118
FAMILY MEMBERS	24
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS	1
LIFETIME	6
PENDING	1
EXTRA CLASS	85
ADVANCED CLASS	11
GENERAL CLASS	37
TECHNICIAN CLASS	24
NOVICE CLASS	1
RENEWED	142

BRARA AUCTION

The next BRARA ZOOM Auction is being planned for April 17. The last one was a lot of fun for those who participated and some great bargains were found.

The auction committee is going to look through the surplus pile to see what else is out there. If you have some surplus electronics gear that you would be willing to donate to the cause, contact Mike, K8BQ at k8bq@arrl.net.

HAVE A QUESTION???

If you have a technical question why not ask the experts, your fellow BRARA members? The best way to do this is to post it on our groups.io distribution list BRARA@groups.io.

Please remember that you need to send your post using the email account you used when signing up for groups.io. If you are not signed up, then see below details.

GROUPS . IO SUBSCRIPTION REQUEST

If you're not yet subscribed, send an email to
BRARA+owner@groups.io

To send a message to the group, send an email to brara@groups.io

For full information on BRARA's groups.io
go to https://groups.io/g/BRARA

GOOD AND WELFARE

If you know of an amateur or their family dealing with health issues or may have lost someone, please let us know. Robert K K3SUH is our go to person to send a communication in the form of a card to the person or family.

From inception, here are statistics from what Robert has sent:

Condolence cards:	11
Get well cards:	15

CLICK HERE to email your details.

AMATEUR EXTRA QUESTION

E9D09 (D)

What is the function of a loading coil used as part of an HF mobile antenna?
A. To increase the SWR bandwidth
B. To lower the losses
C. To lower the Q
D. To cancel capacitive reactance

E0A11
Which of the following injuries can result from using high-power UHF or microwave transmitters?
A. Hearing loss caused by high voltage corona discharge
B. Blood clotting from the intense magnetic field
C. Localized heating of the body from RF exposure in excess of the MPE limits
D. Ingestion of ozone gas from the cooling system

Be well 73
de N4BRF from The Shack
GOOD HEALTH