News
Congratulations to Harold McMullen KE5WCQ for upgrading to general, to Bryan Loper KG5VDK and 16-year-old Jake Stegall KG5VDL for passing their technician! Special thanks to all the VEs who volunteered with the test sessions.
Danny Richard KG5ESG was appointed the new ARES Emergency Coordinator for Cass and Morris County on June 21. Danny got to work on implementing a county emergency communications plan for the counties. Jim Collom N5YU donated a dedicated ARES repeater that provides wide coverage for both counties.
November marks the final formal club meeting each year for the RACC. The 2017 officers were elected, and the 2016 RACC Christmas Party plans were finalized to be held at the Champions Bible Church on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 6:30pm.
An unusual band opening on 2 meters allowed for FM contacts to be made on simplex and repeaters further than two hundred miles away late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning (16-17 November 2016).
The ARRL sent a mass email soliciting member support and action to encourage elected representatives to vote in favor of the Amateur Radio Parity Act. The league has made it easy by pre-loading a form on a website where members can type in their information, and an email is sent to the appropriate representatives.
You can help, too! Go to: https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-us-senate-to-pass-amateur-radio-parity-act
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2016 Final Club Meeting
November marks the final formal club meeting each year for the RACC. The 2017 officers were elected, and the 2016 RACC Christmas Party plans were finalized to be held at the Champions Bible Church on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 6:30pm.
The newly elected officers for 2017 will take their post beginning in January. All officers were elected by acclamation at the November 2016 club meeting.
President: Paul James KG5JTC
Vice President: Sabrina Pollard W5DMI
Secretary/Treasurer: Cletus Bauer N5XFB
The following are 3-year offices, with the next elections being held at the November 2017 meeting:
Chaplain: Roger Fouse KB5ROD
Assistant Chaplain: Jeff Brown KA5IVU
Repeater Trustee: Jim Collom N5YU
Door Prize Drawings:
The final monthly door prize drawings for radios were held. Richard Arthur N5RGA won the Baofeng dual-band HT. The big prize was a Yaesu FTM-3100R 2 meter mobile radio.
Excerpt from the November 2016 Newsletter:
I would like to congratulate last month's winners. There were three door prizes. The first was an LED Driver Kit won by Pete Wright KB5PWD. The second was a Baofeng dual-band HT won by new ham and new club member Dan Bradshaw KG5PNN. The big prize was the Yaesu FTM-3100R,
and the winner was... 
NOT KYLE WAYNE GOODSON N5KWG!
If you missed the meeting last month, you missed a good laugh! Mr. Carroll KB5TCH drew the tickets, and when he called the numbers, Kyle Wayne read his ticket wrong. He thought he won that radio! He jumped up and ran and took it from Jim. He got back to his seat with his loot when the real winner, Floyd McCall KD5NRI, piped up that he had the winning ticket. The humor in this "easy come, easy go" situation definitely overshadowed his disappointment. At the tender young age of 9, I asked Kyle Wayne how he felt about it, and he just shrugged and said, "Maybe I'll win it next month." Win or lose, the door prize drawings are fun.
November 2016 Drawing:
Mr. Carroll drew the winning ticket again this month.
and the winner was... 
KYLE WAYNE GOODSON N5KWG!
We couldn't believe it! Of course, everybody hopes they win, but since they didn't, they were sure glad it was Kyle Wayne after what happened last month. This time, his ticket was verified. Kyle Wayne was, in fact, the winner!