The Presidents Corner
Recap of 2015

By Albert Moreschi II AG4BV

I wish the very best to all of you, your families, our new slate of Club Officers and BOD's for 2016.

In Review

2015 has been a "Rebuilding Our Foundation" theme for the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group. In 2016 we will continue to build upon those basic principles that our Group established in 1982 and reinforce our foundation to insure our continued success.

At our 2015 Field Day we are very proud of the JTRG's accomplishments. Our Field Day results were 3,166 points. We came in 4th place in the 2A SFL section. This is a statistic you should all be very proud of. My thanks to all of you who helped make our 2015 Field Day event so successful.

Another great accomplishment in 2015 were all the New Hams who we helped to achieve their goals in becoming Licensed Amateur Radio Operators thanks to our outstanding VE Team. We also held a General class which helped to upgrade those Technician Class operators seeking to use much more of the HF bands. This is all part of our commitment in helping to promote, educate and be there to assist our communities when we are needed to respond to emergencies and disasters. In 2016 we will continue our commitment to bring more Hams into the hobby by holding regularly scheduled classes and exam sessions.

Our JTRG website continues to be upgraded by John Leonardi who is doing a good job of keeping it current and easy to navigate.

Congratulations to our 2016 Officers. They are Albert Moreschi AG4BV President, Craig Eller KG4QKN Vice President, Ruth Jacobs KK4PIX Treasurer and Tim McDow KM4EF Secretary. 2016 BOD are Craig Eller KG4QKN, Tim McDow KM4EG. Jerry Gumbus N4GKI, Herb Price N4UNT and Albert Moreschi AG4BV.

Congratulations to Herb Price our 2014 "Ham of the Year" for all of his expertise in keeping our finances in order.

Our club has a Yahoo Group listing and is easy to sign up. As a member you are eligible to join the group. You can sign up by going to jtrg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Our repeater upgrades continue with the use of the Motorola Quantar for our primary 146.625 VHF site on the Clear Channel tower in Hobe Sound. At the Marriot Hotel at PGA and I-95 we have our Motorola MSR 2000 VHF back up 146.625 repeater and the donated Motorola MTR 2000 UHF 444.225 repeater. The 146.715 Motorola MSF 5000 on the Clear Channel 400' tower at 45th Street and Jog Rd with coverage from Ft. Lauderdale to St Lucie County. These continuous upgrades will provide us with the best repeaters for our area and will insure reliable communications equipment to be used for many years to come.

We are extremely grateful for all of the generous donations made by many individuals to the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group in 2015. Those donations go a long way in helping our clubs success.

The Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group will have a diverse amount of activities throughout 2016 with events such as Amateur Radio Classes, Amateur Radio Exams, Field Day, Adopt A Highway program, working communications for the Jupiter Farms Parade and the Jupiter Tequesta Parade, four Club Meetings some with special guests, and our regularly scheduled weekly Rag Chew Net on Tuesday evenings at 8:00pm on the 146.625 repeater Pl 110.9.

In 2016 we will reinforce and build on our strengths which have been to help promote Amateur Radio in a positive way in and around our communities, continue to educate those individuals seeking to join this hobby, demonstrate our skills at public events, enjoying the hobby and helping others when called upon. For those interested in helping out during disasters you will need to take the FEMA on line courses; IS-100, 200,700 and 800, the ARECC Courses; Levels I, II, and III. Another educational opportunity is the Skywarn Beginner and Advanced class which is usually held at the PBC EOC. Other groups that you may want to consider joining are the American Red Cross, PBDARES and the ARRL. When you join the ARRL you will receive the QST magazine and the ARRL assists you when your license is about to expire or if you change your address. These are just a few of the many benefits available to you when you join the ARRL.

As always, my sincere thanks to all of our club members for your contributions at our events, helping to promote the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group and helping to ensure the success in the future for our club and this fun hobby.

A special thanks to Bonnie at the Town of Jupiter for allowing us to use their facilities, the American Red Cross, Clear Channel Communications, Marriott Hotels, Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue, PBC Fire Chiefs Association for allowing us use of the emergency trailer at our Field Day events, all of our Committee Groups, Net Control Operators, the leadership skills of our Club Officers, JTRG Board of Directors, the News Media, the ARRL, all of our sponsors, our supporters and especially all of our club members.

As the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group's President, the accomplishments we have made over the years have been met and exceeded. Our goals could not have been achieved without your support.

We have endured many tests and have passed them all with flying colors. Thanks to your dedicated commitment and desire to be the best. In 2016 we will once again focus on achieving our goals which we can reach with everyone's support.

Our success can not be measured by where we are, but rather, how we got there! I look forward to many more great accomplishments.