Money

Thanks to everyone for sending in the $100 for the first increment of shared expenses. We're now in a position to finalize the balance of those expenses and collect the rest of the dollars.

Here's a blow-by-blow explanation of why the money is needed and where it will go.

Philosophically, it may not seem fair to collect cash for all of the above. The tower, rotor, antenna, and a lot of other items that we leave behind will benefit future operations, many of which will involve other groups besides us. Why, you ask, should we pick up part of the cost of other peoples' future operations? Simple. Because we are benefitting in the same way in reverse. We are not being asked to pick up any of the cost of the 15 meter tower, the Mosley yagi, the 80 meter rotating dipole, the coax that feeds it, the rotor that turns it, or of the tower itself. Nor are we being asked to reimburse K8JP, VP5JM, or anyone else for the large number of dollars and effort they have invested in the past, the benefits of which we are now enjoying. So it goes around and comes around, and in the spirit of contesting and good ham fellowship we are contributing to future ops at Jody's in the same way in which past ops have supported us.

This totals to $2005.46, or $222.83 for each of the nine team members. The bottom line is that I need to ask for a check from each of the nine licensed participating ops (Doug's XYL and Tom's XYL are excluded because they will not be operating) for $122.83. This amount is dramatically below that associated with most other contest and DXpedition trips. Also, it has been greatly reduced through the generous contributions of some of the team members.

Amateur	Status of Pool Contribution
W8TK	100.00 paid 19 October
W0CG	100.00 paid 19 October
K4LT	100.00 paid 19 October
W9EFL	100.00 paid 24 October
WA9S	100.00 paid 4 November
N8LGP	100.00 paid 7 November
W8AV	100.00 paid 11 November
K8RF	Not yet paid
KU8E	100.00 paid 7 January

Item	Received	Disbursed
Deposit on Hamlet paid by W0CG - January 1997		487.50
Tower and hardware paid by W0CG - August 1997		455.00
Pool money - W8TK	100.00
Pool money - W0CG	100.00
Pool money - K4LT	100.00
Pool money - W9EFL	100.00
Pool money - WA9S	100.00
Pool money - N8LGP	100.00
Pool money - W8AV	100.00
Additional pool contribution - W8AV	70.00
Additional Licensing - K4LT	21.00
Licenses fees sent to VP5JM on 26 Nov 97		239.00
Cush-Craft 40-2CD - paid by W0CG		405.53
Hardware for Tower Bases (N8LGP)		52.96
Donation for QSLs from W8TK - 2 January 1998	500.00
Half rental on the Hamlet from KU8E - 7 January	250.00
Pool money - KU8E - 7 January	100.00
Florida trip expenses - W0CG	220.99
Coax cable - 500 ft - W8AV		296.00
Push up mast - W8AV		79.00
600 ft poly rope - W8AV		69.00
Advance to VP5JM for shipping costs - W0CG - 19 January 1998		300.00
Balance of rental on Hamlet - to VP5JM - 19 January 1998		487.50
Final increment - pooled expenses - W8TK	140.00
Final increment - pooled expenses - W9EFL, 24 January	237.27
Advance on cost of 40 meter yagi - from W9EFL, 24 January	403.00
Final increment - Pooled expenses - WA9S, 27 January	122.83
Final increment - pooled expenses - N8LGP, 27 January	250.00
Extra tee shirt - N8LGP for Nancy	14.00
Final increment - pooled expenses - K4LT - 26 January	122.83
Extra tee shirt - K4LT - 26 January	14.00

Item	Cost	Portion included in "Shared Expenses"
Hamlet	975.00	487.50
Hardware	150.00	52.96
Pushup Mast	79.00	0.00 (tnx W8AV)
QSLs	900.00	400.00 (tnx W8TK)
Tower	455.00	230.00 (tnx W8AV)
40 Meter Yagi	403.00	0.00 (tnx W9EFL)
Seaborne Shipping	300.00	300.00
Coax	296.00	296.00
Rope	69.00	0.00 (tnx K4LT)
Florida Trip Expenses	220.99	0.00 (tnx W0CG)
Licenses	239.00	239.00
Networking Cables	100.00	0.00 (tnx K4LT)
TOTAL		2005.46 / 9 = 222.83