May 7, 2009 Club Meeting

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), Wayne Cox, K7DZJ

The program this month will be presented by Wayne Cox, K7DZJ on Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Wayne worked for Pacific Power, where he was responsible for finding power-line related interference problems.

Announced in the May 2009 issue of The Repeater.

Meeting Notes

From the June 2009 issue of The Repeater.

RVARC MINUTES OF THE 7 May 09 MEETING

1. Called to order by Herb Gray W7MMI at 1900L in the Red Cross Building in Medford, OR.
2. Guests:
   • Joe Plansky, KB8AP,
   • Walt Bauer, KE6MDU,
   • Karl Hargrave, KD7EYA,
   • Dave Broudey and his sister-in-law.
3. Jack, WA7IHU read last month’s minutes, they were approved as read.
4. Lud, KB2EVN told us the club treasury has a balance of $1938.14.
5. Old Business:
   • Herb encouraged all to get the newsletter via email to save us money.
   • Herb passed a paper around soliciting volunteers for field day.
6. New Business:
   • Van Sias, K7VS has transceivers for loaning to club members.
   • Van announced that Steve Chastain, N7SC has a moon bounce power point presentation for us to view.
7. 1928L Herb adjourned the club for coffee and donuts.
8. 1945L Herb called the meeting back into session.
9. Wayne Cox, K7DZJ told us about some of his experiences chasing down RFI while working for the Power Company.
10. Lud Sibley, KB2EVN showed us his UV light pen. It shows the ID line in paper money. It also lights up when pointed at credit cars to show their ID.
11. Herb adjourned the meeting at 2045L.

Submitted by Jack Schock, WA7IHU secretary.