May 3, 2012 Club Meeting

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Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: HF Mobile, Jeff Statchwick W7KNX

At our May meeting I will be giving a presentation on HF mobile installations that I hope you will find interesting.

Announced in the May 2012 issue of The Repeater.

Meeting Notes

From the June 2012 issue of The Repeater.

MINUTES OF THE 3 MAY 12 ROGUE VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB MEETING

The meeting was called to order by President Jeff Statchwick W7KNX at 1900L in the Red Cross building in Medford, OR.

Guests in attendance where: Curt & Bonnie Hadley, Bob Tangel WD6ESU, Bill Swindell K1LED, Scott George, and Jun Alcantara DU1CVV / N7XEN.

The minutes were not read as they are in the newsletter. Lud KB2EVN reported that the club treasury has $4773.90 in it.

Old Business:

1. Allan Taylor K7GT cannot replace Bud W7LNG as club trustee until he gets released from a previous trusteeship. We will wait one more month and the try someone else.
2. Equipment report by V/President Scott KD7EHB: After some discussion there was a vote by the membership in attendance to keep the ICOM 745 & Kenwood 440 and to sell the rest of the equipment. Carl W7BRO volunteered to head up doing so.
3. Field day report: Jeff has the approval in his hand from Medford City council for “special event” for us to use the Table Rock Park for our field day.

New Business:

1. Scott made a motion it was 2nd by Chuck Parlier W7CGO & it passed for Scott to buy a 4KW Generac generator for $289.
2. Tom N5EG made a motion & Ellis K7MFR 2nd it passed that we dispose of the old generator and sell the trailer which is at Lud’s house.

Jeff put the meeting on hold for coffee and an “eyeball QSO” at 1945L and called the meeting back into session at 2015L.

1. Carl W7BRO has T-shirts with the club logo for sale for $10. Green jackets with the club logo for $20, with name and call sign for $25.
2. Don Bennett KG7BP told the group that at last weeks testing session we gained seven new general class license hams.
3. Jeff informed us that last November he, Alan Taylor, and Tom McDermott did a team effort and achieved a “clean sweep” in the 2011 ARRL November Phone Sweepstakes.
4. Jeff presented a very interesting program of his experience installing a 100 watt, HF mobile transceiver in his Ford Explorer.

Jeff adjourned the meeting at 2130L

Submitted by Jacob O. (Jack) Schock WA7IHU secretary