March 7, 2013 Club Meeting
Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)
Program: How to operate HF with live demonstration, Herb, Tom, Jeff and others
As promised previously the club is making an effort to help newer hams get started in the hobby. If you’re just getting started in Ham Radio, or are returning after an extended period, you definitely will enjoy our March meeting. Herb, Tom, Jeff and others will demonstrate how to operate an HF station. A station will be set up at the meeting to allow “hands on” experience for anyone who would like some assistance with getting started in HF or simply improving their operating skills. A mobile station in the parking lot will serve as the other station, so it’s guaranteed to be a friendly QSO!
It will also be a great opportunity to ask questions you might have about getting your HF station set up at home. We have a number of newly licensed hams in our club who are just starting out as we all did at one time. Everyone should feel free to ask questions and participate because that’s how we learn.
Announced in the March 2013 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the April 2013 issue of The Repeater.
RVARC meeting minutes – March 2013
The RVARC March meeting was called to order at 1700 PST, March 7, 2013, by President Jeff Statchwick, W7KNX.
Visitors :
- Heath LaRue, KF7ZSD
- Dick Melville (2nd time) KG7BRS (he has a call now!)
- Bill Shrader, W7QMU (former club president)
- Judy Shrader, KA7OFM (spouse to W7QMU) “Oregon’s Fairest Maiden”
Treasurer’s report: $4321.81
Old business: Additional FD committee members were sought. Todd K7TFC has volunteered, Thanks, Todd!
Joe AB7GN has made 100 flyers for a Technician license class beginning 24 March 3-5PM. Joe has also been in contact with RCC, the local Model Train club(s), Jackson county fair, etc.
Issues in getting a special event permit for FD 2013 were discussed by Tom N5EG, Jeff W7KNX, and others.
New business: It was proposed and seconded for the club to purchase ‘VE’ pins for the several VE’s now serving in the club. A set of 15 pins, allowing for a few spares, was chosen as the appropriate amount. A related item: It was proposed that the club do a bulk purchase of Tech license manuals (taking advantage of a no-shipping-charge option) to provide manuals for class participants both conveniently and at slightly lower cost. Estimated cost: $339.94. The proposal passed unanimously.
Dan, N6WN, announced his efforts to have a local social net on 2m. This is to be on 2m immediately after the JCARES Thursday evening net. Time approximately 7:40-7:45 local time, repeater to use K7RVM 147.000, 123.0 PL. A similar net on 40m SSB was also mentioned: Jefferson noon net, 7204 kHz, local noon.
After coffee and cookies, the presentation was an “Introduction to Amateur Radio HF Operating” by Tom, N5EG, Herb W7MMI, and Jeff, W7KNX participating from his mobile setup providing live (albeit captive) contacts on 15m ssb. Several new or inexperienced ops participated using the club transceiver into a 10 db attenuator plus some clip leads (At least the SWR was low).
Submitted by Allan Taylor K7GT
