May 2, 2013 Club Meeting

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Field Day 2012 in Pictures, Jeff Statchwick, W7KNX

Speaking of field day we will have a slide show presentation at our May meeting reviewing field day 2012.

Announced in the May 2013 issue of The Repeater.

Meeting Notes

From the June 2013 issue of The Repeater.

May 2013 RVARC meeting held May 2, 2013 at Red Cross building, Medford OR

Meeting brought to order at 1700 PDT.

Visitors: N0TOT Don Miller, N7QDB Larry Winebrenner, Don Christian

Treasurer’s report: current balance of $4096.01

Old business: Field Day for 2013 was discussed. Tom reported on the FD planning committee meeting held earlier in the month. The present and future FD efforts need an available tower. In the discussion, Vern Hajek, K6UGS offered his 40 foot aluminum tower as a possibility for this year.

New business: AB7GN, club PIO, asked for a dispersement from club funds to fund a set of General class license books. $22.46 ea. Was voted on, passed.

Jeff, W7KNX, mentioned 7QP and the efforts of him, Scott, and others combined with a similar group from the Grants Pass club. They will be on ‘all’ bands from King Mountain, hopefully on a triple-county boundary.

Bill, W7QMU asked the club membership for help installing an antenna for a local ham. Bill also had some historical items to donate (old club QSLs, etc.)

Presentation: By Jeff, W7KNX, was on Field Day 2012. Presentation complete with appropriate pictures.

Next meeting: June 6 at Lud’s place in Sams Valley. Maps will be available in the newsletter.

Submitted by Allan Taylor, K7GT