June 6, 2013 Club Meeting
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7:00 PM Note different location: Lud Sibley’s place (the former Sam’s Valley School), 102 McDonough Rd., Gold Hill OR 97525
Program: Lud’s Radio & Vacuum Tube Museum, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN
Our club treasurer Lud Sibley, KB2EVN, is the President of the Tube Collectors Association (http://www.tubecollectors.org/), dedicated to preserving electron tube history. Lud has beautifully restored the old Sam’s Valley Schoolhouse and has a stunning collection of electron tubes and vintage radio equipment on display.
Lud and his wife, Marilyn have graciously invited our club to hold our June meeting at their residence and tour the beautifully restored facility and enjoy the vintage displays. We will be meeting at the normal time, 7pm on June 6th. The address is 102 McDonough Rd., Gold Hill, Or. The presentation will be a tour of the schoolhouse and vintage electron tubes. You don’t want to miss it!
Announced in the June 2013 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the September 2013 issue of The Repeater.
June 2013 RVARC meeting held June 6, 2013 at Lud Sibley’s Place, Gold Hill, OR
Meeting brought to order at 1710 PDT.
There were a lot of visitors - did not get all the names/calls.
- Bonnie
- Dierdre (spouse Chuck?)
- Chuck W6ASO
- Andy NO6E (become new member)
- Steve Andrews K7KO
- KI7UK
- Olney, Warren (call listed here already?)
- KB7EKF
- K7DBV
Lud reports Bank account balance $4034.43
Old Business:
Tom gave Field Day report, asked for missing items from the list. Joe gave PIO report.
New Business:
- Motion to approve funding for 15m BPF (about $75) + Porta Potty ($50) for FD + Stainless HW (about $33) for TH5, plus $200.00 for other FD expenses. Moved: Herb Grey, Second: Bill Schrader PASSED
- Motion to buy 10 general class books, sell to students at cost, buy up to 4 Tech books, sell if appropriate. Moved: Ray Abbit Second: Herb Grey PASSED
- Joe asked for club members to donate recent license books to the club so that students can borrow while taking classes. The Tech books will be valid for 1 more year, General for 2 more years.
- Joe Gunderson volunteered to be safety officer for Field Day. (Safety officer is upon recommendation of ARRL).
- Motion to change our club’s callsign to N7NS (Pete Bateman [SK] current call). Moved: Bud Larson, Second: Mike Bach PASSED. Scott Cummings agreed to gather all required paperwork and submit to Tom, N5EG, for signature.
Meeting Recessed 7:35
Meeting Reconvened 8:00
Lud presented brief history of Sam’s Valley School, Tube and radio museum collections.
Meeting Adjourned 8:10
— Tom, N5EG acting secretary
Our June club meeting was a real treat—we were hosted by Lud Sibley, KB2EVN, who provided both our meeting location and a tour of his house, the restored Sam’s Valley School, which he has turned into a museum for his extensive vacuum tube collection, old radios, and lots of other interesting electrical and electronic antiquities. Photographer was Tom, N5EG.
