April 3, 2014 Club Meeting
Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)
Program: Small loop antennas, Michael Geier
The presentation for our April club meeting will be by Michael Geier, former author of the “Ask Kaboom” column in 73 Magazine and the recent author of “How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic” (McGraw-Hill, 2011). He’ll be speaking on and demonstrating small-loop antennas–not the big delta loops or quad loops, but the kind you can carry around on the end of a broom stick (in the spring sunshine!), or set up in the corner of your second-floor apartment to make a little HF activity possible.
Announced in the April 2014 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the May 2014 issue of The Repeater.
RVARC - Minutes for APRIL 3, 2014
The club President Todd Carney, K7TFC, called the meeting to order at 1905PDT in the meeting room of the Red Cross building in Medford, OR.
Visitors were:
- Michael Geier, KB1UM
- Glenda Taylor, K7GRT
Old Business
A “Easter Egg” fox hunt was announced by Todd, K7TFC, for the Saturday before Easter, with the site yet to be determined. Additionally, a workshop to build portable handheld yagis is scheduled for Saturday, April 12 at 10 am. [NOTE: rescheduled to May 17 ]
Sandra Peters gave a follow-up report on the outreach to the women hams in the area, and formation of the XYL net. The 145 mailed out questionnaires resulted in 55 replies, and 23 women expressing interest. Two meetings have already been held, with Don Montgomery presenting at the first meeting.
New Business
Don Bennett, KG7BP gave a brief update for the Field Day committee. Don talked about the possibility of using a triplexer during Field Day operations, which would allow three transmitters to use the same antenna. The cost of the triplexer is approximately $195.
Joe, AF7GN, gave the PIO report. He announced that the club was offered a free booth space at the Master Gardener’s Show in May. There is no fee for the booth, and electricity is $15. Anyone interested in manning the booth, or operating a GOTA station should contact the PIO. Joe announced that effective June 1, he is resigning from the PIO position.
Allan Taylor, K7GT, spoke briefly about the planned operations on King Mountain during the upcoming 7QP event.
Treasurer’s report
Lud, KB2EVN, reported a balance of $3745.13 in the club treasury.
The meeting was put on hold at 1935 PDT for “eyeball QSOs” and coffee. The meeting was called back into session at 2000 PDT
Presentation
Our guest speaker, Michael Grier, KB1UM, gave a presentation on small loop antennas. Michael discussed the theory and physical considerations of magnetic loops. Additionally, he used the loop to make a 40 meter contact, to show that these antennas actually work well.
The meeting was adjourned at 2105 PDT
Submitted by Carl VanOrden, W7BRO Secretary
