October 1, 2015 Club Meeting
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)
Program: 1. ARRL NW Division Director Jim Pace, K7CEX. 2. RF Linear Amplifiers, Mike Bach, WB6FFC
The October meeting will be interesting this year. We have two speakers—Jim Pace, K7CEX is the ARRL Northwestern Division director, and he will talk about ARRL and other amateur radio matters. Mike Bach, WB6FFC will talk about RF amplifiers, an area in which he has more experience than just about anyone.
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ARRL NW Division Director Program: The ARRL Northwest Division Director, Jim Pace, K7CEX, will visit the RVARC during our October meeting and conduct a forum on ARRL and Amateur Radio issues. This will be your chance to discuss amateur radio, the ARRL, and various ARRL programs, and give input directly to your ARRL representative on matters of interest. It’s been 3 or 4 years since we’ve had this opportunity.
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RF Linear Power Amplifiers Program: Mike Bach, WB6FFC will give a presentation on RF Linear Power Amplifiers. Mike will bring along one or two of the RF power amplifiers that he’s built. This will be an informative program, and one not to miss if you have current or future interest in RF amplifiers.
Biography: Mike has extensive experience in RF power amplifier design, development, and test. Mike is an Applications Engineer for Kathrein/Scala. He worked for many years as an Advanced Product Engineer at EIMAC in Vacuum Tube and amplifier production and test.
Elections for next year’s officers will be held at the November meeting. We need a nominating committee to solicit candidates. Please contact me if you have an interest in running for office or being on the nominating committee. — Allan, K7GT
Announced in the October 2015 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the November 2015 issue of The Repeater.
RVARC - Minutes for October 1, 2015
The meeting was called to order in the meeting room of the Red Cross building - Medford, OR .by Allan Taylor, K7GT at 1900 L . There were 31 members and guests in attendance.
Lud Sibley, KB2EVN, gave a brief discussion on Jefferson Public Radio, their use of translators, and their move away from HD format.
We were honored to have the ARRL Northwest Division Director, Jim Pace, K7CEX in attendance. He took some time to discuss the current activities and changes at the ARRL Headquarters. Jim also opened the floor for an interesting question and answer session for the members.
New business
Allan asked for two volunteers to join the Nominating Committee to seek potential officers for the upcoming year. Anyone interested should contact Allan directly.
Treasurer’s report
The Treasurer’s Report was not given this month.
The meeting was put on hold at 1932 L for “eyeball QSOs” but no coffee. The meeting was called back into session at 1955 L
Presentation
Mike Bach discussed the process of designing and constructing tube-type power amplifiers. After reviewing the pros and cons of the different amplifier classes, Mike used his current project, a 160 meter grounded grid amplifier, as an example to step us through basic amplifier design. and the calculations involved in the process.
The meeting was adjourned at 2035 L
Submitted by Carl VanOrden, W7BRO Secretary
