April 7, 2016 Club Meeting
Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)
Program: Precision Surplus Frequency and Time References and Demo, Mike Bach, WB6FFC and Tom McDermott, N5EG
Mike Bach, WB6FFC and Tom McDermott, N5EG will tag-team a demonstration and discussion on high accuracy time and frequency references. Some inexpensive surplus references will be shown, including an oscilloscope display of phase wander between sources. Also discussed will be what frequency stability means and a bit of history of time keeping and measurement.
All I can say is Field Day, Field Day, Field Day. Our next meeting will be focused on this upcoming event. Please put some thought into what you can do to help out.
Announced in the April 2016 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the May 2016 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Minutes, April 7, 2016 (Tom, N5EG acting secretary). Meeting convened at 19:05 PDT by Scott, NA7OM.
Visitors:
- Richard Roberts
- Kirk Austbo, KG7HNF
- Dick Lemke, AD7AF
- Ed Crews, KD6DVR
- Al Helmling, KI7CBV
- Ryon Tucker, KF7ZGW
Field Day Report (Tom, N5EG), Science Works of Ashland gave us approval to have field day at their site. Questions raised during discussion:
- Does the City of Ashland require a permit before the event?
- Does SOU need to approve the agreement?
- Where would the RVs, towers, trailers, etc. be located?
- Where would the porta potty be located?
- What material and presentations are needed for the visitors?
- We will need an information booth staffed during the open hours of the Science works ( 8-5).
- Time on-site will be Friday afternoon through Sunday morning.
7QP—(Scott Cummings, NA7OM) We have received permission from Jackson county to operate 7QP at Agate Lake.
Motion : Move that RVARC sponsor a plaque for Low-Power Winner (no mode restriction) Oregon Section 7QP. Approximate cost $38.50.
- Moved: Scott Cummings
- Seconded: Raoul Salem
- PASSED by voice vote without opposition.
SeaPac will be held June 3-5. About 5 or 6 RVARC members plan to attend.
Treasurer’s report: bank balance is $3432.93 (Bob Deuel, K2GLO).
Bill Shrader, W7QMU is looking for a 2m mobile and one or two hand held stations for a Friday, June 3 Rogue River High School clean up event of Elderberry Flats Campground near West Evans Creek Road. It will be held 8 AM—noon, with lunch afterwards. Several club members indicated interest. Please contact Bill at 541-897-0660.
A straw poll of members indicated that most favor continuing to hold our club swap meet in September due to cooler temperatures and adequate time to generate publicity.
Meeting was put on break at 19:35 for cookies graciously provided by Mike Bach, WB6FFC. Reconvened 19:55.
The program was: Surplus time and frequency references, presented by Mike Bach WB6FFC, and Tom McDermott, N5EG.
Adjourned 20:50.
