June 1, 2017 Club Meeting
Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)
Program:
- Field Day, Mike Bach, WB6FFC
- Check your Radio Night
Mike Bach, WB6FFC will present the RVARC 2017 Field Day plans at ScienceWorks in Ashland. We will possibly be joined by the Cascade Amateur Radio Enthusiasts (CARE) and maybe JCARES in a multi-club effort. Mike also promises information on the very rare Eimac Gliptron.
Several club members will be bringing test equipment so you can measure the transmit spectrum of your radio and it’s frequency accuracy. We will have a spectrum analyzer and a frequency counter (using a rubidium reference oscillator) available. This is a chance to check your radio against some accurate equipment that you may not normally have access to.
Announced in the June 2017 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the September 2017 issue of The Repeater.
Minutes from the June 2017 RVARC meeting
Meeting called to order at 7PM by President Scott Cummings
A motion was made and passed that this year’s Field Day effort would be the Bud Larson W7LNG Memorial Field Day 2017.
Treasurer’s report: $5071.93
Visitors: Matt (no license, yet)
Jim KG7JUO made a presentation on the Wild Rogue Relay race. Volunteers are needed to support the race. The need is for Friday evening June 16 through Saturday morning June 17. Mobiles will be needed at several locations along the road from Grave Creek to the lower Rogue below Agness. These will be typically 11:00 PM through about 4:00 AM. Anyone interested please contact Allan, K7GT ASAP at (541) 855-2054 or [email protected]. We need volunteers!
Field Day plans were discussed in a presentation by Mike WB6FFC. It will be held again this year at ScienceWorks in Ashland. We will run 3A and be joined by both the CARE club and the JCARES folks.
- Setup starting about noon on Friday June 23.
- Operate 11:00 AM Saturday June 24th through 11:00 AM Sunday June 25th.
- Take-down / cleanup Sunday after 11:00 AM. Help is especially needed for take down Sunday!
A count is needed so that meal plans can be made for Friday dinner, Saturday dinner, and Sunday breakfast. Mike asked that those planning to attend send him an email/ Mike WB6FFC will be our chef. It will be good!
A session of radio spectral purity on professional grade gear was done by Mike.
The next club activity (after Field Day) will be the swapmeet the last Saturday of August. More information and details later. The first regular club meeting will be the first Thursday of October.
Respectfully submitted by Allan Taylor, K7GT
