November 1, 2018 Club Meeting
Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR
Program: LF and VLF History, Lud Sibley
Low Frequency and Very Low Frequency (LF and VLF) equipment and history. With the opening of the 630 meter and 2200 meter amateur bands several years ago, hams have the chance to experiment with very different equipment and antennas. There is a long record of amateur and commercial LF radio equipment and Lud will present some of that history.
Lud Sibley is former club treasurer and the Rogue Valley’s resident historian on things vacuum tube, and related.
Club elections will be held at the November meeting.
Announced in the November 2018 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the December 2018 issue of The Repeater.
John Armstrong was not able to make the November meeting so John Laybourne recorded them. Here is a transcription and edit of those notes.
November 2018 RVARC meeting notes.
Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM by President Allan Taylor, K7GT
First order of business: date and time for Christmas/Holiday potluck. After discussion, the date/time will be December 8 starting at 6:30 PM at N5EG’s home.
Elections were held. Voting was unanimous:
- President: John Laybourne
- Vice President: Scott Cummings
- Secretary: John Armstrong
- Treasurer: Mike Bach
A pleasant break and chat session ensued.
The evening’s presentation was given by Lud Sibley on LF and VLF history. Lud’s presentation included truly historic photos of early spark and alternator equipment dating back to the 1900’s through the 1920’s.
Visitors:
- K7FUR Doug
- KI7ONK Scott Searcy
- KJ7BKH Luke Bryon
- KJ7BKI Linda Bryon
