September 7, 2023 Club Meeting
Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR
Program: Building the Eimac 4-1000 Tube, Mike Bach
Mike Bach brings us a video about the building of the Eimac 4-1000 RF power vacuum tube. This tube was a favorite for both commercial and amateur radio operators in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
We will have an approximately 30 min video program about the building of a Eimac 4-1000 tube. In December 1953 KGO TV (channel-7) in the SF Bay Area had a monthly program called “Success Story”. KGO sent a Camera crew to Eimac and filmed the process of the assembly. The Eimac Rep who told the story was John Reinartz, K6BJ (formerly 1QP, 1XAM & W3RB) the inventor of the “Reinartz Coupler”, also Chief of Communications of the 1925 Byrd North Pole expedition (Art Collins 9CXX as a young man was one of the few Hams who could maintain daily contact with this expedition when the Commercial stations could not).
Announced in the September 2023 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the October 2023 issue of The Repeater.
September 7,2023 RVARC Meeting Minutes
7:04PM Meeting called to order by President Don Bennett, KG7BP
23 attendees
The entire membership thanked Lud, KB2EVN, for his help in making this year’s Field Day a success.
Treasurer’s Report: Bank balance was $4658.34 after $479 in total Field Day expenses (CARE club shared in paying half of that), $200 club insurance expense, and adding $21 in ARRL VEC fees.
Old Business: Pat, KD7MPA, reported club Field Day score of 5213 points, garnered by 27 participants, with over half the points accruing from new GOTA folks.
New Business: Tom, N5EG, moved that we elect Mike Bach, W6FFC, a lifetime member for his long dedication and service to the club. Brooksby, AE7BR, seconded. The vote was a unanimous Yes, motion passed.
Don, KG7BP, mentioned the request from the Internet Archive to access our club info. Tom, N5EG, moved we approve the archive.org request to host past ‘The Repeater’ issues and to archive the k7mfr.org club website. Raoul, KG6DKA, seconded. The vote was unanimous Yes, motion passed.
Pat, KD7MPA, renewed the k7mfr.org, and k7mfr.com domains. Tom, N5EG, moved that we waive Pat’s membership fees in recognition of his donation of the costs for supporting the club website. Dave, kg7gfs, seconded. The vote was unanimous Yes, motion passed.
7:35pm Presentation from Mike Bach, W6FFC, on the history of the EIMAC 4-1000A power tube. An amazing, rare video from a December 1953 kinescope of San Francisco’s KGO TV show “Success Story” was shown, along with a couple of ‘gag reels’ made by Eimac following the main video.
Mike also passed around a pamphlet describing how Eimac’s Rita Davis of the Assembly A department suggested the TV station feature Eimac’s story on their show. Copies of the video may eventually be made available for all to enjoy again.
8:27pm Break for coffee, snacks, and discussion.
9:09pm Meeting adjourned.
Submitted, John, KF7UMK, Secretary
