January 4, 2024 Club Meeting
Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR
Program: To Be Announced
Announced in the January 2024 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the February 2024 issue of The Repeater.
2024-01-04 RVARC Meeting Minutes
7:00pm Meeting called to order by President Don Bennett, KG7BP. 22 attendees
Treasurer’s report by Mike Bach, W6FFC: $5077.09 bank balance, but also owe $45 to CARE club for dual-memberships.
New business: Don: Sven’s (KI7QIY) son asks for someone to assist Alderwood assisted living facility in Central Point how to run coax for his radio.
John, KF7UMK, Scott, NA7OM, & Mark, KM7DEW, wondered if a swap meet could help us redistribute excess radio equipment. Scott will attempt to plan for that, perhaps a good location would be on exam days, afterwards.
Scott, NA7OM, had a rant about remote DX folks wanting to charge for QSL cards these days. Much chagrin among members was noted.
Mike, W6FFC, noted the ARRL is asking for $25 to get the print edition of QST after already promising to deliver print editions to subscribers. Send an email to [email protected] to protest this action. Also, some issues with unwanted league secrecy were discussed.
Scott, NA7OM, made a motion to study whether RVARC should expand to have an online presence of the meetings, similar to the Willamette club. Raoul, KG6DKA, seconded. Voting was 1 opposed, others yea, so motion passed. Much discussion ensued. Scott volunteered to investigate further.
Mark, KM7DEW, said the CARE club liked the Sam’s Valley location for the 2024 Field Day.
7:33pm Break for snacks & coffee.
8:00pm Presentation on a homebrew 10GHz transceiver by Matt Stagg, KC7OOY. Much good info presented on construction & operation of the tripod-mounted dish transceiver,
8:33pm end presentation
8:40pm Meeting adjourned
