November 7, 2024 Club Meeting
The next regularly scheduled club meeting is Thursday November 7, 2024, at 7:00 PM. It will be held at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville, OR. Naversen meeting room.
Program: Moonbounce. Speaker is Mike Bach, W6FFC
This meeting or event is not sponsored nor endorsed by the Library.
Note: that the exam times & locations have changed. Please consult the Exams page for details.
Announced in the November 2024 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the December 2024 issue of The Repeater.
2024-11-07 RVARC meeting minutes
7:03pm Treasurer Mike Bach, W6FFC, called meeting to order. 15 attendees, plus Scott, NA7OM, on Zoom later.
New Business: Two new licensees (Tech) plus one Upgrade from the latest exam session.
Mike, N7XBJ, and Ronda, N7RDF, extended an invitation to the CARE club’s Christmas Party, to be held on: Saturday, Dec. 14th, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Roxy Ann Grange – 1850 Spring St, Medford, OR 97504, (the corner of Valley View Dr.) Raffle TYT TH9800 Quad Band Radio and Power Supply – Tickets are $5 each. or 5 for $20. White Elephant Gift Exchange – Wrapped $15 value approx. Ham Related? Family and Friends Invited, register at https://carehamradio.com/christmas-party/
Old Business:
7:18pm From the 2024 Field Day, RVARC obtained 4810 points for a 2A category. The next closest OR station logged 1658 points.
7:19pm Club President Scott,NA7OM, appeared on Zoom from the Philippines, where it was 11:19am tomorrow (GMT+8). Scott mentioned that it was the month for club elections. Mike,W6FFC, asked if we could put off the election until next month. Pat mentioned the constitution required elections now. Scott asked if the club wanted to put off the elections until January. Somebody agreed with a second. No vote occurred. Mike, N7XBJ, said we could elect now. Mike, W6FFC, said we could nominate Scott. Scott laughed that he thought being 7000 miles away would alleviate that issue. Scott offered he would reluctantly stand for nomination. Mike, N7XBJ, nominated Scott for President. A second was heard. Voting was unanimous aye.
A call for volunteers to stand for Vice-President was made. Allan, K7GT, volunteered. No others volunteered. Mike, N7XBJ, nominated Allan for Vice-President. A second was heard. Voting was unanimous aye.
Mike, W6FFC, encountered to stand for Treasurer. No others volunteered. Voting was unanimous aye.
John, KF7UMK, reluctantly volunteered to again stand for Secretary, if no others volunteered. No others volunteered. Voting was unanimous aye.
7:29pm Scott mentioned that soon after their antennas were up, a super-typhoon hit the area. Wind gusts hit 60 kM/Hr and the rain was horizontal. Around midnight, the water incursion was so bad they had to evacuate John’s (AC7S) 2nd floor room. The weather restricted the radio propagation during the contest time, but they still managed contacts mainly from the Eastern Europe, India, China, Japan, & South Pacific region. Scott will stay for the CQWW contest in December. John, AC7S, did FT8 quite successfully there. Also, 10M was good.
7:45pm Break for coffee & snacks
7:53pm Presentation on Moonbounce by Mike, W6FFC. Mike had historic video and pictures of a moonbounce session using the large SRI antenna.
8:47pm End presentation, start of show & tell of moonbounce equipment.
9:08pm Meeting Adjourned
Submitted, John KF7UMK, Secretary.
