December 5, 2024 Club Meeting
The next regularly scheduled club meeting is Thursday December 5, 2024, at 7:00 PM. It will be held at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville, OR. Naversen meeting room.
Program: Chevy Volt Whole-House Power Backup. Speaker is Steve Bosbach, KW5V
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 December 2024 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the January 2025 issue of The Repeater.
2024-12-05 RVARC Meeting Minutes
7:07pm Treasurer Mike Bach, W6FFC, called the meeting to order.
New Business: Mike said that membership renewals for 2025 are now being solicited. Rates are posted at the website page: k7mfr.org/membership/
Treasurer’s Report: bank balance is currently $5813.09
Old Business: RVARC & CARE club shared expenses for 2024 Field Day totaled $633.00. Scott, KK7JAD, made a motion to reimburse Mike, W6FFC, for the RVARC’s half $316.50. Raoul, KG6DKA, seconded the motion. Vote was unanimous “Aye” to pass the motion.
7:15pm Presentation “Chevy Volt as Home Emergency Generator” by Steve Bosback, KW5V.
From Steve’s explanatory handout: The Chevy Volt has a unique feature that lends itself to acting as an emergency generator when grid power goes down. The main traction battery (300 volts) constantly charges a 12 volt start / accessory battery when the vehicle is turned on. This allows one to utilize the 12 volts output from this battery to an inverter for conversion to AC house current.
As long as the vehicle is turned on, the main traction battery will keep the 12 volt battery charged. If the traction battery is depleted below 15% SOC (state of charge), the engine automatically starts and begins recharging the battery, within the limits of the amp draw from the house. This will cycle several times until the engine runs out of fuel.
7:43pm Presentation Q&A
7:50pm End Presentation
The CARE club invited RVARC members to their Dec. 14 Christmas pot luck and white elephant gift exchange (<$15). A swap meet is also planned for sometime in the March 2025 timeframe. A license test will also be given at their 930 Summit Ave location on Jan. 11 at 2pm. Contact or see Mike, N7XBJ, for details.
Upcoming RVARC meeting presentations planned are:
- Jan Pat SDR
- Feb Michael Pico Balloons and Tracking
- Mar Luke HearHam
8:04pm Break for coffee & snacks.
8:45pm End meeting
