October 6, 2026 Club Meeting

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NOTE: Club meetings have moved to the first TUESDAY of the month

The RVARC club meeting will be held TUESDAY, October 6th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be “CW the language of ham radio” by Bob Locher, W9KNI.

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 October 2026 issue of The Repeater.

Meeting Notes

From the November 2026 issue of The Repeater.

2026-10-06 RVARC Meeting Minutes

15 attendees

7:03pm Meeting called to order by President Haptonstall, AG7GP.

It was announced that in lieu of December’s meeting, we will have a club potluck at Tom (N5EG) McDermott’s house on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 4pm.

Mike Bach, W6FFC, made a motion for the club to allow up to $100 of club funds to be used to purchase food for the December potluck. Motion was seconded by Robin Haptonstall, N7HAP. Vote was unanimous Aye.

Treasurer’s Report: $6219.27 bank balance, with $40 petty cash on hand.

7:11pm Allan Taylor showed the QMX multi-band multi-mode transceiver, and a mod for the UV-K5, For instance, see: Quansheng UVK5v3 NR7Y CW Mod: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt2bxoVSCOE&t=747s

And $30 Morse Code Radio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPvv8Vp9-Q

John Armstrong, KF7UMK, mentioned an opportunity for a downtown STEM collaboration with various community educational stakeholders, like RVARC, CARE club, and other city government and business entities interested in downtown revitalization.

Bruce Cook, KG7TUO, verified that through-the-glass-antennas work well (Editor—I am assuming this means for VHF/UHF).

Mike Bach, W6FFC, showed some RVARC info from 1983.

7:30pm Break for coffee, snacks, and visiting.

8:00pm meeting adjourned

Submitted, John, KF7UM, Secretary