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November 3, 2026 Club Meeting

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

The RVARC club meeting will be held TUESDAY, November 3rd at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be “QRP Labs QMX Transceiver Kit” by Allan Taylor, K7GT.

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 2026 issue of The Repeater.

October 6, 2026 Club Meeting

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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.

September 1, 2026 Club Meeting

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

The RVARC club meeting will be held TUESDAY, September 1st at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be a recap of this summers’ SOTA campout presented by Amy Haptonstall, AG7GP and other attendees.

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 September 2026 issue of The Repeater.

June 2, 2026 Club Meeting

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

The RVARC club meeting will be held TUESDAY, June 2nd at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be about our joint CARE / RVARC / JCARES Field Day event, presented by Matthew White, KM7AJD.

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 June 2026 issue of The Repeater.

May 5, 2026 Club Meeting

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

The RVARC club meeting will be held TUESDAY, May 5th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be about a 40 Meter Magnetic Loop Sntenna, by 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 May 2026 issue of The Repeater.

April 7, 2026 Club Meeting

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

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

The program will be on SOTA Tube Transmitter. The speaker will be Dan Koellen, AI6XG.

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 April 2026 issue of The Repeater.

March 3, 2026 Club Meeting

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

The RVARC club meeting will be held TUESDAY, March 3rd at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be on Satelite Communications about working amateur satellites (and tracking them). The speaker will be Lyle Hood, WB7VUF.

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 March 2026 issue of The Repeater.

February 5, 2026 Club Meeting

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, February 5th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be on “Patio Radio” about Repeater and Interties. The speaker will be Steve Porter WA6YSM.

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 February 2026 issue of The Repeater.

January 8, 2026 Club Meeting

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, January 8th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

NOTE: This is a week later than normal due to the conflict with New Year’s Day.

The program will be on Chirp radio progrmming software. The speaker will be Kameron Gasso, W7KRG.

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 January 2026 issue of The Repeater.

December 4, 2025 Club Meeting

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, December 4th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.

The program will be on the new Flex Radio Aurora radio, a compact 500W HF/6M transceiver in a single package. The speaker will be Michael Walker, VA2MW, who is a member of the marketing and education team at Flex Radio Systems

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 2025 issue of The Repeater.

November 6, 2025 Club Meeting

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, November 6th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon. Our speaker will be Matt, KC7OOY who will talk about his amateur radio trailer supporting load of antennas, and high power operation.

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 2025 issue of The Repeater.

October 2, 2025 Club Meeting

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, October 2nd at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon. Our speaker will be Tom McDermott, N5EG, who will present on HF and NVIS propagation.

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 2025 issue of The Repeater.

September 4, 2025 Club Meeting

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, September 4th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon. Our speaker will be Bill Ostrander, N7AGX, who will present on Vintage Homebrewing Radio.

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 September 2025 issue of The Repeater.

June 5, 2025 Club Meeting

Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, June 5th at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon. Our speaker will be Pat Cunningham, N7UH, who will present on the open-source (both hardware and software) M17 radio project.

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 June 2025 issue of The Repeater.

May 1, 2025 Club Meeting

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, May 1st at 7:00 PM at the Phoenix Library, 510 W 1st St., Phoenix, Oregon. Our speaker will be Amy Haptonstahl, AG7GP, who will present on the SOTA and other operations.

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 May 2025 issue of The Repeater.

April 3, 2025 Club Meeting

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon. Our speaker will be Allan Taylor, K7GT, who will present on the History of CW.

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 April 2025 issue of The Repeater.

March 6, 2025 Club Meeting

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting will be held Thursday, March 6th at 7:00 PM at the Jackson County Library Phoenix location, 510 W 1st St., Phoenix, Oregon. Our speaker will be Luke Bryan, KJ7BKH, who will present on Repeater, software, and his Repeater Start application.

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 March 2025 issue of The Repeater.

February 6, 2025 Club Meeting - CANCELLED

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The RVARC club meeting planned for February 6th has been CANCELLED due to inclement weather. The next meeting will be on March 6th.

The meeting had been planned for Thursday February 6, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Phoenix Library, 510 W. 1st Street, Phoenix, Oregon, Meyer meeting room. Program: Balloon tracking & chasing, Pico balloons, by Michael Fowler, N7XBJ

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 February 2025 issue of The Repeater.

January 2, 2025 Club Meeting

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The next regularly scheduled club meeting is Thursday January 2, 2025, at 7:00 PM. It will be held at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville, OR. Naversen meeting room.

Program: Low Cost RTL-SDR and Applications. Speaker is Pat cunningham, N7UH

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 January 2025 issue of The Repeater.

December 5, 2024 Club Meeting

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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.

November 7, 2024 Club Meeting

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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.

October 3, 2024 Club Meeting

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The next regularly scheduled club meeting is Thursday October 3, 2024, at 7:00 PM. It will be held at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville, OR. Naversen meeting room.

Program: To Be announced

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 2024 issue of The Repeater.

September 5, 2024 Club Meeting

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The next regularly scheduled club meeting is Thursday September 5, 2024, at 7:00 PM. It will be held at the Phoenix Library, 510 West 1st Street, Phoenix, OR

Program: Michael Burgeles (AI7UX) on broadband cable systems

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 September 2024 issue of The Repeater.

June 6, 2024 Club Meeting

Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

MEETING LOCATION CHANGED (AGAIN)

The next regularly scheduled club meeting is Thursday June 6, 2024, at 7:00 PM. It will be held at the Jackson County Library Jacksonville Branch, in the Naversen room. 340 W. C St., Jacksonville, OR.

Program:

RTTY (Radio Teletype), John Laybourne AC7S, and Tom McDermott, N5EG

The program will cover the history of RTTY, then more modern RTTY and contesting.

Exam:

Note that the exam locations have changed.

Please consult the Exams page for details.

The next License Exam will be Saturday, June 22nd, 2024 2:00 PM at Field Day. Please pre-register at: https://ham.study/sessions/65eb709936778bb28d328525/1

Announced in the June 2024 issue of The Repeater.

May 2, 2024 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

MEETING LOCATION CHANGED

The next regularly scheduled club meeting is Thursday May 2, 2024, at 7:00 PM. It will be held at the Jackson County Library Phoenix Branch, in the Meyer Memorial Trust room. 510W 1st St., Phoenix, OR.

The library requires we display the following disclaimer: “This meeting or event is not sponsored nor endorsed by the Library.”

Programs:

160 meter operation, Dick Lemke, AD7AF

The May meeting will be in Phoenix, OR.

The June meeting will be in Jacksonville, OR.

Exam:

Note that the exam locations have changed.

Please consult the Exams page for details.

The next License Exam will be Saturday, May 4th, 2024. Please register ahead if possible: https://ham.study/sessions/65eb690eec15907153603461/1

Announced in the May 2024 issue of The Repeater.

April 4, 2024 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Going On Your First DXpedition, Al Rovner, K7AR

Our speaker this month will be noted DXpeditioner Al Rovner, N7AR. Al is a member of the Willamette Valley DX Club. He will be joining us using zoom. In addition to our in-person meeting, we will also have the zoom call open for anyone who would prefer to join the meeting virtually. Of course coffee and cookies don’t travel well electronically.

Announced in the April 2024 issue of The Repeater.

March 7, 2024 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

There will be an FCC Amateur License Exam before the March 7th meeting. Check-in at 5:15 PM. Pre-registration is requested (but not mandatory): https://ham.study/sessions/656fa130ccd686d3549915ee/1

Announced in the March 2024 issue of The Repeater.

February 1, 2024 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Kiwi SDR + DX and Propagation Spotting networks, Scott Cummings, NA7OM; 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Tom McDermott, N5EG

We have two shorter programs this month—the first is on DX spotting using the Kiwi SDR. This is a network of spotting receivers that automatically post sports to various DX clusters.

The second program is on 10 Gigabit Ethernet. The cost of 10 GbE has declined rapidly in the last couple years, and is now readily available and practical for the home network. However 10 GbE has some differences compared to 1 GbE.

The Kiwi SDR receiver is a low cost HF Software Define Radio. A network of these has been deployed to collect HF amateur radio signals, decode them, and send the spots to various on-line databases in real time. These are generally known as spotting sites, DX clusters, Propagation reporting sites, and others.

10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) has declined in cost dramatically over the last few years making it practical in the home network, and for amateur radio applications. For example, a single channel HF digital radio produces about 2 gigabits/second of data, and a dual-channel radio about 4 gigabits/second. This exceeds the capacity of a 1 GbE link. 10 GbE find use in SDR, in home video editing, and in more performant data backup and file copying.

Announced in the February 2024 issue of The Repeater.

January 4, 2024 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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.

December 7, 2023 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

Announced in the December 2023 issue of The Repeater.

November 2, 2023 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

This month the club holds elections for 2024 officers. The floor will be open for nominations; this is your chance to volunteer for one of the positions.

Fear not, during the October meeting at least one candidate for each position volunteered.

Announced in the November 2023 issue of The Repeater.

October 5, 2023 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

The program for October has not yet been announced. The club web page will be updated when the topics and speaker are known.

Announced in the October 2023 issue of The Repeater.

September 7, 2023 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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.

June 1, 2023 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: RF Exposure Evaluation, Tom McDermott, N5EG; Field Day Plans

About 2 years ago the FCC changed regulations — these now require amateur to perform an RF Exposure Evaluation for all operations. This presentation will address the regulations, theory, and show a simple method for performing the calculations using the ARRL Web application.

There will be a discussion on the RVARC club plans for Field Day on June 24th and 25th. There will be discussion of the operating location, entry class, antennas to be used, and most importantly food.

Announced in the June 2023 issue of The Repeater.

May 4, 2023 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

This month there will also be an Amateur License Exam available. Registration starts at 5:15 PM, and the exam will wrap up prior to the club meeting start at 7:00 PM.

Announced in the May 2023 issue of The Repeater.

April 6, 2023 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Project Show and Tell; Automating Amateur License Exams, Pat Cunningham, N7UH

The program this month will consist of two topics:

A Show and Tell of your favorite projects. The projects can be Ham related, Electronic related, Software related, restoration of older equipment, etc. Members are encouraged to bring their project for demonstration if possible, Otherwise to discuss their project (with Powerpoint slides if they have any).
Automating Amateur License Exams. License exams require an increasing amount of paperwork, and software is available to help in automating both administrative portions (applicant, forms, as well as taking the test itself. Pat Cunningham procured two inexpensive Chromebook computers and has installed software so that they can only boot directly into the examination software. He has a source of more of these devices, which appear to meet all the requirements that prevent other uses (opening other web pages, searching for answers, etc.). There will be a discussion about how our club might use these to help administer test sessions more quickly and efficiently while reducing the workload for our Volunteer Examiners.

Announced in the April 2023 issue of The Repeater.

March 2, 2023 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Vintage Military Radios, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN; Winter Field Day wrap-up, Amy Haptonstall, AG7GP, and/or John Layborne, AC7S

The program will be on vintage military radios (Japanese, British, Soviet) with some show-and tell. Lud is a well-known collector and historian of radios and components.

Amy and/or John will present a wrap-up of the recent Winter Field Day (WFD).

Don has announced the next amateur radio test session as March 2nd. The doors open at 5:15. This is just prior to the regular March club meeting, and held at the same location, the Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St. in Medford.

Announced in the March 2023 issue of The Repeater.

February 2, 2023 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: 3D Printing with Amateur Radio Applications, Larry Clark, K7LJC

The February program will be on 3D printing with Ham Radio applications, This was rescheduled from December.

The program will be on 3D printing. Larry has developed some projects with Amateur-Radio specific 3D items and projects.

Announced in the February 2023 issue of The Repeater.

January 5, 2023 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Summits-on-the-Air (SOTA), Amy Haptonstall, AG7GP

The program will be on Summits-on-the-Air (SOTA). This is an activity about traveling (usually hiking) to mountain and hill top summits, and operating and activating those locations.

Amy Haptonstall, AG7GP is an avid hiker and contester, and has won multiple awards.

Did Santa Claus bring you a new Ham Radio related toy? If so, consider bringing it for show and tell, and / or making a few brief remarks in case others in the club would be interested.

Announced in the January 2023 issue of The Repeater.

December 1, 2022 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: 3D Printing with Ham Radio Applications, Larry Clark, N7LJC

The program will be on 3-dimensional printing. Larry will discuss some Ham Radio project parts that he has printed.

Pat has an interesting program lined up for us this month. Larry has fabricates some useful ham-radio related parts on his 3d printer. It should be fun to see what is possible.

Announced in the December 2022 issue of The Repeater.

November 3, 2022 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

Before meeting: FCC License Exam (check-in at 5:15 PM)

Don Bennett has announced an FCC license exam right before our club meeting on November 3rd at the Medford PD Community room. The check-in for the exam starts at 5:15 PM. Don has asked that you preregister if possible but he will take walk-ins.

Announced in the November 2022 issue of The Repeater.

October 6, 2022 Club Meeting

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Tips for programming your mobile HT, Fred Townsend, AE7IM

There was no October 2022 issue of The Repeater. The editor wishes to apologize for the lack of an October newsletter, web update, and email. I lost Internet for 3 weeks at the time the newsletter, web update, and emails occur.

September 1, 2022 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: DX Tales, Scott Cummings, NA7OM

Scott will talk about his DXing experience in the Philippines.

Don Bennett has restarted the amateur radio FCC license exams in Medford after a multi-year hiatus due to COVID. The exams will now be held at the Medford Police Department Community Room, as access to the old facility has been lost. The exam will be held prior to our regularly scheduled club meeting. Exam check-in starts at 5:15 PM with the exam taking place after all the applicants have been checked in.

Announced in the September 2022 issue of The Repeater.

June 2, 2022 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Getting Setup for Digital Modes, Pat Cunningham, KD7MPA

Intro to setting up and using WSTJ-X with the idea of helping getting set up for the first ARRL digital contest.

Then after the break Field Day planning for those interested.

Announced in the June 2022 issue of The Repeater.

May 5, 2022 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

Announced in the May 2022 issue of The Repeater.

April 7, 2022 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: To Be Announced

This month we are moving back to the Medford Police Department Community Room, which has been re-opened after COVID.

The room has very good audio/visual equipment, Internet access, and a bit more room, so it seems like a good choice.

Announced in the April 2022 issue of The Repeater.

March 3, 2022 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM Jacksonville Branch Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville, OR

Program: To Be Announced

The March meeting will be held in-person at the Jacksonville Branch library at 340 W C St. in Jacksonville. Masks are required.

COVID case counts have been very rapidly decreasing in our area, enabling in-person meetings. Oregon state law still requires masks to be worn at indoor events. Jackson County Library Services also requires masks inside.

Announced in the March 2022 issue of The Repeater.

February 3, 2022 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: Power over Ethernet (PoE), Tom McDermott, N5EG

The February meeting will be a presentation on Power over Ethernet (PoE), how it works, and the different versions available.

PoE is seeing increasing usage beyond just powering VoIP telephones. For example, many wireless data radios use PoE to avoid the need for feedlines and their associated loss (especially important as microwave frequencies). The AREDN network radios generally use PoE to power the outside unit.

The presentation will discuss how PoE works, some safety mechanisms built in, and midspan and endspan power injection.

Announced in the February 2022 issue of The Repeater.

January 6, 2022 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: Winter Field Day

There will be a discussion of a possible Winter Field Day operation by club members. Join the discussion to find out what folks are planning.

Winter Field Day will be held January 29 and 30, 2022. It is sponsored by the Winter Field Day Association. More information can be obtained from the WFDA web page: https://www.winterfieldday.com/

Announced in the January 2022 issue of The Repeater.

December 2, 2021 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: TBA

The next club meeting will be Thursday, December 2th, via zoom. The program has not been announced.

Announced in the December 2021 issue of The Repeater.

November 4, 2021 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: TBA

The next club meeting will be Thursday, November 4th, via zoom. The program has not been announced.

Announced in the November 2021 issue of The Repeater.

October 7, 2021 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: RF Exposure Evaluation / On-line Calculator, Tom McDermott, N5EG

The FCC adopted RF Exposure requirements for different services many years ago. Until recently Amateur Radio operators had some blanket exceptions that avoided the need to run the calculations. The FCC recently removed the blanket exceptions, and all Amateur Radio stations need to conduct RF Exposure evaluations for their operating situation.

The presentation will cover:

Basics of RF fields: field strength and power density.
Absorption vs. frequency.
Exposure category.
Some key parameters needed to conduct an evaluation.

The ARRL has put an RF Exposure tool on their website that makes this a simple and straightforward process. A couple parameters from above are needed for input to the ARRL tool.

Other tools are also available, such as 4NEC2 which contains an MPE (Maximum Permissible Exposure) graphical presentation if you have or want to construct an NEC (Numerical Electromagnetic Code) model of your antenna. But this level of analysis is seldom necessary. The club has used the 4NEC2 MPE tool for previous Field Day calculations showing that the operations were in full compliance with the FCC requirements. Besides, 4NEC2 makes colorful charts.

Biography: Tom, N5EG is the club newsletter editor and membership database administrator.

Announced in the October 2021 issue of The Repeater.

September 2, 2021 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: Field Day wrap-up. Open discussion

There will be a wrap-up of our 2021 Field Day outing, hopefully including photos. Afterwards the meeting will open for general discussion.

Just when it seemed that we might be able to start getting back together in person at club meetings, the Delta variant of COVID-19 came roaring back. With the governor’s order requiring masks both indoors and outdoors and social distancing we will continue to meet via zoom.

Announced in the September 2021 issue of The Repeater.

June 3, 2021 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: Field Day

We will discuss Field Day plans, location, and associated club activities. Since this is an outdoor event, we will be able to have more freedom in conducting activities. As COVID declines and vaccinations increase we can start making progress returning to normal. ARRL interim Field Day rules will still be in effect this year.

For this month’s program we will discuss potential Field Day activities for the club. Our normal site has not yet been released for general use. Several members have been looking at possible locations in the Hyatt Lake area. With the higher altitude it might be cooler than our previous close-in (but down in the valley) locations.

Announced in the June 2021 issue of The Repeater.

May 6, 2021 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: TBA

The program for May has not been firmed up at the time of newsletter publication.

Announced in the May 2021 issue of The Repeater.

April 1, 2021 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: FT8, Pat Cunningham, KD7MPA, and John Laybourne, AC7S

Pat and John will discuss the FT8 mode that has become very popular due to the ability to work with quite low levels of power and small antennas.

Biography: Pat Cuningham KD7MPA is club president, and John Laybourne AC7S is previous club president.

A related new mode, FT4 is becoming popular for contesting and dxpeditions as it permits approximately 2.5x faster cycle time than FT8 (but not quite as good sensitivity).

Announced in the April 2021 issue of The Repeater.

March 4, 2021 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: Smith Charts, Tom McDermott, N5EG

The Smith Chart is a graphical tool to present complex impedance information for RF circuits. It allows graphical solutions for impedance matching networks, circuit bandwidth, and many other useful computations. Modern Vector Network Analyzers (for example, the Nano VNA) can usually display reflection measurements in both rectangular and Smith Chart (polar) formats. This makes understanding the Smith Chart very useful around the hamshack for common ham antenna and matching network problems.

Biography: Tom McDermott, N5EG is the club newsletter editor.

Our club will hold the March meeting via zoom. Credentials are available on the club reflector, and are also sent in the email with this newsletter. Feel free to pass along the zoom meeting details to anyone you know who may be interested, but please don’t post them on the public internet.

Announced in the March 2021 issue of The Repeater.

February 4, 2021 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: N1MM+ Setup, Configuration, and Use, Pat, Allan, John, Tom (tag-team presentation)

Pat will focus on installing and setup of N1MM+
Allan will discuss CW setup, keyers, and considerations
John will discuss RTTY setup, connection to the radio, and messages.
Tom will discuss Phone, and setting up voice messages, and connection to the radio.

Our club will hold the February meeting via zoom. Credentials are available on the club reflector, and are also sent in the email with this newsletter. Feel free to pass along the zoom meeting details to anyone you know who may be interested, but please don’t post them on the public internet.

Announced in the February 2021 issue of The Repeater.

January 7, 2021 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: My Favorite DX’ing Tools, Scott Cummings, NA7OM

Scott will present some of his favorite computer (mostly) tools for DX’ing. Knowing when the band will be open to a particular location, the right direction to point your beam, and a whole host of other information is useful in working that rarew or elusive Dx.

Biography: Scott Cummings, NA7OM is past club president and vice president. He is active on HF contesting and DXing.

Announced in the January 2021 issue of The Repeater.

December 3, 2020 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: Distributed Multi-operator Contesting

Due to COVID-19, multi-operator stations have been prevented for the major contests. As a result some of the larger contests have started to permit distributed multi-operator entries. These usually have a geographic restriction (perhaps 75 mile radius). The various different stations can enter the contest as through they are a single muylti-operator station, with similar rules:

One signal per band / mode (just like a physical station)
Proper serial number sequencing (like a physical station)
Single entry (just like a physical station)

In order to support this type of contesting the popular logging program N1MM+ can use wide-area-networking (WAN) to coordinate all the stations, bands, modes, scoring, and sequencing. The program will be an open discussion of this new entry category, how to properly coordinate stations, and discussion among club members about who and what contests we might want to participate in this way.

December will be election of officers for the club. We have one candidate for president, so please don’t be afraid to show up at the meeting!

Announced in the December 2020 issue of The Repeater.

November 5, 2020 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: Antennas: Array of Light—book review, Allan Taylor, K7GT

Tom Schiller, N6BT, founder of Force 12 Antennas, and very experienced in practical antennas write a book entitled ‘Antennas: Array of Light’ that provides an intuitive understanding of antennas and contains the lessons he learned over the years. Allan Taylor will review the book highlighting key aspects of how antennas work.

Biography: Allan Taylor, K7GT is a contester, high speed CW operator, and former club president.

The November club meeting will be conducted via Zoom. The logon details for the meeting will be sent via email, and on the (private) club email reflector. We will also send the login upon request.

Announced in the November 2020 issue of The Repeater.

October 1, 2020 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom. Login sent via email or upon request.

Program: TBD

The October club meeting will be conducted via Zoom. The logon details for the meeting will be sent via email, and on the (private) club email reflector. We will also send the login upon request.

The last meeting we had was in March, since COVID-19 closed everything down afterwards. Our normal meeting location (Medford PD) has closed to all community activities for the time being.

Right now the club does not have a confirmed program. Please consider presenting a short report on any projects you have been working on, contests you’ve entered, DXing and other activities, and any Zoom Ham Conferences you’ve attended, etc.

Announced in the October 2020 issue of The Repeater.

June 4, 2020 Club Meeting - CANCELLED

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: MEETING CANCELLED

The June club meeting has been cancelled due to the Corona Virus COVID-19. The Medford Police Department has suspended the use of the Community Room due to COVID-19, so we wouldn’t have a place to meet anyway.

The club officers will make a decision about future meetings probably towards the end of the summer. This will have to be balanced against our state’s county-by-county restart rules, and the availability of meeting space that the host will allow use of. Essentially, we have little clue what the world will look like in 3 months.

Announced in the June 2020 issue of The Repeater.

May 7, 2020 Club Meeting - CANCELLED

Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: MEETING CANCELLED

The May club meeting has been cancelled due to the Corona Virus COVID-19. The club officers will make a decision about the June meeting in about a month.

Announced in the May 2020 issue of The Repeater.

April 2, 2020 Club Meeting - CANCELLED

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The April club meeting has been cancelled due to the Corona Virus COVID-19. Club officers will re-evaluate the sitaution next month.

Announced in the April 2020 issue of The Repeater.

February 6, 2020 Club Meeting

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday Feb 6 2020, 7:00 PM

Medford Police Department Community Room

219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: nanoVNA

Scott Cummings and Mike Bach will present on the new, very low cost (about $50) Vector Network Analyzer that recently became available. The unit will be demonstrated and compared to a (very expensive) precision VNA. The applications and use of the VNA, as well as how to purchase the unit will be discussed.

Scott is the club Vice President and avid Dxer and contester. Mike is club treasurer, and has an enormous wealth of RF experience.

Announced in the February 2020 issue of The Repeater.

March 5, 2020 Club Meeting

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday Mar 5 2020, 7:00 PM

Medford Police Department Community Room

219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Programs:

1917 Ham Station
Favorite DX Tools

Mini-program

1917 Ham Station

Mini program: Overview of an amateur radio station, circa 1917 in Lud Sibley’s possession. It’s, of course, a spark rig. The owner was a recipient of the Navy order requiring amateurs to take down their antennas and lock up their gear when we entered WW I. (The inheritors of the material had the letter but didn’t pass it along.) The gear is a small spark coil, fixed ceramic-based spark gap, big “oscillation transformer,” capacitor made up from 8 x 10 photo plates, slide tuning coil, and vintage headphones.

Biography: Lud Sibley, KB2EVN is a long time club member, historian, and president of the Vacuum Tube collectors association.

Main program

My Favorite DX tools.

Program: A collection of DXtools—clusters, propagation analysis, and other tools related to finding and working that elusive and rare DX station.

Biography: Scott Cummings, NA7OM is the club vice president, DXer, and contester.

Announced in the March 2020 issue of The Repeater.

January 2, 2020 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Using the GQRX Linux SDR display program on the Raspberry Pi 4. Are we there yet?, John Armstrong, KF7UMK

John will discuss the installation of GQRX on the Raspberry PI 4 computer. GQRX is an SDR interface program that will allow your RPI4 to control, process signals, listen, and display information from various different Software Defined Radios (SDRs). There will also be a demonstration using an RTL dongle as the receiver.

GQRX is an AM, FM and Single Side Band (SSB) software defined receiver implemented using GNU Radio and the Qt4 GUI toolkit. As a result it supports the Ettus USRP devices as well as OSMO SDR compatible radios (quite a few).

Biography: John Armstrong, KF7UMK is club secretary. He was instrumental in bringing HSMM / AREDN to the Rogue Valley, and enjoys computers and ham radio.

Announced in the January 2020 issue of The Repeater.

December 7, 2019 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM N5EG QTH, 3950 Southview Ter., Medford, OR

Program: Holiday Pot Luck Dinner

The December meeting is the club’s annual holiday Pot-Luck dinner. This is a time to socialize, eat, and talk about ham radio in general.

We will have a pot-luck dinner starting at 6:30 PM. Suggested items to bring are organized by last name (to reduce overlap on items). If you have your heart set on bringing something else instead, please do !

A through F: Appetizer or finger food
G through M: Hot dish, vegetables, or bread
N through Z: Desert, fruit, or beverage

Announced in the December 2019 issue of The Repeater.

November 7, 2019 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Tangerine SDR, Tom McDermott, N5EG

Tangerine SDR is a cooperative project between the HAMSCI amateur science project and TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio). TAPR is developing hardware for a science package to be used in ionospheric research that will be aided by the HAMSCI project. This is a citizen-science initiative to deploy numerous low-cost science packages in order to improve data collection for scientists to study ionospheric physics.

Recently this project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. This instrument has been nicknamed the ‘Space Weather Station’. The Principle Investigators are from University of Scranton, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Haystack observatory.

The hardware is planned to consist of a dual-channel 0.1-30 Mhz SDR receiver, FPGA board for signal processing, a single board computer for control and local data storage, and a 3-axis magnetometer. Scientists will be able to trigger and capture data from these space weather stations over a wide geographic area, and store annotated data in central servers. The program will cover some key aspects of the hardware, and some project objectives.

Biography: Tom McDermott, N5EG is club newsletter editor. He is active in the system engineering and analysis of the Tangerine SDR equipment, and is designing the dual-channel receiver unit.

At the November meeting we need to nominate and elect the four officers for 2020. Three current office holders have agreed to run again for their respective offices (Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice President). At this point however we do not have anyone who has agreed to run for President.

Announced in the November 2019 issue of The Repeater.

October 3, 2019 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: TBD

Information about the October program has not been received as of the newsletter publication date.

The club holds nominations for 2020 officers at the October meeting. Three current office holders have agreed to run again for their respective offices (Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice President). Please attend and consider volunteering to help our club. The time and effort involved in the positions is not that great.

Announced in the October 2019 issue of The Repeater.

September 5, 2019 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Emergency Communications—Preparing for the Worst, Steve Bosbach, KW5V, and Dakota Otto, KR7DAK

Steve Bosbach and Dakota Otto will discuss how Jackson County agencies work with the ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service). They will also discuss the various programs available for certification of emergency responders.

Biography: Steve Bosbach, KW5V, and Dakota Otto, KR7DAK are members of Jackson County ARES (JC ARES).

Announced in the September 2019 issue of The Repeater.

June 6, 2019 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: DMR Digital Mobile Radio, Pat Cunningham, KD7MPA

DMR (Digital Mobile Radio), is an open digital radio standard. DMR radios are capable of two transmissions on a single frequency (Slot 1 & Slot 2), and include features like text messaging and paging/alerting. They are very popular among hams because many (especially handheld) radios are available quite inexpensively. The is a large network of DMR radios developing around the world, and inexpensive hotspots can be purchased readily. Pat will talk about DMR, and demonstrate a hotspot.

Biography: Pat Cunningham, KD7MPA lives in Medford, and is involved in computer software and platform design for InVisionApp. He is active in the Rogue Hack Lab, and the Rogue Valley microwave mesh network.

Field Day planning session at the meeting, please plan on attending.

Announced in the June 2019 issue of The Repeater.

May 2, 2019 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Contesting, Tim Duffy, K3LR

Our program this month is a special treat. Tim Duffy, K3LR, well known contester, DXer, President of DX Engineering and all-around great guy will be presenting on contesting.

Biography: Tim Duffy, K3LR— Tim has been an active amateur radio operator for 47 years. He has hosted 132 different operators from around the world as part of the K3LR Multi-Multi DX radio sport contest efforts since 1992. He is a founding member and current President of the North Coast Contesters. K3LR serves as chairman of Contest University (13 years), the Dayton Contest Dinner (27 years), chairman of the Top Band Dinner – as well as coordinator of the Contest Super Suite (34 years) in Dayton during the yearly Hamvention. Tim was elected to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 2006. Tim is the Chief Operating Officer and General Manager at DX Engineering.

Announced in the May 2019 issue of The Repeater.

April 4, 2019 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Tracking, Scott Cummings, NA7OM

This program will be about tracking down (finding) and reducing or eliminating Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) around your ham station.

Announced in the April 2019 issue of The Repeater.

March 7, 2019 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Radio Contesting—Moving to the next Level, John Laybourne, W8WOM

John Laybourne, W8WOM will present on how to improve your contesting score. There are a lot of thing one can do to increase both quantity of contacts and the number of multipliers.

Biography: John is the RVARC club president.

Announced in the March 2019 issue of The Repeater.

February 7, 2019 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Flex Radio SDR, Michael Walker, VA3MW

Michael Walker, VA3MW will present on Flex Radio.

SDR radio and the Flex implementation and how we leveraged it, filters, noise blankers, etc.
Designed for simple and easy station integration - not limited to just 1 RS232 port like all other radios.
Remoting of HF radio for either your friends to share or a more detailed station that is 100% remote.
Product overview of the models Flex has for sale and trade-in programs

Biography: Michael Walker, VA3MW is a product manager for Flex Radio Systems in Austin, Texas.

The group order for the Ed Fong antennas and accessories closes at the Feb 7 2019 club meeting. Must bring filled-out form and check to the February 7, 2019 Club Meeting.

Announced in the February 2019 issue of The Repeater.

January 3, 2019 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: VHF/UHF Base Station Antenna, Edison Fong, WB6IQN

Edison Fong will present on VHF and UHF base station antennas that you can build yourself.

Biography: Ed Fong was first licensed in 1968 as WN6IQN. He later upgraded to Extra Class (passing the 20 WPM CW) with his present call of WB6IQN. He obtained the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Univ. of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. from the Univ. of San Francisco. A Senior Member of the IEEE, he has 12 patents and over 40 published papers and books in the area of communications and integrated circuit design. Presently, he is employed by the University of California (previously at Berkeley and presently at Santa Cruz –Silicon Valley) as an instructor teaching graduate classes in RF design and High Speed interface design. During his 35 year career he has performed worked for Motorola, National Semiconductor, Phillips Semiconductor and Advanced Micro Devices.

Announced in the January 2019 issue of The Repeater.

December 15, 2018 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 6:30 PM N5EG QTH, 3950 Southview Ter., Medford, OR

Program: Holiday Pot-luck party

The club’s annual holiday pot-luck party (in lieu of the December meeting) will be held Saturday, December 15th, starting at 6:30 PM at Tom (N5EG’s) house: 3950 Southview Ter., Medford, OR 97504. North of Cherry Lane in east Medford. The date had to move a bit due to avoid a schedule conflict with the CARE December meeting.

Announced in the December 2018 issue of The Repeater.

November 1, 2018 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: LF and VLF History, Lud Sibley

Low Frequency and Very Low Frequency (LF and VLF) equipment and history. With the opening of the 630 meter and 2200 meter amateur bands several years ago, hams have the chance to experiment with very different equipment and antennas. There is a long record of amateur and commercial LF radio equipment and Lud will present some of that history.

Lud Sibley is former club treasurer and the Rogue Valley’s resident historian on things vacuum tube, and related.

Club elections will be held at the November meeting.

Announced in the November 2018 issue of The Repeater.

October 4, 2018 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 7:00 PM Medford Police Department Community Room, 219 S. Ivy St., Medford, OR

Program: Arduino Essentials, Tom McDermott, N5EG

This program will go over the basics of the low-cost Arduino family of boards, the GUI development environment, and some Amateur Radio applications of Arduino. There will be several demonstrations.

Remember we change meeting locations starting with the October meeting. John Laybourne has secured a new meeting location for RVARC. The first meeting in the new facility will be the October 4th meeting. The new facility can hold about 150 people, has tables and chairs, a ceiling mounted projector, and a coffee pot ! It’s between Holly St. and Ivy St. along the northwest side of 10th Street. There is on-street parking as well as a parking garage nearby. The on-street parking is plentiful, time restrictions expire at 6:00 PM.

Announced in the October 2018 issue of The Repeater.

August 25, 2018 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, August 25, 2018, 9:00 AM—1:00 PM Kathrein / Scala, 555 Airport Rd., Medford, OR

Program: Annual Swap Meet (no business meeting)

Mike Bach WB6FFC has negotiated with Kathrein and with Cascade Christian to use a large room in the SCALA building for the RVARC swapmeet. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Saturday August 25. Bring tables and chairs! as there are none there presently.

Announced in the September 2018 issue of The Repeater.

June 7, 2018 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 7:00 PM New Red Cross Building, 1050A Crater Lake Ave, Medford

Program:

How-To: Portable Operating, Allan Taylor, K7GT
Solar Power Basics, John Armstrong, KF7UMK

This How-To program will show portable operations. Allan has a lot of experience in mountain-topping, river rafting, and other adventures where he has brought along Amateur Radio. Allan will discuss antennas, radios, power, packing, etc.

Solar power is used more and more for portable and Field Day operation, in addition to everyday tasks such as maintaining battery charge on infrequently-used vehicles, remote repeater stations, and many others. The program will cover the basics of solar power, charging batteries, and discuss some available products. John will bring along some units for show and tell.

NOTICE of Vote(s) at June Meeting: The Rogue Valley Amateur Radio Club (RVARC) will conduct a vote or votes at the June 2018 meeting to authorize nonrecurring expense(s) for Field Day activities in an amount that will exceed $150.

Announced in the June 2018 issue of The Repeater.

May 3, 2018 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 7:00 PM New Red Cross Building, 1050A Crater Lake Ave, Medford

Program:

How-To: Broadband an 80 meter Dipole, Tom McDermott, N5EG
Operating CW, Allan Taylor, K7GT

This How-To program will show several different methods to achieve an acceptable SWR using a dipole across the entire 75 / 80 m band without requiring an antenna tuner.

FT8 CW operation used to the be the main route to ham radio HF operation. CW enjoys a significant performance advantage compared to SSB, and permits contacts with simpler antennas, simpler equipment, and lower power levels. Contesting with CW is usually less stressful than phone due to the narrow bandwidth of CW and narrower receiver filters making the band seem much less crowded.

Allan Taylor, K7GT is the club president and a mostly-CW operator. He is an accomplished CW contester.

Announced in the May 2018 issue of The Repeater.

April 5, 2018 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 7:00 PM New Red Cross Building, 1050 Crater Lake Ave, Medford

Program: FT8 and WSJT-X, John Laybourne, W8WOM

RVARC is moving our meeting location to the new Red Cross facility. 1050 Crater Lake Ave. (east side), between Spring St. and E. McAndrews Rd. in Medford. About 6 blocks from our previous location.

FT8 is a new digital mode that has become very popular very quickly. It is much faster than the older JT65 mode, operating on a 15 second cycle rather than a 1 minute cycle. It retains much of the flavor of JT65 (brief pre-canned exchanges and synchronous transmit / receive cycles). WSJT-X is the free program that implements both the DSP software and a nice windows interface. WSJT-X also implements quite other modes which are optimized for different applications, such as meteor scatter and very weak signals.

John Laybourne, W8WOM. John is an active contester and DXer in the Rogue Valley, and is also currently active on new digital modes.

Announced in the April 2018 issue of The Repeater.

March 1, 2018 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: History of Radar

NOTE: This program was originally scheduled for the February meeting, but due to time constraints was not able to be presented. We have tentatively re-scheduled it for March. If it is not given in March then we will substitute a contingent program on either: Transmitter non-linearity, distortion, and spectral widening, or else a presentation on The use of ferrites to make common-mode feedline chokes. Either of these would perhaps use presentation material written by Jim Brown, K9YC.

Announced in the March 2018 issue of The Repeater.

February 1, 2018 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: History of Radar, Mike Bach

History of Radar, beginning from World War 2. Mike has access to the MIT Rad Lab journals dating from the time of the invention and industrialization of Radar, an incredible resource. Much of the technology was heavily classified during WW2, and declassified in later years.

Mike Bach currently is an engineer at Scala/Kathrein systems working on antennas. Mike has a wide collection of interesting RF hardware, from HF to Microwave, including high power RF.

Announced in the February 2018 issue of The Repeater.

January 4, 2018 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: High Speed Multi Media MESH Networks for Ham Use, John Armstrong, KF7UMK

High Speed Multi Media (HSMM) networking involves the use of the 2.4 GHz amateur band to provide not only point-to-point high speed data links, but also the ability to mesh multiple radios into a network that is resistant against failures. It achieves this by automatically building network routes that can bypass failed radios or RF path outages. John will talk about inexpensive radios and antennas, along with free software that you can use to build your own network node, and to join the existing network in the Rogue Valley.

John Armstrong, KF7UMK is the club secretary for 201, and also a member and founder of the Rogue Hack Lab. He is involved in computer and networking related projects.

Announced in the January 2018 issue of The Repeater.

December 7, 2017 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 6:30 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Pot-Luck Dinner, followed by Remote Station Operation, Darrell Barker, N7CZX

The club’s December meeting will be a potluck dinner followed by a presentation on remote station operation. It will be held at the Red Cross meeting room (our normal meeting location), but start 30 minutes earlier than normal.

We will have a pot-luck dinner starting at 6:30 PM. Suggested items to bring are organized by last name (to reduce overlap on items)

A through F—bring desert, fruit, or beverage
G through M—bring appetizer or finger food
N through Z—bring hot dish, vegetables, or bread

Darrell Barker, N7CZX will give the presentation. He has setup a remotely-operated station at his QTH, and will give a demonstration (assuming we can work out Internet access at the meeting location). Darrell is a member of both the RVARC and the Cascade Amateur Radio Enthusiasts (CARE). He assists with a weekly 2M net on the CARE repeater 147.100

Announced in the December 2017 issue of The Repeater.

November 2, 2017 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Amateur Radio in Cuba and Samoa, Dick Lemke, AD7AF

“Briefing: Amateur Radio in Cuba and Samoa Trip Prep.”? We were in Cuba in May and I spent half a day with CO2KL, Roberto Ibarra in Havana who is Secretary for the Cuban DX Club. Getting a Samoan license ahead of time is an adventure.

Dick Lemke, AD7AF like to travel, and is primarily a CW operator. He has operated an amateur radio station from a number of locations around the world.

Announced in the November 2017 issue of The Repeater.

October 5, 2017 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: American Woodpecker (Over the Horizon Radar), Scott Cummings, NA7OM

This is not a program on ornithology, but rather radio over-the-horizon radar. During the 1980’s the Soviet HF radar was nicknamed ‘The Woodpecker’ due to the sound it made on a single sideband receiver. It was loud, it was obnoxious, it aggravated many hams.

We will be having the annual election of club officers at the October meeting.

Announced in the October 2017 issue of The Repeater.

August 26, 2017 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, August 26, 2017, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Annual Swap Meet (no business meeting)

Our club’s annual swapmeet will be held the last Saturday of August. It has been moved up from September in order to avoid the Labor Day weekend.

Announced in the September 2017 issue of The Repeater.

June 1, 2017 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program:

Field Day, Mike Bach, WB6FFC
Check your Radio Night

Mike Bach, WB6FFC will present the RVARC 2017 Field Day plans at ScienceWorks in Ashland. We will possibly be joined by the Cascade Amateur Radio Enthusiasts (CARE) and maybe JCARES in a multi-club effort. Mike also promises information on the very rare Eimac Gliptron.

Several club members will be bringing test equipment so you can measure the transmit spectrum of your radio and it’s frequency accuracy. We will have a spectrum analyzer and a frequency counter (using a rubidium reference oscillator) available. This is a chance to check your radio against some accurate equipment that you may not normally have access to.

Announced in the June 2017 issue of The Repeater.

May 4, 2017 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Echosounding the Ionosphere with SDR, Tom McDermott, N5EG

Tom will describe a relatively simple equipment setup based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) that he used to measure the virtual height and velocity of the Ionospheric F layer above Medford with 6 watts on 80 meters. This was presented at 2015 DCC, published in the 2015 ARRL/TAPR DCC proceedings, and published in January 2017 QEX magazine.

Announced in the May 2017 issue of The Repeater.

April 6, 2017 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program:

Jackson County Emergency Services: Who, What, and Where, Steve Bosbach, KW5V
Silent Auction of Club Equipment

Steve will describe Jackson County Emergency Services, and the role that amateur radio plays. Steve is a member of RVARC and also the Jackson County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (JCARES) club.

The club has some little-used equipment (mostly received via donations) that could be better put to active use by our members. We will be holding a silent auction during the April meeting.

Announced in the April 2017 issue of The Repeater.

March 2, 2017 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Fast-Scan Low-Cost Amateur Digital Television, video presentation by Mel Whitten, K0PFX

This program is an excellent video recording of the presentation given at the 2016 ARRL / TAPR Digital Communications Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida last September. Mel Whitten, K0PFX walks through (in a non-technical way) what is required to operate digital fast-scan television, equipment setups, what kind of performance he is achieving, and a list of low-cost equipment supplies that make it easy for many hams to get on the air. The performance and range of digital Amateur TV (ATV) signals is significantly better than analog ATV according to Mel’s on-the-air experience.

Announced in the March 2017 issue of The Repeater.

February 2, 2017 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Software Defined Radio (SDR) - From DC to Daylight, Tom McDermott, N5EG

This program was one of six presented at the SeaPac 2016 ham convention in Seaside, Oregon during the Friday all-day SDR forum organized by Jeremy, NH6Z. The Friday SDR forum was very heavily attended, and received good reviews. This presentation covers remote SDR radio considerations, SDR radio architectures, and looks at some available radios. The presentation covers HF, VHF, UHF and SHF SDR radios.

Announced in the February 2017 issue of The Repeater.

January 5, 2017 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building (likely), 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: DXpedition from a duffle bag, Dick Lemke, AD7AF

Dick will discuss several DXpeditions he has made, and how to setup a portable station, accessories, and an antenna in a small duffle bag suitable for airplane travel.

Dick Lemke, AD7AF is a CW operator, he likes to travel and operate from distant shores, enjoying being the other end of the big pile up.

Note: the management of the local Red Cross facility recently changed. Scott was able to get agreement with the Red Cross for continued use of the meeting facilities, and is awaiting final paperwork from Portland. It’s very unlikely that we will have to move our meeting place for January, but if we do we will send emails to members, post on the club email reflector, and put a notice on the club webpage.

Announced in the January 2017 issue of The Repeater.

December 3, 2016 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 2:00 PM Rogue Valley Manor, Terrace Building, 1250 Mira Mar Avenue, Medford, OR

Program: Rogue Valley Manor Hamshack and facilities tour, hosted by Bill Anderson, KU6Y

The December meeting will be held at a different time, date, and location than normal. We will be meeting at the Rogue Valley Manor on Saturday afternoon.

Have you ever wondered about the ham radio facilities available at the Manor? Here is your invitation to visit the Rogue Valley Manor. The Rogue Valley Manor Amateur Radio Club members extend this invitation to you to tour the ham radio facilities at one of the finest Continuing Care Retirement Communities in the nation.

We’ll meet on Saturday, December 3, 2016 in the RVM’s Terrace Building (1250 Mira Mar Avenue, Medford) at 2 PM. Refreshments will be served in the Sunrise Room on the 2nd floor during a short introduction about the Rogue Valley Manor. We’ll tour the Terrace Radio Room, the Manor’s 9th floor Radio Room, visit the rooftop patio for a grand view of the valley and the Manor’s antenna farm. We will be in the Terrace Lobby to greet you starting at 1:45 PM on the 3rd. Tours should be completed by 4 PM.

Announced in the December 2016 issue of The Repeater.

November 3, 2016 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Early Ham Radio History with a focus on Oregon and the Rogue Valley, Bob Deuel, K2GLO

Bob will present the beginnings of ham radio, the equipment used, governmental regulation, growth of ham radio in Oregon and Rogue Valley including club activity up to 1940. Also included will be the spawning of commercial radio in the Rogue Valley.

Bob Deuel, K2GLO is an avid tube collector, radio historian, and serves as club treasurer.

Announced in the November 2016 issue of The Repeater.

October 6, 2016 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program:

How-to: The End-Fed Halfwave Antenna, Tom McDermott, N5EG
FCC Database on a Raspberry-Pi, Dan Curtis, N6WN

The End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) antenna is a mysterious, magical antenna that befuddles many hams. The How-To program will discuss it’s peculiarities and give some suggestions on taming it’s many idiosyncrasies.

Dan will show how to download the FCC database onto a Raspberry-PI computer and automatically keep it up to date.

Announced in the October 2016 issue of The Repeater.

August 27, 2016 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, August 27, 2016, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Annual Swap Meet (no business meeting)

Our annual swapmeet will be held on Saturday, August 27th from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Red Cross building. (RVARC Swap meet in lieu of September Club Meeting.)

Announced in the September 2016 issue of The Repeater.

June 2, 2016 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program:

Field Day Plans for 2016
432 MHz Moonbounce, Mike Bach, WB6FFC

Field Day Plans for 2016. RVARC will hold Field Day at the ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Ashland. The presentation will cover site, logistics, history of Field Day.

A video of 432 MHz moonbounce operation using the Stanford University 150 foot dish in 1971.

Announced in the June 2016 issue of The Repeater.

May 5, 2016 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program:

How to make a slot antenna, Scott Cummings, NA7OM
HSMM-Mesh on the Raspberry Pi: Can it replace the WRT54G for N1MM logging?, John Armstrong, KF7UMK

Scott Cummings, NA7OM, will show a slot antenna that he made. He will discuss the mechanical build of the antenna, and how to feed a slot with coaxial cable.

High Speed Multi Media (HSMM) was originally devised to run on the Linksys WRT54G series of WiFi access point / routers by re-flashing the firmware. Those old units are now starting to get tough to find. John will talk about HSMM on the Raspberry Pi, and application to computer logging.

Announced in the May 2016 issue of The Repeater.

April 7, 2016 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Precision Surplus Frequency and Time References and Demo, Mike Bach, WB6FFC and Tom McDermott, N5EG

Mike Bach, WB6FFC and Tom McDermott, N5EG will tag-team a demonstration and discussion on high accuracy time and frequency references. Some inexpensive surplus references will be shown, including an oscilloscope display of phase wander between sources. Also discussed will be what frequency stability means and a bit of history of time keeping and measurement.

All I can say is Field Day, Field Day, Field Day. Our next meeting will be focused on this upcoming event. Please put some thought into what you can do to help out.

Announced in the April 2016 issue of The Repeater.

March 3, 2016 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Unique and Significant Vacuum Tubes, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN

Lud Sibley will demonstrate a variety of tubes, from ancient to “modern,” many of types not seen in North America. Some are unusual and technologically / historically significant, others are amusing freaks. They cover a variety of national origins and technologies. Some were successful innovations, others were commercial flops.

Lud Sibley, KB2EVN is an antique-electronics writer and editor with 300 or so articles in the “AWA Journal,” “Radio Age,” the “AWA Review,” and local-club publications. Currently emphasizing electron devices, he is the tube columnist for the “Journal” and produces “Tube Collector” for the Tube Collectors Association. Besides tubes, he collects literature, radios (civilian and military), and telegraph equipment.

Announced in the March 2016 issue of The Repeater.

February 4, 2016 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program:

Beginner: How to Design and Construct a Low-Cost 2 Meter Antenna, Allan Taylor, K7GT
Advanced: Basics of Ethernet, Tom McDermott, N5EG

This will be a discussion and tutorial on the Design, debugging, and construction of a very cheap but functional 2m antenna. 2 Meters antenna are widely discussed in various articles, but there are some basic problems with many of those designs that prevent them from working to their full potential. Allan will go through the process from start to finish.

Ethernet has changed a lot since it’s beginnings in the early 1980s. Many hams haven’t had the time to keep up with the large number of improvements and enhancements in Ethernet over the years. It’s now full-duplex, and collisions are a thing of the past. This presentation will cover some practical things you need to know about Ethernet.

Announced in the February 2016 issue of The Repeater.

January 7, 2016 Club Meeting - CANCELLED

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program:

Beginner: How to Design and Construct a Low-Cost 2 Meter Antenna, Allan Taylor, K7GT
Advanced: Basics of Ethernet, Tom McDermott, N5EG

Our programs this month will be Allan Taylor, talking about how to design and build a low cost 2 meter antenna, while Tom McDermott will talk about how to use Ethernet.

Announced in the January 2016 issue of The Repeater.

December 5, 2015 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 6:00 PM N5EG QTH, 3950 Southview Terrace, Medford, OR 97504

Program: Holiday Pot-Luck Party

The December meeting is the club’s annual holiday pot-luck party (see Holiday Party 2015).

Announced in the December 2015 issue of The Repeater.

November 5, 2015 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: 1. QRP Backpacking, Allan Taylor, K7GT. 2. DXing from interesting locations, Bill Schrader, W7QMU. Club Elections.

Program: QRP backpack portable operating. Allan will talk about some of the many interesting experiences he’s had operating CW QRP portable from a backpack.

Program: DXing from Interesting Locations. Bill Schrader will discuss his DX opertions from different locations, and share some of his experiences and talk about some of the interesting issues he has run into.

Announced in the November 2015 issue of The Repeater.

October 1, 2015 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: 1. ARRL NW Division Director Jim Pace, K7CEX. 2. RF Linear Amplifiers, Mike Bach, WB6FFC

The October meeting will be interesting this year. We have two speakers—Jim Pace, K7CEX is the ARRL Northwestern Division director, and he will talk about ARRL and other amateur radio matters. Mike Bach, WB6FFC will talk about RF amplifiers, an area in which he has more experience than just about anyone.

ARRL NW Division Director Program: The ARRL Northwest Division Director, Jim Pace, K7CEX, will visit the RVARC during our October meeting and conduct a forum on ARRL and Amateur Radio issues. This will be your chance to discuss amateur radio, the ARRL, and various ARRL programs, and give input directly to your ARRL representative on matters of interest. It’s been 3 or 4 years since we’ve had this opportunity.
RF Linear Power Amplifiers Program: Mike Bach, WB6FFC will give a presentation on RF Linear Power Amplifiers. Mike will bring along one or two of the RF power amplifiers that he’s built. This will be an informative program, and one not to miss if you have current or future interest in RF amplifiers.

Biography: Mike has extensive experience in RF power amplifier design, development, and test. Mike is an Applications Engineer for Kathrein/Scala. He worked for many years as an Advanced Product Engineer at EIMAC in Vacuum Tube and amplifier production and test.

Elections for next year’s officers will be held at the November meeting. We need a nominating committee to solicit candidates. Please contact me if you have an interest in running for office or being on the nominating committee. — Allan, K7GT

Announced in the October 2015 issue of The Repeater.

August 29, 2015 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, August 29, 2015, 9 AM—1 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swap Meet

Program — This month the program will be our annual club swap meet. Due to the timing of the Labor Day holiday this year, the swap meet will actually be held the last Saturday in August., the 29th. It will be held at our normal meeting place, the Red Cross Building, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. We’ve sent notices to several local clubs, and have invited their participation.

Announced in the September 2015 issue of The Repeater.

June 4, 2015 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Field Day 2015, Demonstration

Program — This month we will discuss Field Day 2015 plans, and will have a live demonstration of how to make Field Day contacts on Phone.

Announced in the June 2015 issue of The Repeater.

May 7, 2015 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Basic: USB How-to. Advanced: Raspberry PI, John Armstrong

Basic Program — “USB How-To” This will cover “How do I set up a USB Serial Port? How do I select the COM port? What do all the USB colors mean (white/black/blue/yellow)? What’s a USB Type A vs. Type B? How do I setup a USB driver? How much power can I draw from a USB source? What is USB1, USB2, and USB3?”.

Advanced Program — “Raspberry PI” John Armstrong will give us an update on some of his Raspberry PI based projects.

Announced in the May 2015 issue of The Repeater.

April 2, 2015 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Basic: Decibel, S-Unit, Audio demonstration. Advanced: Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), Allan Taylor, K7GT

Basic Program — “Decibel, S-Unit” This will cover “What’s a Decibel? What’s an S-Unit?” and provide an audio demonstration with voice and CW signals at various signal to noise ratios with increasing 1 S-unit signal improvements so you can hear for yourself.

Advanced Program — “Global Positioning Satellites” Allan Taylor, K7GT The program will provide an overview of the GPS global positioning system, a space-based satellite system location and time information service.

Announced in the April 2015 issue of The Repeater.

March 5, 2015 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Basic: How to Use an SWR Meter. Advanced: Victorian Technology Meets Electronics, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN

Basic Program — “How to use an SWR Meter” This very briefly covers what an SWR meter is, where to put it in your station, and how to make an SWR measurement.

Advanced Program — “Victorian Technology Meets Electronics” Lud Sibley, KB2EVN This will be a commemoration of two “Golden Spike” moments in telecommunications: the first test call over AT&T’s transcontinental telephone facility (July 1914, service opened January 1915) and Western Electric’s transatlantic radiophone tests to France in 1915. While similar trials could have been made with non-electronic means (mechanical telephone repeaters, and arc-based and alternator radio transmitters), these events relied on vacuum-tube amplifiers.

Announced in the March 2015 issue of The Repeater.

February 5, 2015 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Basic: How to Program your HT. Advanced: Radio Astronomy, Dennis Recla, WA5KTC

The two presentations planned for February are:

The short presentation will be a live demo on actually programming (setting up) HTs for use with repeaters. This is aimed at newly licensed hams or those who rarely use HTs and need some coaching. Please bring your HT down and join in.
The second presentation will be on Radio Astronomy and will be given by Dennis Recla, WA5KTC. Both look to be enjoyable, entertaining, and informative.

The club needs to decide soon as to its Field Day 2015 plans. At the January meeting two tentative options for the club’s involvement were presented with the idea of having a final discussion and decision at the next meeting. So, please consider these two options in conjunction with your personal plans and join the decision process on February 5, our next club meeting.

Announced in the February 2015 issue of The Repeater.

January 8, 2015 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Basic: Repeaters. Advanced: APRS.

NOTE: THE JANUARY MEETING IS THE SECOND THURSDAY THIS MONTH BECAUSE THE FIRST THURSDAY IS NEW YEAR’S DAY.

The January meeting will be on Thursday the 8th this year, in order to avoid New Year’s Day. The January program will be:

Basic: How to use a repeater.
Advanced: Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS). This will include a live demo.

Announced in the January 2015 issue of The Repeater.

December 6, 2014 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 6:00 PM N5EG QTH, 3950 Southview Terrace, Medford, OR 97504

Program: Christmas Pot luck Party

The December meeting is the club’s annual Christmas pot-luck party (see Christmas Party 2014).

At our last meeting, we elected officers for 2015. Torches will be passed at the annual Christmas potluck on December 6th. Allan Taylor, K7GT, will serve as president, Jeff Stachwick, W7KNX, will back him up as vice president, Carl VanOrden, W7BRO, will continue as secretary, and Bob Deuel, K2GLO, will take over the treasury from Lud Sibley, KB2EVN, who is retiring after ten years of faithful service.

Announced in the December 2014 issue of The Repeater.

November 6, 2014 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: DXing, Election of Officers

Announced in the November 2014 issue of The Repeater.

October 2, 2014 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Basics of DSP using Gnuradio. Building an SDR Receiver, Tom McDermott, N5EG

This month’s program will be a tutorial on Digital Signal Processing, using Gnuradio to demonstrate the results, and to ultimately build an HF SSB/CW SDR receiver from the building blocks in the demo (without writing any code). This presentation was given at the recent ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Austin.

Rumor has it that a contingent from SOARC and RVARC will mount a county expedition for the California QSO Party October 4th and 5th. Those interested or curious might want to talk with Scott Cummings or Carl Van Orden at the club meeting on October 2nd.

Announced in the October 2014 issue of The Repeater.

September 6, 2014 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, September 6, 2014, 10:00 AM—3:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swap Meet

The September meeting is the club’s annual swap meet.

It’s that time of year again. Summer waning, Labor Day, back to school, and the RVARC Swap Meet. Time for going through your shacks, your garage, and your attic for ham-related items you a) don’t use anymore, b) don’t want anymore, c) never really used in the first place, or d) that you want to sacrifice to appease the XYL or OM.

Announced in the September 2014 issue of The Repeater.

June 5, 2014 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Photo tour of Member Ham Shacks, Jack Schock, WA7IHU; Field Day 2014 Plans

Close-to-final plans for RVARC’s 2014 Field Day will be announced and discussed at the June 5th meeting. We will certainly run as a “2A” club this year, but there’s still time to shoot for 3A or even 4A is there’s enough participation and sharing of gear to do so. Please give this serious thought, and remember that your commitment need not be a big one. However much you wish to participate will greatly enhance the experience for all, and it will certainly be much appreciated.

The program for the June 5th meeting will consist of a presentation on and discussion of Field Day 2014 plans (during the business portion) and Jack Schock WA7IHU’s periodic slide show (another cycle!) on the ham shacks, antennas, and other ham-radio projects of our members. If you have not yet sent him your photos, please do so soon (jackschock@aol.com). If you’d like help taking and sending your photos, I’ll be happy to help out with camera and Jack’s email address in hand.

Announced in the June 2014 issue of The Repeater.

May 1, 2014 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Small, compact wideband receiving loop antenna, Tom McDermott, N5EG

This month’s program will be a demonstration of a small, compact, directional wideband receive-only antenna. It covers from WWVB (60 KHz) up to about 25 to 30 MHz.

Announced in the May 2014 issue of The Repeater.

April 3, 2014 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Small loop antennas, Michael Geier

The presentation for our April club meeting will be by Michael Geier, former author of the “Ask Kaboom” column in 73 Magazine and the recent author of “How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic” (McGraw-Hill, 2011). He’ll be speaking on and demonstrating small-loop antennas–not the big delta loops or quad loops, but the kind you can carry around on the end of a broom stick (in the spring sunshine!), or set up in the corner of your second-floor apartment to make a little HF activity possible.

Announced in the April 2014 issue of The Repeater.

March 6, 2014 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Online Elmers: Video Resources for the Hungry Ham

Announced in the March 2014 issue of The Repeater.

February 6, 2014 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: 1) Online Video Resources for the Resourceful Ham (basics); 2) D-Star: How It Works and Why, Bill Anderson, KU6Y (advanced)

Announced in the February 2014 issue of The Repeater.

January 2, 2014 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: 1) Don Montgomery on EmComm and JCARES; 2) “The Next Generation of Radio Amateurs”

Announced in the January 2014 issue of The Repeater.

December 7, 2013 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 6:00 PM N5EG QTH, 3950 Southview Terrace, Medford, OR 97504

Program: Christmas Pot luck Party

The December meeting is the club’s annual Christmas pot-luck party (see Christmas Party 2013). Remember there is no regular meeting at the Red Cross in December.

Announced in the December 2013 issue of The Repeater.

November 7, 2013 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Operating above 50 MHZ in Southern Oregon, Scott Cummings, NA7OM

At the November meeting election of 2014 officers will take place. Nominations from the floor will be accepted (with prior agreement of the nominee) in addition to the nominees presented by the nominating committee.

At our meeting in November, Scott Cummings, NA7OM will present the topic “Operating above 50 MHZ in Southern Oregon”.

Announced in the November 2013 issue of The Repeater.

October 3, 2013 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Meteor Communications and Ham Radio on 6 Meters, Dennis Recla, WA5KTC

At the October meeting an officer nominating committee will be named. New officers will be elected at the November meeting and installed at the December event.

Our presentation at the October meeting will be delivered by Dennis Recla, WA5KTC, former President of the SOARC. His topic will be “Meteor Communications” and “Ham Radio on 6 Meters”.

Announced in the October 2013 issue of The Repeater.

September 7, 2013 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, September 7, 2013, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swapmeet

Note different date and time for this month’s meeting. The September meeting is the club’s annual swap meet.

Our Vice President Scott Cummings, NA7OM (note Scott’s brand new call sign!) has been working diligently to put together our best swap meet yet. Remember that we will be meeting on Saturday the 7th of September (instead of Thursday the 5th). The time will be 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Red Cross building. Everyone is welcome to bring used ham radio equipment and accessories for sale or trade or give away. If anyone needs assistance bringing any items to the swap meet please contact me.

Announced in the September 2013 issue of The Repeater.

June 6, 2013 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7:00 PM Note different location: Lud Sibley’s place (the former Sam’s Valley School), 102 McDonough Rd., Gold Hill OR 97525

Program: Lud’s Radio & Vacuum Tube Museum, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN

Our club treasurer Lud Sibley, KB2EVN, is the President of the Tube Collectors Association (http://www.tubecollectors.org/), dedicated to preserving electron tube history. Lud has beautifully restored the old Sam’s Valley Schoolhouse and has a stunning collection of electron tubes and vintage radio equipment on display.

Lud and his wife, Marilyn have graciously invited our club to hold our June meeting at their residence and tour the beautifully restored facility and enjoy the vintage displays. We will be meeting at the normal time, 7pm on June 6th. The address is 102 McDonough Rd., Gold Hill, Or. The presentation will be a tour of the schoolhouse and vintage electron tubes. You don’t want to miss it!

Announced in the June 2013 issue of The Repeater.

May 2, 2013 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Field Day 2012 in Pictures, Jeff Statchwick, W7KNX

Speaking of field day we will have a slide show presentation at our May meeting reviewing field day 2012.

Announced in the May 2013 issue of The Repeater.

April 4, 2013 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Digital Modes and WSPR, Rob Locher, W7GH

Speaking of Field Day, it will be here before you know it. If you have any input or Field Day issues you would like to discuss, the April meeting will be a good time for that. Rob Locher, W7GH, President of the Southern Oregon Amateur Radio Club in Grants Pass will be visiting us at our April meeting and presenting information on some digital modes including “WSPR”. It should be very interesting.

Announced in the April 2013 issue of The Repeater.

March 7, 2013 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: How to operate HF with live demonstration, Herb, Tom, Jeff and others

As promised previously the club is making an effort to help newer hams get started in the hobby. If you’re just getting started in Ham Radio, or are returning after an extended period, you definitely will enjoy our March meeting. Herb, Tom, Jeff and others will demonstrate how to operate an HF station. A station will be set up at the meeting to allow “hands on” experience for anyone who would like some assistance with getting started in HF or simply improving their operating skills. A mobile station in the parking lot will serve as the other station, so it’s guaranteed to be a friendly QSO!

It will also be a great opportunity to ask questions you might have about getting your HF station set up at home. We have a number of newly licensed hams in our club who are just starting out as we all did at one time. Everyone should feel free to ask questions and participate because that’s how we learn.

Announced in the March 2013 issue of The Repeater.

February 7, 2013 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: HF Propagation, Tom McDermott, N5EG

In February, Tom McDermott, N5EG will present the topic “HF Propagation”. I hope to see you all there.

Announced in the February 2013 issue of The Repeater.

January 3, 2013 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Limited / Restricted Space Antennas and Operating, Jeff Statchwick, W7KNX

Speaking of presentations, I will be presenting the topic “Limited / Restricted Space Antennas and Operating” specifically as it applies to HF operations (also known as “How to Build Invisible Antennas”) at the January meeting. If you are in a situation where antennas are “not allowed” or have limited physical space, or know someone who is, I will present ideas to overcome this and show some specific examples of how some in our own club are dealing with it.

Announced in the January 2013 issue of The Repeater.

December 8, 2012 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 6:00 PM (note: Saturday) N5EG QTH, 3950 Southview Terrace, Medford, OR

Program: Christmas Pot luck Party

The December meeting this year is the club’s Christmas pot-luck party, held at the home of Tom McDermott, N5EG instead of the usual meeting.

Our annual Christmas party is coming up quickly. On Saturday, December 8th at 6:00 pm we will meet at the residence of Tom McDermott, N5EG for a pot luck dinner. Tom has a very spacious home, so there is plenty of room for everyone. There will be good food, fellowship and plenty of ham radio conversation. It will be fun to get caught up on what we have all been doing with our hobby lately. I got to preview some of the projects Tom has been working on recently and I guarantee you will find them fascinating. I sincerely hope every one of you will be able to join us.

The December Meeting this year will be a pot-luck dinner. There will be NO GIFT EXCHANGE.

If your last name begins with the letter:

A through F—bring appetizer or finger food
G through M—bring hot dish, vegetables, or bread
N through Z—bring desert, fruits, or soft drinks

Far east Medford, just off Cherry Lane and Orchard View. Note that the date is SATURDAY.

Announced in the December 2012 issue of The Repeater.

November 1, 2012 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: 12v Anode Tubes and Specialized Tube Applications, Bob Deuel, K2GLO

At the November meeting election of 2013 officers will take place. Nominations from the floor will be accepted (with prior agreement of the nominee) in addition to the nominees presented by the nominating committee.

At our meeting in November, Bob Deuel, K2GLO will give a power point presentation entitled “12-volt anode tubes and the hybrid car radio, plus an overview of some vintage receiver construction projects using space charge grid and starved anode technologies”. It should be fascinating.

Announced in the November 2012 issue of The Repeater.

October 4, 2012 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Ham Stations of the Rogue Valley, Jack Schock, WA7IHU

As we discussed in May, the club has decided to sell all of the older equipment that is no longer useful for Field Day. It was decided that club members should have the first opportunity to purchase any of it. Therefore, the equipment will be on display at the October meeting for sale to club members only. If more than one member is interested in a particular piece of equipment, a simple lottery can be performed to determine the purchaser. Whatever is left over will be sold online.

At the October meeting an officer nominating committee will be named. New officers will be elected at the November meeting and installed at the December event.

Our presentation at the October meeting will be delivered by our secretary Jack Schock, WA7IHU. Jack will be presenting a slide show featuring various ham shacks in the Rogue Valley.

Announced in the October 2012 issue of The Repeater.

September 6, 2012 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swapmeet

The club decided at the June meeting to move our annual equipment swapmeet from January to September. So bring your valuable, not so valuable, and ‘honey, it’s really gotta go’ equipment to the September 6th club meeting.

If you have enough equipment to cause a gravitational singularity in your neighborhood, here’s the perfect opportunity to redistribute all that mass and make a little money at the same time.

Announced in the September 2012 issue of The Repeater.

June 7, 2012 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Contesting, Allan Taylor, K7GT

Speaking of contests, at our June meeting Allan Taylor, K7GT will give us a very interesting presentation on contesting. I look forward to seeing many of you at SeaPac the first weekend in June and I hope to see all of you at our June meeting shortly after.

Announced in the June 2012 issue of The Repeater.

May 3, 2012 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: HF Mobile, Jeff Statchwick W7KNX

At our May meeting I will be giving a presentation on HF mobile installations that I hope you will find interesting.

Announced in the May 2012 issue of The Repeater.

April 5, 2012 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Antennas, Ellis Feinstein, K7MFR

Joe Gunderson, KB7QMT is going to take a club photo at the April meeting, so hopefully we will have good attendance.

Ellis Feinstein, K7MFR will give us his presentation on antennas at the April meeting that you don’t want to miss. I hope to see you all there.

Announced in the April 2012 issue of The Repeater.

March 1, 2012 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Antennas, Ellis Feinstein, K7MFR

At our March meeting, Ellis Feinstein, K7MFR will give a presentation on antennas that you don’t want to miss. I hope to see you all there.

Announced in the March 2012 issue of The Repeater.

February 2, 2012 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Military Field Radios, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN

Here are some of the topics that have been raised for discussion at our February meeting by our Vice President Scott Cummings, KD7EHB:

That the Club call sign trustee be asked to register and complete application for W7DTA in Logbook of the World.
That sufficient funds be allocated from the general fund to obtain a quantity of QSL cards for W7DTA with the club call sign trustee to act as QSL manager for paper requests.
That a position be discussed and created for a Public Information Officer of the club with nomination of interested club members to fulfill that position.
Cause the formal formation of the 2012 Field Day Planning Committee with at-least three members involved and a budget allocation to be discussed and voted on.
Formal invitation to JCARES to participate in Field Day.

Also Lud, KB2EVN suggests we discuss changing the order of our meetings. For example, having the presentation first and then social time to follow.

Lud, KB2EVN will be presenting the topic, “Military Field Radios” at our February meeting. I hope to see you all there.

Announced in the February 2012 issue of The Repeater.

January 5, 2012 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swap Meet

On January 5th we will be having our annual swap meet. I love swap meets. So dig out those hidden treasures you no longer need and bring them to the club meeting. If any one needs any help with heavy or bulky items please contact me and we’ll make sure you have a way to get your junk treasures there and if need be home again.

Announced in the January 2012 issue of The Repeater.

December 1, 2011 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM (note early time) New Far East Restaurant, 236 N. Front St. E Corner Fourth and Front St., Medford, OR

Program: Christmas Party. Bring a small gift (less than $10) marked YL or OM.

The December meeting is the club’s annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange.

Announced in the December 2011 issue of The Repeater.

November 3, 2011 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Homebrew Gear, Jack, WA7IHU and Bud, W7LNG

Announced in the November 2011 issue of The Repeater.

October 6, 2011 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Old Radio Gear, Lud, KB2EVN and Bob, K2GLO

Our club meeting this month will feature Lud KB2EVN and Bob K2GLO with a presentation on old radio gear. The exact topic and emphasis will be theirs…

Announced in the October 2011 issue of The Repeater.

September 1, 2011 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Multimode Digital with Soundcards, VHF

The September program will be two-fold: Don Bennett will describe a sound card setup for multiple modes. We will also have a group discussion as to local VHF issues. That is, what repeaters are REALLY available locally, their location, sponsor, etc.

I ask that each of you consider your usage of and experience with local VHF and UHF repeaters. I would like to see assembled a current list of repeaters that are REALLY available and correspondingly those to which ‘outsiders’ are not really welcome. I hope for a candid but tame discussion.

Announced in the September 2011 issue of The Repeater.

June 2, 2011 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 6:30 PM (note early time) Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Transmitter Hunting, Rich Harrington, KN6FW

This coming club meeting will be in the public arena as we learn and practice transmitter hunting (T-hunts) in Hawthorne Park. The start time is a bit early, at 6:30. Bring a 2m HT! Our guest, Rich Harrington KN6FW has given T-hunt seminars and demos many times in the Bay area.

Announced in the June 2011 issue of The Repeater.

May 5, 2011 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Portable, Field Day, and other Compromise Antennas

The weather is warming up, the sky is occasionally blue, and … the young man’s fancy turns to … ANTENNAS! Antennas on the ground, antennas on the roof, antennas on a car or truck, antennas high in the sky. (It sounds like a Dr Seuss reader!)

Now that I have your attention, please come to the club meeting on May 5th and we will talk of antennas both big and small.

Announced in the May 2011 issue of The Repeater.

April 7, 2011 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Restoration of Classic Radios, Van Sias, K7VS

Announced in the April 2011 issue of The Repeater.

March 3, 2011 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: The Care and Feeding of Simple, Broadband HF Antennas, Tom McDermott, N5EG

I hope to see you at the March meeting when Tom, N5EG will present his recent results using a simple doublet fed with 400 ohm parallel line for all-band HF operating. It is ‘almost’ an invisible antenna. See you there!

Announced in the March 2011 issue of The Repeater.

February 3, 2011 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em!, Allan Taylor, K7GT

Announced in the February 2011 issue of The Repeater.

January 6, 2011 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swap Meet

The January meeting is the club’s annual January swap meet.

Announced in the January 2011 issue of The Repeater.

December 2, 2010 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 6:00 PM (note early time) China Hut Restaurant, 450 S. Riverside. NW Corner Riverside and 12 St., Medford, OR

Program: Christmas Party. Bring a small gift (less than $10) marked YL or OM.

The December meeting is the club’s annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange.

I hope you all have your calendar marked for December 2 at 6:00 PM for the Radio Club holiday dinner. We will meet at the China Hut at the corner of South Riverside and 12th street. Bring useful gifts costing no more than ten dollars, and marked OM or YL.

Announced in the December 2010 issue of The Repeater.

November 4, 2010 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Communications—DC to Daylight, Herb Grey, W7MMI

The November program will feature your humble president speaking about “Communications – DC to daylight.”

At the November meeting election of 2011 officers will take place. Nominations from the floor will be accepted (with prior agreement of the nominee) in addition to the nominees presented by the nominating committee.

Announced in the November 2010 issue of The Repeater.

October 7, 2010 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Local Ham Stations

The October meeting will feature a show & tell of local amateur stations on video presented by Don Bennett, KG7BP and Jack Schock, WA7IHU.

There will be more goodies from the N7NS estate available at the meeting; this includes more free books, and some items for sale.

Announced in the October 2010 issue of The Repeater.

September 2, 2010 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: HF Propagation, Tom McDermott, N5EG

The September program will feature the “prolific presenter” Tom McDermott N5EG, who will talk about “HF Propagation”. With sunspot cycle 24 gaining momentum, this is certainly a timely topic.

Announced in the September 2010 issue of The Repeater.

June 3, 2010 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Nostalgia Radio Videos

Don Bennett, KG7BP will present the program for the June 3 meeting. Entitled “Voice of Victory,” it describes Hallicrafters in World War 2. Be reminded that the June meeting is the last meeting before the July-August break (next meeting is September).

Also there will be discussion and sign-ups for Field Day. The committee has been hard at work finding a site; more about that at the meeting. The site will be close to Medford, so there is no excuse because of traveling. Come out even if it’s a few hours – there always room at the microphone.

Announced in the June 2010 issue of The Repeater.

May 6, 2010 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: DXpeditions (video)

The May 6 program will show videos of several DXpeditions. Also I’ll allow time for discussions about Field Day. The FD committee consisting of Don Bennett KG7BP, Tom McDermott, N5EG, and Scott Cummings, KB7EHB will be receptive to your suggestions.

Announced in the May 2010 issue of The Repeater.

April 1, 2010 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Smith Charts and Impedance Matching, Tom McDermott, N5EG

The April 1 program will feature “Smith charts and impedance matching” by Tom McDermott, N5EG. Tom makes so many contributions to the Club, in addition to putting out the newsletter (in spite of working a demanding job). And he can explain complex subjects in understandable language.

Announced in the April 2010 issue of The Repeater.

March 4, 2010 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Practical Test Instruments, Bud Larson, W7LNG

The March 4 program will feature Bud Larson, W7LNG telling us about “Practical Test Instruments.” He will also display several devices that hams can use in building and maintaining station equipment.

Announced in the March 2010 issue of The Repeater.

February 4, 2010 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Vacuum Tubes, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN

The February 4 meeting will feature Lud Sibley, KB2EVN telling us about vacuum tubes. Our treasurer and generous program presenter heads up the Tube Collectors of America and knows a lot about the topic.

Announced in the February 2010 issue of The Repeater.

January 7, 2010 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swap Meet

As stated earlier, the January 7 meeting will feature a swapfest, so bring your trading stock and wallet.

Announced in the January 2010 issue of The Repeater.

December 3, 2009 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 6:00 PM (note early time) Far East Restaurant, Front & 4th St., Medford, OR

Program: Annual Christmas Party

Following tradition, the December 3 meeting will be a Christmas dinner gathering, this year at the Far East restaurant at 4th and Front Street in Medford at 6:00 (usual meeting day, one hour earlier). Bring a gift marked OM or XYL (under $10.00) to participate in the gift exchange.

Announced in the December 2009 issue of The Repeater.

November 5, 2009 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Moonbounce (EME), Steve Chastain, N7SC

The November 5 meeting program will feature Steve Chastain, N7SC, telling us about his moonbounce (EME) activity on UHF. Steve has extensive experience and success using this mode.

Again, be receptive to accepting a leadership position for 2010. Bud, W7LNG, is heading up the nominating committee, assisted by Tom, N5EG. Nominations also can be made from the floor at the November meeting, with prior agreement from the nominee. Elections will follow.

Announced in the November 2009 issue of The Repeater.

October 1, 2009 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Soundcards for Amateur Radio, Tom McDermott, N5EG

The next Club meeting is October first. The main program will be Tom McDermott, N5EG on ‘Soundcards for Amateur Radio’. The program will provide a background on soundcards, the 4 main categories of applications, and performance considerations for some of the applications.

In addition, Don Montgomery, WB7Q, the Jackson County ARES director, will bring us up to date on what is happening with that organization.

Announced in the October 2009 issue of The Repeater.

September 3, 2009 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, ARRL NW Division Director

The Fall club activities start off with a bang. The September 3 meeting will feature a visit from ARRL Northwest Division Director Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, who will have much to say about the big picture in ham radio. Thanks to Van, K7VS, for arranging Jim’s visit.

Announced in the September 2009 issue of The Repeater.

June 4, 2009 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: See President’s Column

We’re starting into Summer already, which means that Field Day is just around the corner, and we won’t have regular club meetings in July or August. The meetings resume starting in September, on the third.

The signup for Field Day has been less than enthusiastic, but a final decision about the Club’s participation will be made at the June 4 meeting, including a volunteer to serve as chairman for organizing the event. Band conditions are beginning to show signs of improvement so I encourage more of you to at least volunteer to operate for a few hours.

The program for the June 4 meeting is still in the formative stages. Check the Club web site for late breaking news. The program will not be centered around Field Day.

Announced in the June 2009 issue of The Repeater.

May 7, 2009 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), Wayne Cox, K7DZJ

The program this month will be presented by Wayne Cox, K7DZJ on Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Wayne worked for Pacific Power, where he was responsible for finding power-line related interference problems.

Announced in the May 2009 issue of The Repeater.

April 2, 2009 Club Meeting

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: (see President’s column)

Because of an early newsletter deadline this month the program hasn’t been finalized. However in my dedication to seeing that good programs are provided, believe me when I say that it will be worth your time on Thursday April 2.

Announced in the April 2009 issue of The Repeater.

March 5, 2009 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Antenna Modeling & Software, Tom McDermott, N5EG

The March 5 program will feature a PowerPoint presentation about computer antenna modeling by Tom McDermott, N5EG. (You may recall Tom and Van, K7VS told us about software defined radios last November.)

Announced in the March 2009 issue of The Repeater.

February 5, 2009 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Major Armstrong and the EIMAC Connection, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN

The February 5 program will feature our treasurer Lud Sibley’ s presentation about the Armstrong/EIMAC Connection. Lud’s years of experience in telecommunication and tube lore always result in informative and unusual presentations.

Announced in the February 2009 issue of The Repeater.

January 8, 2009 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: Swap Meet

Happy New Year to all. As we start the year with the annual swap-fest on Thursday January 8. Since we are geographically removed from the larger swap sessions, this is probably your best opportunity to unload unneeded stuff, and hopefully find something you can’t live without.

Not the First Thursday! Because the first Thursday in January is in fact New Year’s Day—this month only the RVARC meeting will be held on the Second Thursday of the month.

Announced in the January 2009 issue of The Repeater.

December 4, 2008 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 6:00 PM Far East Restaurant (formerly Colony Far East), Front and 4th St., Medford, OR

Program: Annual Christmas Party

The time has flown by and we are at the Holiday Season once again. It is time for our last meeting of the year, and as usual it will be the annual Christmas Party. This year we will be having dinner at the New Far East Restaurant (formerly the Colony Far East), Front and 4th Streets in Medford . We plan to start at 6:00 P.M. and go until 9:00 P.M. on our regular Thursday meeting night, December 4th. Each person will order his or her own meal.

We will be having a gift exchange, limited to $10.00 value, labeled as male or female. As usual, the Three Wise men request “no junk”. Rumor has it that Santa and Mrs. Claus will hand out the goodies.

Announced in the December 2008 issue of The Repeater.

November 6, 2008 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, 60 Hawthorne St., Medford, OR (across from Hawthorne Park)

Program: “Show and Tell”

The Holiday season is around the corner. That means that we will be discussing a venue for a Christmas Party, if there is enough interest. It is notable that The Hungry Woodsman, where last year’s party was held, is now closed. Put on your thinking caps and see if you can come up with a suggestion.

DON’T FORGET: NOVEMBER MEETING IS SHOW AND TELL……..

Announced in the November 2008 issue of The Repeater.

October 2, 2008 Club Meeting

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 7:00 PM

Program: SDR (Software Defined Radio), Van Sias, K7VS and Tom McDermott, N5EG

September 4, 2008 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne St., across from Hawthorne Park, Medford Program: HD Radio, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN At our September meeting, Lud, KB2EVN will draw on his experience as a Broadcast Engineer to present a program on HD Radio, which is now gaining a foothold in the AM and FM bands. Plan to be there on Thursday, September 4th. We meet at 7:00 P.

June 5, 2008 Club Meeting

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford

Program: Field Day

Another month has flown by and we are nearing summer. My President’s letter will be brief. All I can say is Field Day, Field Day, Field Day.

Our next meeting will be focused on this upcoming event. Please put some thought into what you can do to help out. The food details are probably near the top of the list, as well as set up work on antennas and such.

Announced in the June 2008 issue of The Repeater.

May 1, 2008 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 7:00 PM

Program: Session with the Oregon Connection

April 3, 2008 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford Program: Field Day plans Harry, AE7NY, and I will both be out of town for business purposes on April 3rd, so we will miss seeing the gang for that meeting. I am sure Jack, WA7IHU, won’t mind sitting in my chair for that evening. One of the items for discussion, which may actually be part of the presentation part of the meeting, will concern our plans for Field Day.

March 6, 2008 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM American Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne, across from Hawthorne Park, Medford

Program: The ARES organization in this area, Don Montgomery, WB7Q

Don Montgomery, WB7Q, will present this month’s program on the ARES organization in this area. It should be a good presentation because many people feel strongly about this phase of amateur radio, and emergency communications is the sole reason many new licensees are getting into this hobby. It has been proven time after time that we can come through when the commercial carriers get tied in knots by the holes in their infrastructure, as well as the overwhelming amount of traffic.

As always, we will start with a short business meeting, a coffee break and then the program. Please join us at 7:00 P.M. in the American Red Cross building at 60 Hawthorne on Thursday, March 6. Bring a friend.

Announced in the March 2008 issue of The Repeater.

February 7, 2008 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford

Program: Spark, arc, and alternator transmitters, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN

Lud Sibley, KB2EVN, will give a photo and technical presentation on pre-electronic radio transmitters: spark, arc, and alternator. These were the standard technology before and into the ‘20s. Think in terms of a 10-kilowatt arc transmitter in Medford, and a one-megawatt one outside Bordeaux! How about a 20-kHz, 200-kilowatt alternator that once spanned the Atlantic every day, and did so again last November!

Announced in the February 2008 issue of The Repeater.

January 3, 2008 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford

Program: Swap Night

SWAP NIGHT JANUARY 3, 2008 — COME TO THE MEETING, MEET THE GANG

Bring your excess gear, parts, ham radio books, magazines, etc. It’s a fun time. You may see your first transmitter for sale. Sometimes Hallicrafters receivers show up; who knows? Some items are even free.

Announced in the January 2008 issue of The Repeater.

December 6, 2007 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, December 6, 2007 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Hungry Woodsman Restaurant, 2260 Biddle Rd., Medford Program: Christmas dinner meeting and gift exchange The December meeting is our Christmas dinner meeting. Each person orders his own meal. It will be in one of the meeting rooms at the Hungry Woodsman from 6pm to 9pm on our regular meeting night 6 DEC 07. Bring gifts to exchange. Keep the costs of your gift under $10.

November 1, 2007 Club Meeting

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford

Program: “Size matters!” (the VT-158, 7C22 & 6949 tubes), Lud Sibley, KB2EVN, plus show and tell night

Lud KB2EVN has volunteered to put on a program at this next meeting. It will be on the VT-158, 7C22 & 6949 tube and is called “size matters!” Also I have declared it “show and tell night.” Everyone has something they would like to show the rest of us. Do like Al Tipsword W6GER does, bring it down!

I was lax in my duties at the last meeting and didn’t appoint a nominating committee. We need some volunteers so we can vote on them and install the new slate at our Christmas dinner.

Announced in the November 2007 issue of The Repeater.

October 4, 2007 Club Meeting

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford Program: Power line RFI, Wayne Cox, K7DZJ Wayne Cox, K7DZJ will put on our program in October. The subject is power line RFI, He is well qualified to talk about it since chasing RFI is what he did for a living! Announced in the October 2007 issue of The Repeater.

September 6, 2007 Club Meeting

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford

Program: “Regenerative receivers and how to build one that works”, Bud Larson, W7LNG

This month at our Sept 6 meeting, Bud, W7LNG will put on the program. The subject will be “regenerative receivers and how to build one that works.” This is a timeless subject as many modern receivers in garage door openers and the like are still using this type circuit. Don’t miss this one as I’m sure Bud will give us his usual enjoyable presentation.

Announced in the September 2007 issue of The Repeater.

June 7, 2007 Club Meeting

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 7:00 PM Red Cross Building, across from Hawthorne Park, South of Tinseltown, in Medford Program: “Getting started in contesting” and “DX-ing”, Van Sias, K7VS The June Meeting: will feature Van Sias, K7VS, speaking about “getting started in contesting” and “DX-ing”. For anyone who doesn’t know him, Van is an expert at both of these aspects (ask, no beg him, to see his “wallpaper”) so, it’s going to be good, folks….

May 3, 2007 Club Meeting

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 7:00 PM Kathrein Inc. - Scala Division, 555 Airport Road, across from the Rogue Valley Airport Program: Tour of Kathrein Inc. - Scala Division, hosted by Harry, AE7NY Harry, AE7NY will host the club in May out at Kathrein Inc-Scala Div at 555 Airport Rd. We meet in the back of the building in the cafeteria. After a short meeting with him and some of the hams who work there, Harry will give us a tour of the place and then treat us to coffee and donuts, ompliments of the company.

April 5, 2007 Club Meeting

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 7:00 PM

Program: “Tubes that never made it”, Lud Sibley, KB2EVN and Bob Deuel, K2GLO

We had another good turnout at our 5 April meeting. There are still more chairs available, so “bring a friend.”

The program for the April meeting was given by Lud Sibley, KB2EVN and Bob Duel, K2GLO. They gave us a fine presentation on “tubes that never made it” including some strange German tube types. We had a surprise guest appearance when Bud, W7LNG, brought some of his large tube collection and talked about a few of the rare ones.