October 5, 2017 Club Meeting
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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