October 6, 2016 Club Meeting
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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