[nrv-hams] Minutes for October Meeting

[Edward Lener]

 Greetings everyone,
Below are minutes of our October 14th meeting.  Please let me know if any
other additions or corrections are needed.

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Ed Lener
AK4IS

Minutes

10/24/2022



New River Valley Amateur Radio Club

April 2022 marked the return to in-person club meetings, with the meeting
held at the Pulaski County School Board Building. In addition, a
simultaneous Zoom session was held.



Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM



Welcome and brief introductions from Cam Coble as President



*Reports*

Secretary’s Report – Edward Lener

The August meeting report was sent to the club reflector on Sep. 29th. No
corrections or additions were received.



Treasurer’s Report – Cam Coble for Steve Allen

Have 47 members. No changes in fund balance since last meeting and the club
is in good standing.



WinLink Update – Mike Herring for Danny Wylam

Everything seems to be working well.



Repeater Update – Mike Herring

Did some testing on repeaters. 65 Watts VHF, 22 Watts UHF, SWR is about 1.6



*Old Business*



Winter Build Project Update – Cam Coble

Have five people interested so far.  Sign-ups are still welcome. Sessions
will be held in December.  Will build the Ozark Patrol regenerative
receiver kit from the Four State QRP Group.

Learn more at https://www.n4nrv.org/2022-winter-build-project/



Resuming VE Test Sessions – Len Sutphin

Only one person responded to the initial call but several more came forward
at Monday’s meeting.  We need at least four VE’s present during the exam so
five or more volunteers are best.  Testing sessions will be held at the
Dublin Public Library starting in January 2023.



*New Business*

Foxhunt Report – Cam Coble

Due to weather the Foxhunt originally planned for Saturday, Oct.  1 was
rescheduled to the 8th and began after the club breakfast at Country
Kitchen.  A full report with photos is available at
https://www.n4nrv.org/fox-hunt-review-oct-2022/ including some notes from
Carlos N4OTX.

Will resume in the spring, may coordinate with the Roanoke club.

Nominating Committee – Cam Coble

Will recommend a slate of officers at the November meeting

Let Sutphin, KC5EJR, will chair.

Other members are Jim Hassell, W4BEA, and Mike Herring, KE4RGY.



Room acoustics – Cam will investigate options for a microphone for our next
meeting. Depending on who is speaking it is hard for virtual participants
to hear what is being said.





*Blings n Things* – “Spooky Speaker”



Members shared what are the oddest things they have heard through their ham
radio gear.





Meeting adjourned at 8:05 PM.



There were a total of 10 attendees (5 in-person, and 5 on Zoom)