[nrv-hams] July Meeting Minutes

[Lener, Edward]

All, below are the minutes of our last meeting. Please let me know of any additions or corrections that may be needed.

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Ed, AK4IS
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Minutes
7/22/2024

New River Valley Amateur Radio Club
Meeting held at the Blacksburg Fire Station #3

Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM

Welcome from Cam Coble, President
Introduction of officers
Check-in of members

Reports
Secretary’s Report – Edward Lener
The May meeting minutes were sent to the club reflector on 7/21. No corrections or additions were received.

Treasurer’s Report – Steve Allen
Now up to 50 paid members. Raised $45 for the club at the rummage sale. All shirts are now paid for.

WinLink Update – Danny Wylam
One on Brush Mountain is working fine.

Repeater Update – Mike Herring and Cam Coble
Several people including Cam Coble and Christopher Peters went up Cloyd’s Mountain shortly before Field Day. Swapped out the Motorola repeater for new Kenwood. Tied in with CAT controller. Not currently linked between Cloyd and Brush Mountain repeaters but working to fix that.

Club Donation Acknowledgements
Danny Wylam donated gas for generator at Field Day.

Several people donated items for the rummage sale including:
• Patrick – NW8T – Donations
• Kate – N3KN – Donations
• Dave - K2COE
• Danny – AI4RC
• Cam – W4XXV
• Christopher – K4HZ
• Carlos – N4OTX
• Estate of Max – WB8FLE



Old Business

None

New Business

Review of Audie Murphy Special Event – Danny Wylam and Cam Coble
Had great weather this year but poor band conditions due to the solar storm activity.
Had 135 total contacts, including a few from overseas.


Review of Field Day Event – Cam Coble

Had 32 logged visitors and 13 licensed operators, both up from last year. 40-meter band had the highest number of contacts. Rummage sale was a success, will take the unsold items to the Roanoke Ham Fest in August. Full details on the club website - https://www.n4nrv.org/review-field-day-2024/


D-Day Memorial Special Event – Danny Wylam
On August 10th there will be an event at the memorial commemorating the end of World War II. Have gotten permission to set up a station there. If successful then the club can do something on Veteran’s Day in November.

Blings n Things – “Propagation Prowess”
Members shared strategies for dealing with changing propagation conditions and optimizing contacts.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM

There were a total of 17 attendees (15 in person, 2 online)