[nrv-hams] Minutes of February Meeting

[Edward Lener]

Everyone, below are the minutes of the last club meeting. My thanks to Cam
and Chris for taking notes since I had to work that night.  As usual please
let me know if any corrections are needed.

73

- Ed, AK4IS

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Minutes

2/26/2024



New River Valley Amateur Radio Club

Meeting held at the Library Service Center due to a conflict at the
Blacksburg Fire House.



Meeting called to order at 7:15 PM



Welcome from Cam Coble, President

Introduction of officers



*Reports*

Secretary’s Report – Cam Coble for Edward Lener

The January meeting minutes were sent to the club reflector on 2/24.
Corrections were made regarding donations for the Eat and Meet event.



Treasurer’s Report – Steve Allen

Membership renewals for 2024 continue to come in. Please get them in if you
have not already done so.



WinLink Update – Danny Wylam.

Made a trip up to Brush Mountain to check out WinLink. Everything now seems
to be working well.



Repeater Update – Mike Herring

Everything seems to be working well.

Discussion about looking into setting up a 220 MHz repeater on Peaks Knob.



Club Donation Acknowledgements – Cam Coble

There were no recent donations.





*Old Business*



Club Shirts – Cam Coble

Black polo shirt. Cost will be approximately $51 plus $5 for call sign.
Please get your orders in by March 1.



Winter Field Day – Cam Coble

Event was held Saturday, Jan 27th at the Appalachian Conference Center in
Dublin. Had 18 people sign in and 10 people making contacts.



*New Business*



Silent Keys – Cam Coble

Want to send a gift from the club when a member becomes a silent key.  Jim
Hassell made a motion and Len Sutphin seconded to allow up to $75 per
individual for a dish garden or other donation as appropriate.



Discuss Replacement of Kenwood TS-430S – Cam Coble

Want to purchase an FT-710 as a newer replacement.  Len Sutphin made a
motion to purchase the FT-710 after an auction is held to sell the old
Kenwood. Motion passed unanimously.

Auction discussion ended with initial pricing for Kenwood TS-430S set at
$100, and microphone at $50. Auction would be for 2 weeks.



Club has been approached to provide support for a new race event in Catawba
and New Castle.  Need to clarify expectation. Will need a map of route and
checkpoints. Want to focus on providing emergency and essential
communications only.



Discussion about supplementing different youth scouting programs with
amateur radio related presentations/events. More information will be
gathered for future discussion.



New Member Applications – Cam Coble

Had one new member application. This was reviewed and approved for
membership after a vote.



·       Ted Veggeberg, W4VTV



*Blings n Things* – “Mic Master Madness”



Members were asked to display and discuss their favorite microphones and
how they enhance communication.

Cam brought a microphone test station to demonstrate.