[nrv-hams] March Meeting Minutes

[Lener, Edward]

Below are the minutes of our March meeting. Please let me know of any additions or corrections that are needed.

Ed, AK4IS
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Minutes
3/24/2025

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

Meeting called to order at 7:05 PM

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

Reports
Secretary’s Report – Edward Lener
The January meeting minutes were sent to the club reflector on 3/23. No corrections or additions were received.

Treasurer’s Report – Cam Coble for Steve Allen
Club finances in good shape. 2025 renewals still coming in.

WinLink Update – Danny Wylam
Both tested and working OK.

Repeater Update – Cam Coble for Mike Herring
Still having interference issues haven’t been able to make it back up the mountain

Club Donation Acknowledgements

Club Calendar

  *   April 8th – NRCC Demo (Cancelled)
  *   May 31 – Audie Murphy Special Event
  *   June 6th – D-Day Special Event
  *   June 28-29 – Field Day
  *   November 11 – Veteran’s Day Special Event
  *   TBD - Foxhunts



Old Business

Web Page for Club Donations -
Donation information, including all recent ones and some historical info, is now up on the club website.



New Business

New River Community College – Cam Coble
Have an active Ham Radio club, planning an event for April 8th.  They currently have very limited equipment. Set up HF and VHF stations to demo amateur radio. [Event cancelled]

EmComm Training – Cam Coble
Added a new set of training documentation on emergency communications that the net control operator can use at their discretion. Will try to incorporate training during the Thursday night nets. Discussion of how the training is going so far.

- New member vote:
Skip Thacker - WD4LT
Unanimous vote to accept.

Shack Pack – Cam Coble
Cam showed the contents of the new Shack Pack that will be available for loan to newly licensed hams. He also shared some of the details of the checkout agreement. Christopher Peters will handle signing the equipment out.

Blings n Things – Cam Coble
“DX Dreams: Chasing the Far and Exotic” – Club members shared techniques, tools, and tales of long-distance QSOs.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

There were a total of 13 attendees (11 in person, 2 online)