[nrv-hams] Minutes of May Meeting

[Lener, Edward]

Below are the minutes for our May club meeting. Please let me know if any additions or corrections are needed.

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Ed, AK4IS

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Minutes
5/25/2026

New River Valley Amateur Radio Club

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 April meeting minutes were sent to the club reflector on 5/24. No corrections or additions were received.

Treasurer’s Report – Steve Allen
Club finances are in good shape. Received $90 for sale of Pete Burkey’s equipment at the last meeting. Auction of Jim Marchant’s equipment is proceeding well. Anticipate a portion of the proceeds to be donated to the club.

WinLink Update – Danny Wylam
Both stations are currently down.

Repeater Update – Cam Coble for Mike Herring
Brush Mountain has been acting up again. Additional details on the site later in the meeting.

Club Donation Acknowledgements
See club website for latest details.

Club Calendar

  *   May 25 – Regular Club Meeting
  *   May 30 – Audie Murphy Special Event
  *   June 6th – D-Day Memorial Special Event
  *   June 27-28 – ARRL Field Day
  *   July 27 – Regular Club Meeting
  *   August 24 – Regular Club Meeting


Old Business

None

New Business

Future of Brush Mountain Repeater – Cam Coble
The repeater site owner is vacating the site. Christopher Peters and Cam Coble met with them. Current tower has three guy lines – one on property, one on Federal land, one on neighbor’s land.

Cam and Chris prepared three possible options for the club’s consideration:

  *   Option 1, take over site as is, repair to insurable standard
  *   Option 2, take over site, tear down, rebuild from scratch
  *   Option 3, walk away, seek alternative site


After their presentation Cindy made a motion, seconded by Randy, to adopt Option 3. All voted in favor of Option 3. We will now need to remove our antenna and equipment from the site.

A second vote was held which authorized Cam to give the owners up to $120 towards the lease even though the amount had been waived in past years.


Planning for Audie Murphy Special Event – Danny Wylam
Will be held on May 30th. There will be two stations, set up at 9:00 AM, on air by 10:00 AM

Planning for D-Day Memorial Special Event – Danny Wylam
Will be held on June 6th. Set up at 8:30 AM, will use call sign W6J

Planning for ARRL Field Day – Cam Coble
Will be held on June 27th at Randolph Park. Hamburgers and Hot Dogs will be provided by the club. Will share a sign-up sheet for other food items.

Blings n Things – “Ground Control: When Lightning Comes Knocking” – Discussion of  station grounding, surge protection, and lightning arrestors

Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM

There were a total of 12 attendees (8 in person, 4 online)

No June Meeting due to Field Day