[PVRCNC] Minutes 2 May 2002 PVRCNC Chapter meeting.

[Guy Olinger, K2AV]

Met at Ryan's Family Steakhouse as a regular first Thursday meeting in
lieu of banquet night this year.

Attending: Guy K2AV, Bert N4CW, Pete AD4L, Howie N4AF, Jim K4QPL, Bob
N2NFG, Will WJ9B, Brian K3KO, Bob K4HA, Bill KR4LO (2nd meeting), Bill
K4CIA, Tom N4TL, Henry K4TMC, Alan KO7X, Jim WW4M, Wes K4WES.

Meeting called to order (?) at 6:35.

Bill, KR4LO was attending his second meeting, moved, seconded,
unanimously voted into PVRC. Welcome Bill, and once PVRC always PVRC.
You can divorce your wife or renounce USA citizenship, but you're
always PVRC. Carnac wants to know if we read him his rights.

Status of a summer meeting is up in the air and will be announced via
this reflector. Stay in touch. Note the membership application of
Maury, AG4QZ from Durham. First regular meeting will be September 5.
Will keep Maury posted.

Happenings among the crew...

N4CW reports that he blew the finals in his MP. There apparently were
various predecessor signs to this including suspicious smell which
Bert attributed to conditions on 40 and kept operating. None of the
various schema proffered by Bert to explain the failure were much
supported by the technica in attendance, with the general nod going to
the explanation that the five hour brick-on-the-key amp test found the
weak link. Either that or the MP got used to cold Maine weather and
just couldn't take it down here any more.

N4TL has gone over a thousand band/countries from the home QTH.

N4AF reports that four towers should be up for WPX (they were) and
plans for a monster wire 20/40 array are in the making (prototype was
up for WPX).

K4CIA checked out 1651 DXCC cards at the RARSFest. Seems he was
bleeding from the eyeballs when he went home, too.

KR4LO has 150' of AB105 up (or going up, or on the ground, or...
Carnac into Polish shorthand again).

K2AV has started working on the tower setup again. Feedlines, control
cables are buried.

N2NFG had to give back the gin pole to general club use, which reduced
his effective antenna height to 30'. Got tomatoes staked up with the
tower base, thus so much for tower work until growing season is over.
Has had to be working weekends, so didn't matter much.

K4TMC did NOT get the 40 meter dipole up. Carnac wants to know if this
is due to a design problem. (Carnac has a dipole fixation.)

K4QPL says "Ain't done nuthin."  This was announced in true southern
dialect to emphasize the serious depth of "nuthin."

K4WES reports an autotuner problem in his new Kenwood 2000. Much
discussion about whether his problem might really be that Carolina
windoms only work in Va, not NC.

WJ9B tried SO2R. Reports some mild brain damage.

K3KO revealed his new secret tactic against in-contest amp blowups:
remove the cover screws BEFORE the contest. Weellll, THAT explains
everything...

Meeting deteriorated to misc trivia and scientific BS around 7:45 pm.

Good summer to all, get those projects going and done. Even Carnac has
gotten out of his mope and is wandering around with needle nose and
soldering iron in shirt pocket.

73, Guy.