[PVRCNC] Minutes from PVRC/NC August dinner

[jimprice@ipass.net]

Here are Andy NI4S' minutes from the August PVRC/NC meeting.  Thanks Andy!

I'll wait a couple of days for comments/changes, then post the official final 
version to the main PVRC list.

73, Jim WW4M


> I scrawled out some notes tonight - only what could fit on
> the back of a Golden Corral receipt.
> 
> In attendance:  K4HA, K4NYS, K4CIA, NI4S, N4TL, K4QPL,
> 		K4WES (+ young'n), KG4CZU (1st meeting)
> 
> Chris, KG4CZU is a Senior at Wake Forest whose family recently
> moved to Rolesville from Tarboro.  He was going to come
> with Henry, who had to back out.  Luckily, Chris decided to
> inquire of the 6 of us whether we might be a PVRC meeting.
> I wonder what gave us away =)
> 
> Chris has worked some contests with Henry's crew, and has
> plans to do some work with the WFU ham club, as well as put
> up a 'through the roof' system with a TH-6 at about 45' at
> his folks' place.  Something similar was seen in one of the
> rags (QST?) earlier in the year.
> 
> His info:
> 	Chris Plumblee KG4CZU
> 	3720 Marcy Ct
> 	Wake Forest NC 27587
> 	plumcg0@wfu.edu
> 
> News from the gang..
> Bob "Lightning Rod" Lukaszewski took his 2nd lightning hit
> in recent memory this week.  Damages include various PCs, TV,
> cable modem, 'cluster node, and an obliterated fiberglass
> antenna from atop the tower.  Much discussion from peanut
> gallery about proper tower grounding techniques, etc.
> 
> K4NYS's TH-7 isn't matching up very well only 2' off the ground,
> but it'll gain some elevation at some point.
> 
> K4WES's hinged tower is about ready to be rotated airborne.
> That and some coax, and Wes will be radiating nicely.
> 
> Meeting never really came to order, and disbanded about 7pm.
> -ap
> 
>