[PVRCNC] April 1 draft minutes

[Jim Price]

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Thanks,

Jim WW4M

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PVRC/NC East Meeting Minutes
1 April 2004, Golden Corral, Dillard Drive, Cary

Members Present:
Ed AE4EC, Jim WW4M, Jay NT4D, Bob K4HA, Chuck K4NYS, Jeff NX9T, Tom
N4TL, Bert N4CW, Bill K4CIA, Guy K2AV

Non-members: Keith W4KAZ, Rob KA1ARB

Chapter Business
    This was the second meeting for Keith W4KAZ.  Someone moved that we
accept Keith's application for membership and it was seconded and
approved  unanimously.  Welcome Keith!  We were also happy to meet Rob
KA1ARB, who had heard about PVRC on the air from Guy K2AV.

Member News

    Jim WW4M will be giving a presentation on ham radio to elementary
school kids in Durham.  He also reported that the NC State College of
Engineering is making its relationship with W4ATC a little more formal,
which means the club won't have to worry about losing its shack when the
ECE moves to a new  building in early 2005.

    Tom N4TL had 125 contacts this past weekend and has also been
chasing DX (he's up to 1,750 worked).  He recently put up a 6m beam, so
now he needs a tower.

    Bill K4CIA dabbled a bit in the 160m contest.  He will be card
checking at the ARRL booth at RARSfest.  N1ND will also be in
attendance.

    Bert N4CW's arm is doing better after having surgery on the rotator
cuff.  He operated in the Russian DX contest and got on for the WPX SSB
contest for his son-in-law WA2JFK (who had a blast).  Bert was surprised
to work VQ9 recently and will be trying to operate digital with his
TS-2000.

    Bob K4HA started a new job 3-4 weeks ago with the Highway Patrol
working on microwave paths, VoIP (JPS), etc. He also bought a 756-ProII
at the Charlotte Hamfest.  He is not happy about the mixed audio for
crossband but likes its digital filters.

    Chuck pulled his Pegasus out of its box recently and will be
bringing it to RARSfest.

    Jay NT4D will be trying to reorient his antennas towards Europe at
22 feet on his broken crankup.

    Keith W4KAZ worked 370 Qs in WPX this past weekend and was also on
for NAQP-CW and tried his hand at ARRL DX CW.

    Guy K2AV has been very busy at work.  He thought the joint meeting
with the folks from the NC-West chapter was a lot of fun.  Guy then
started a group discussion about W0UCE's "broken triangle" 160m wire
antenna, which is fed like two antennas with two match boxes.  

    Rob KA1ARB has not been on the air for a while and often works
weekends, but recently did work multi-op with WB1ADRin New Hampshire for
the ARRL DX phone contest.  He has an A3 on a telescoping mast (can't
have a secondary structure in his neighborhood) but recently purchased a
KT34XA and is looking for tower or roof mount options.

    Ed AE4EC stopped by to say hi but had to leave before dinner.

    The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm

    73, Jim WW4M