[PVRCNC] NC East minutes 2/5/04

[Jim Price]

PVRC/NC East Meeting Minutes
5 February 2004, Golden Corral, Dillard Drive, Cary

Members Present:
   Guy K2AV, Jim K4QPL, Wes K4WES, Bob N2NFG, Tom N4TL, Jeff NX9T, Gary
W2CS, Jim WW4M
   Regrets: AD4L, AE4EC, K4HA and N4CW 

Chapter Business
Guy opened the meeting at 6:40 and announced that the East/West Carolina
get-together will take place Wednesday  evening March 10 in Burlington
(mid-way between the Triad and Triangle).  This will be the March
meeting for the NC-East group (no meeting on the 1st Thursday in
March).  In the future we'll hold these meetings biannually on the
equinox (Guy must have some Methodist/ pagan thing going on).  Details
as the date approaches.  I'm sure some of us will be interested in
carpooling.

Contests coming up:  CW Sprint, ARRL DX/CW, CQ 160 SSB, NC QSO Party

Member News

Ed AE4EC reported by email that he'd operated in "WAE both ssb and cw,
Arrl ss both cw and ssb, ARRL 10M, CQ  ww both cw and ssb and cq 160M
cw.  I plan to operate in the ARRL DX, CW and the CQ 160M SSB test this
month especially if I can get a new inverted L up in time for the 160M
test. Definitly hope to meet with the club in  March."

Guy K2AV has picked up anAlpha 76 PA from Ron N4XD & thinks it's a dandy
rig.  N4XD has replaced it with an AL 1200 so he can run power on 12m.

Since our last meeting, Jeff had shoulder surgery (doing well) but still
mangaged to operate NAQP, ARRL VHF SS, and CQ 160 CW.  He is looking
forward to the SSB Sprint this weekend and the upcoming CQ160 phone test
as well as the others later next month.

Jim WW4M helped Jeff N3NPQ put up his rocket launcher tower for the VHF
January Sweeps.  Jeff's now QRV on  6m, 2m, 220, 432, and 1296.  Now if
only there were someone to talk to on 1296 in Chapel Hill....

Jim K4QPL operated in NAQP and the 160 CW test and thought the
conditions during the 160 contest were great.   He's getting close to
finishing his new garage / shack: the insulation is done and the drywall
can go up when he inspection is completed.

Tom N4TL made a contact in in the CQ 160 contest and brought his
homebrew 160m preamp for show and tell.

Bob N2NFG has not been active recently.  He missed SS due to a broken
leg and then Writelog bit him on the @#$*  during NAQP (the RTTY window
kept popping up).  Good news: he moved into the new house which has a
room   dedicated to radio.  Bad news: the landscapers landscaped right
over his guy anchors, so now he'll need to replace them and since he
can't relocate them he'll need to use concrete.

Wes K4WES operated in the NAQP

Gary W2CS also made 1 contact in the 160 contest -- he worked N4AF using
an 80m antenna.  He also operated in  the Sprint.

We wrapped things up at 7:27 pm.

73, Jim WW4M