[PVRCNC] PVRCNC-EAST October Chapter Report

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PVRCNC-EAST Chapter Report
 
PVRCNC-EAST’s regularly scheduled gathering took place on Thursday, October  
6.  Those in attendance were: W4KAZ, Keith; NX9T, Jeff; W0UCE, Jack;  KA1ARB, 
Rob; K2AV, Guy; AD4L, Pete; N4TL, Tom; W4MY, Marty; WW4M, Jim; and  W4ROT; 
Terry.
 
Announcements were made which consisted of a reminder about the upcoming  
Holiday Dinner/Meeting set for December 1rst, Encouragement to participate in  
upcoming contests, and an “official welcome” to a first time meeting attender,  
W4ROT.  We were glad to have Terry join us and hope he comes back in  
November!  After finishing up some “business,” we moved on to the member  reports:
 
KA1ARB: Rob reported that he has been having a great time on HF since  
getting his station up and running.  He participated in the SSB Sprint and  had a 
awesome time and set a personal best.  
 
K2AV: Guy has been busy repairing a home computer.  He offered sage  advice 
to all concerning not blindly accepting various antenna designs as being  worth 
their salt just because they happen to be found on the internet.   While many 
may provide a good SWR, they are extremely inefficient.
 
W0UCE: Jack offered thanks to all who participated in the antenna  project.  
His log periodic is working wonderfully.  Although he was  frustrated that he 
couldn’t nail the K7C on 80 or 160m, Jack didn’t blame the  log periodic 
since it only covers 10 through 30 mhz.
 
N4TL: Tom bagged the K7C on 5 bands and extolled the DXA web program used  
during the operation.  While visiting Florida last week to see his  
granddaughter be baptized, Tom had the pleasure of driving a Maserati.
 
W4KAZ: Keith has not been operating much lately due to various obligations  
but was glad to help Jack with the antenna project.  
 
WW4M: Jim has not been very active lately but provided some encouraging  
information about the N.C. State Univ. station, W4ATC which should be active  
during SS.  Jim continues planning some work on his personal shack when  time 
allows.
 
AD4L: Pete advised that his 84 year old mother is active and enjoying ham  
radio.  She was first licensed at age 75.  Pete has an A4 up but is  waiting on 
hurricane season to pass before hoisting it up very high.  He  did get on 
during WAE but decided that his 1-Q per day was not what the contest  committee 
had in mind as far a participation goals.  He has been quite busy  lately trying 
to keep 3 different wireless networks running.
 
W4MY: Marty has been enjoying the meetings and is spending time learning  
N1MM.  He described a recent “experience” with his new amplifier...but all  
turned out ok!  Marty worked hard during the CQP to the tune of 400 Q’s and  55 of 
the 58 California counties.  (Great Job Marty!)
 
NX9T: Jeff operated during the SSB Sprint and also enjoyed chasing the K7C  
around.  Very impressed with the DXA cluster software offering real time  
logging information.  Planning to work CQWW and SS.
 
W4ROT: Terry joined us for his first meeting.  He advised that he  enjoys 
RTTY a lot and hopes to put up a V-beam soon.  Terry had fun  operating the CQWW 
RRTY and plans to enter contests this season. 
 
Reports Via Email:
 
K4TMC: Henry reports that he has been out of town a lot due to work  
obligations.  
 
K4HA: Bob has been busy working on the SHP communications trailer.   The 
trailer has been utilized for various communications needs for security  
operations and emergency training events.
 
K4QPL: Jim has been busy playing “Father of the Bride” recently.  This  has 
preempted contesting activities and just about everything else.  He  lamented 
about all the cool radio equipment which could have been bought for the  shack 
had his daughter just elected to elope.  Things are slowly getting  back to 
normal and Jim plans to operate many of the remaining fall contests and  
especially looking forward to his personal favorite, CW SS!
 
K4CIA: Bill had a another meeting which he needed/wanted to attend so the  
group graciously extended a “pass.” (Bill, our chapters’ “Dr. DX”, was very  
successful in chasing the K7C)
 
N2NFG: Bob gave N1MM a try during the CQP and is getting things set for  SS.  
 
Our November meeting will be held at on November  3rd.