[PVRCNC] NC-East Chapter - October Minutes and November meeting tickler

[Keith Zeringue]

For those interested, the next NC-East chapter meeting is this Thursday, 
November 1st.  The October minutes follow.

For those disinterested....discard at your convenience.

73 de w4kaz/scribe k



PVRCNC-East Chapter - October Meeting Notes
October 4th, 2007, Manchester's, Raleigh, NC, USA.

We drew another bakers dozen for the October gathering of the NC/East 
Chapter. There was the normal period of table banter before K4QPL broke 
through the QRM to begin Member reports.

Around the Table:

K4CIA, Bill:   Bill's only radio-activity over the past month has been 
to play around some on 160m.

K4CZ, Barry:   Barry has been busy getting his low band Tee vertical 
completed for the contest season. He was able to work 3B7C on 80m. His 
big news was that his daughter and XYL were studying to take the general 
and tech exams at an upcoming hamfest (ed note: both passed their exams, 
de W4KAZ)  DX'ing has bagged him New Guinea and Burundi as new countries.

KE4GY, Frank:   Frank has a radio in for repair. He also has the base in 
the ground for his planned 70' rohn tower. He has a 2 element 40m yagi 
on order.

NX9T, Jeff:   Jeff has done a bit of DX'ing. He has been able to get his 
shack back in shape after the lightning strike that caused minor 
problems. He's planning a round of wire maintenance before the season 
gets under way. He also discussed as a good meeting program the video he 
had prepared(in Nov 2006) from 'file footage' of members of the chapter 
in action .(ed note: AD4L passed the original source materials into the 
custody of W4KAZ at his last attendance, FYI. de W4KAZ)

N1LN, Bruce:   Bruce has been chipping away at the large task of 
building his multi-two station. He has at this time 1 40m 2el yagi on 
the tic ring at about 66 feet. He is seeking additional hands for his 
'20m antenna party' planned for 10/20/07. Although he has already done 
some of the trenching and cable pulling, he still has yet more trenches 
and cable pulling ahead.

N1YXU, Laurie:   Laurie has continued to be the most reliable of the 
N1LN ground crew.

W4KAZ, Kaz:   No new radio activity to report. Helped N1LN with the 40m 
yagi lift.

NT4D, Jay:   Ditto W4KAZ...No new radio activity to report. Helped N1LN 
with the 40m yagi lift. Also reported that NT4Q, Jerry had found a good 
bargain on a FT-1000MP.

KA1ARB, Rob:   Rob related the story of getting the foundation poured 
for his Trylon , and reflected philosophically on the irony of digging 
an enormous hole ....then filling it right back up!

K9EZ, Kent:   Kent's hanging in with work, and is going to be soon 
looking for sections of rohn for a tower.

N4TL, Tom:   Tom has been DX'ing but 'not too much'.

K4QPL, Jim:   Jim was currently without a radio, as his Orion was on 
vacation at the coast. He was looking forward to trying out the efficacy 
of the famed salt water ground plane when he has a chance to visit with 
his radio. Jim reminded everyone that Sweepstakes was coming soon, 
immediately after our next chapter meeting.

(via e-mail) W0UCE, Jack:   Jack was out for the meeting because he is 
going to be cooking BBQ as a benefit

(via e-mail) K4TMC, Henry:   "On the road again....". Henry has already 
re-arranged and cleared the spot for his Elecraft K3 --- so whenever it 
comes, it has a home. He expects to be active for SS Phone.

Picayunes:

Jim, K4QPL announced tha WA4PGM and WK4Y would be passing through 
Raleigh on the way to PJ2-land. If any were interested in meeting up 
with them, they'd welcome the company for dinner.(ed. -and if I had 
bothered to do the minutes in a timely manner, you might have heard 
about it BEFORE it happened. de W4KAZ)

The paper contest was administered by K4QPL in the absence of W0UCE. 
K4QPL did his best to stir controversy with the scoring, but and was 
given an assist when there was a tie between KA1ARB and KE4GY. Rather 
than risk tar-and-feathering, 'QPL deferred to the group to settle the 
tie based on the questions answered. KE4GY achieved victory and won the 
privilege of peeling the onion layer by layer by layer....ad infinitum.

Sho 'nuff, there was actually a prize nestled within the voluminous 
package.
(ed., i.e."sho nuff'" = "sure enough", a simple translation for those of 
you unfamiliar with and perturbed by the playful use of the Queen's 
English as practiced by those of us happily(haplessly?) born to regions 
lacking things like "winter" or "snow" or "educational opportunities". 
de W4KAZ)

Next meeting of the NC-East chapter is Thursday, Nov 1st.

....and where were AA4NC and Jessica Alba?  MIA?

73, Keith W4KAZ

Scribe's DISCLAIMER!  The accuracy of these notations is suspect, and 
creative license has been applied where the scribe's note are 
incomplete, his memory is fragmented, or when reality was just less 
interesting. Perception IS Reality. Corrections to the permanent record 
will be made upon request.