[PVRCNC] Re: [PVRC] PVRCNC-East May 1st meeting minutes

[Jim Jordan, K4QPL]

Thanks for the minutes. Sorry I missed the meeting last month. Who is K4QLP? 
Interesting call. Or is that just more "inexacto" from "el Scribano'"?

Jim, K4QPL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kaz" <kazeringue at nc.rr.com>
To: "PVRCNC" <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>; <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: [PVRC] PVRCNC-East May 1st meeting minutes


> Once again, we are closing in on another meeting of the PVRC/NC-East 
> Chapter.  The meeting is Thursday June 5th, D-1.  Mark the calendar, 
> program the PDA -- whatever works.
>
> May 1st minutes attached below, and also available via the NC chapter web 
> site.
>
> 73 de w4kaz/el Escribano Inexacto
>
> *********************************************************************
> PVRCNC-East Chapter - May Meeting Notes
> May 1st, 2008, Manchester's, Raleigh, NC, USA.
>
> The May meeting drew a baker's dozen of non-triscadecaphobic members. The 
> evening was livened up with a 'two-fer' round of contests, including the 
> normal Paper Contest, and the First Annual PVRCNC Eyeball QSO Party. If 
> the scribe had been enjoying himself less, he may have made pertinent 
> notes on the events transpired. Alas - once again the scribe was deterred 
> from copious note taking by having fun instead.
>
> At the end of the Eyeball QSO Party Sprint, AA4NC announced that there 
> will NOT be a July meeting of the PVRC/NC-East Chapter. Instead of the 
> normal meeting, N1LN and N1YXU had been coerced into providing the 
> hospitality of their home for a July NC/East Chapter BBQ(Saturday, July 
> 19th). !!Please RSVP to N1LN for planning purposes!!. AA4NC announced that 
> K4TMC was interested in generating a group order to Inrad for filters, 
> hoping to reach a number of orders to qualify for their discounted rates. 
> He also noted that the first of the station tours had been conducted at 
> K4QLP. The tours will be presented as programs at a later date.
>
> Around the Table - Member Reports
>
> W0UCE, Jack: Jack had no activity to report, and is still suffering "CW 
> withdrawals" from the lack of operating.
>
> N1YXU, Laurie: Laurie was having difficulty giving her report, as she was 
> still digesting having been volunteered to host the July BBQ. She finally 
> managed to admit that she had in fact done a lot of ground crew work on 
> their on-going antenna projects.
>
> N1LN, Bruce: Bruce reported that the "LAST" Tower party had been 
> completed, and the antennas were up according to plan. He still had coax 
> and wiring to pull, but much of the remaining work is on Terra Firma. 
> (hmmmm...is any antenna farm ever actually "done"??? ed, w4kaz)
>
> KA1ARB, Rob: Rob had no activity of his own to report, but had helped out 
> at N1LN.
>
> NX9T, Jeff: Jeff also had no activity, but had put 'CIA to work on a stack 
> of QSL cards.
>
> W4KAZ, El Escribano Inexacto: Kaz had spent some time 'hanging around' at 
> N1LN's - literally. Kaz also took advantage of the desktop jam being 
> created by the arrival of so many K3's, and he had shaken Henry down for 
> K4TMC's now surplus K2. W4KAZ is very happy with new radio(tnx Henry!). No 
> other outside activity beyond assitant tower monkey at N1LN parties. 
> (ook-ook- ook-ook-eeeek!)
>
> NT4D, Jay: Jay spent a lot of time looking up at the N1LN hoistings, 
> helping out there on the ground crew. He gave the group a head's up that 
> the quality of food from the N1YXU kitchen would be too good to miss. Jay 
> was sorry that KZ1X was unable to attend, as he had brought along a 
> 'baggie full' of ticks that been acquired in the woods on the KZ1X back 
> 40, and Jay was hoping to return them to their owner. Was expecting to 
> operate WPX to find out if 'KAZ's K2 would really keep the Alpha out of 
> 'Kaz's front end.
>
> K1ZW, Larry: Larry had completed removing most of the hacked mods to his 
> SB-220 project amp, and finally had it up and working.
>
> KE4GY, Frank: Frank was ready for his 40m and 20m tower to go up, 70 foot 
> of rohn 25. He expects to be in Brazil at the end of the month, pending 
> issue of his visa.
>
> N4TL, Tom: Tom had worked a table at the RARS hamfest, and also had cards 
> for 'cia to check.
>
> K4CIA, Bill: Bill had had 'no fun' since the last meeting, as he's broken 
> open the paint cans again. He noted that their were 26 DXCC's confirmed by 
> card checking at the RARS hamfest.
>
> N4CW, Bert: Bert had fun playing around in the LZ Open, plus several of 
> the state QSO parties. He announced the approaching NE QSO Party, and 
> expected to migrate back to the Frozen Tundra(i.e., Maine) sometime in 
> June.
>
> AA4NC, Will: Will has been doing a lot of work travel, and very little 
> radio. He did manage to squeeze in the FL QSO Party. While on the road, he 
> also managed to catch an air show that featured the Thunderbirds, and 
> noted that their practice runs were more fun than the actual air show 
> performance.
>
> Paper Contest: Putting us firmly in our place again, N4TL's May Paper 
> Contest was a geography quiz, matching call sign prefixes to places on the 
> map. AA4NC was the runaway winner.
>
> Next regular meeting of the NC-East chapter is August 7th.
>
> 73, Keith W4KAZ
>
> Scribe's DISCLAIMER!  The accuracy of these notations is suspect, and 
> creative license has been applied where the scribe's notes 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, if the scribe is reminded often enough to make the 
> corrections.
>
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