Minutes
of the OVH Meeting
21
April 2003
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 PM
by Ruth Frock/KU4WH, President.
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, all
present stated their names and call signs.
Attendance: 23 Members and 2
guests
The program was presented by George Corron/AF4JH on station electrical grounding. In brief, there are rules that have to be
followed to successfully ground your station.
Follow those rules. The rules
come from the
There are three types of grounds, Solid (called effective by the ARRL)
which contains no intentional impedance; Effective
which contains up to 20% arrester impedance placed on the line; and Impedant which
has some form of impedance placed in line.
Article 810 of the National
Electric Code contains the rules.
Grounds MUST be number #6 wire (copper if going to earth). Grounds from your rig to the grounding bus must be at least #10. Braid is better than solid for RF to the bus. You MUST
have lightning arrestors on your antennas.
Thanks for the great presentation George.
The past month's
minutes, with a correction to Tom/WA2QAC's
call, and current financial status were approved by the membership.
Repeater: Art/KW4AW -
Problem with the repeater
was a failure of the band pass filter. It has been removed for repair. The job
of Chair of the Technical Committee
and Repeater Trustee is available. Please contact
Ruth if you are interested in either position.
Education: Bill/K9ZD - This week is class 5 of
10. The last class will be about a week
and a half before the Hamfest test session.
Still 8 students. Enrollment is 12.
Hamfest: Jack/N4YIC -
Jack needs someone to take up the task of arranging for rear gate staffing. Front
Gate and Tailgate have
coordinators. We are on course and table prices were lowered to $20 a table.
Membership:
Charlotte/KG4QXO Dennis Wilson/KD4WGN was read in to be
voted at the May meeting.
Upcoming events are posted on
the PWC ARES Web site (www.qsl.net/pwcares). Of note is the NCAC institute, May 24th. The morning will consist of panel discussions on ARES/RACES, lessons learned in the LaPlata, MD tornado, and how to attract young people to amateur
radio. The afternoon will have two
tracks, one on handling NTS traffic,
the other on directed net procedures. There will also be a "Science Fair" of neat stuff and a
discussion on incident command. You can
sign up at http://www.ncacdc.com, and
click on the Institute link. Pre
registration is encouraged. Cost is $10, which includes lunch. MMT 100 is the weekend of the 10th of May. MS 150 Bike Ride is the 17th.
Jack/N4YIC requested $700
for two new batteries for the repeater.
The motion was passed.
Brian/N8FK motioned to send the repeater(s) back to GE for testing (in rotation). He was requested to get more information, including costs.
Steve/N4OGR requested $25 for a mast support for our mobile
mast. This allows us to use it as a tripod as well as a monopole. Motion
passed.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:50.
Submitted for
the Secretary by David/KG4GIY.
SUNSHINE CORNER
Congratulations
to Elizabeth/KG4NXV, whose freshman crew team from Thomas Jefferson High School is the state champion! Her boat placed first in its class, and was
over 10 seconds ahead of the next
boat at the State Regatta.
Happy Birthday to our friends and fellow Hams: Blaine/KB4RKL,
Mark/KG4JAM, Bill/WA4FIC, Craig/N4WUV,
Nick/N3WG, John/KG4NXT, Bill/K9ZD, Bill/WB4KFU, David/KG4GIY, Bob/N4RL, Jack/N4YIC, James/W4JTP, Susan/K3SSP,
Wesley/N5RTY, and Craig/WA3UFY. Hope you each have a great day!
Congratulations
to John/KG4NXT, who upgraded to Extra when I wasn't looking.
Good going!
Get planning for
Hamfest -- what to sell at the OVH Table, what to donate to the Bake Sale,
who to contact to volunteer where you
can help the most -- looking forward to seeing you there!
73 de Jan/KE4TMW