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July 19, 2007
Minutes
Meeting was called to order by our President Joe
Loucka (AG4QC). Barry Smith (K4DJX) gave the Treasurer report. Mickey
Burkhead (KI4DTQ) brought up the idea that the club could benefit from a
tent to use at club functions. The suggestion was tabled till more
research could be done on prices, etc. Louise Burkhead (AG4BD) passed
around two possibilities for QSL cards for the upcoming BBQ Festival
Special Event scheduled for late September. The times were discussed
briefly. The advertised times are 10 am – 2 pm CST. That doesn’t mean
we won’t be out in the gated area in the afternoons but this was the
best condition times that we could come up with to advertise. It was
mentioned that we would like to get some of the club literature and the
banner to have handy for use at events. Reminder that our quarterly
testing is this Saturday.
The presentation tonight was on making good solder
joints especially when installing PL-259’s on coaxial cable. Different
techniques were used by all in attendance and they all were successful
when testing with ohm meters (using last month’s knowledge) after each
end was completed. Several Members teamed up and helped each other out.
Mr. Richard England even sent an example of his technique even though he
was unable to attend. Different members had different soldering irons
and all had their favorite part of their particular iron. Mike Burkhead
(K4TC) brought his that has seen much heat over the last 42 years. Thad
Williams (KI4LFV) taught us not to lay a paper towel to close to the
solder iron that is heated up. Luckily our visitor, Renee Webb, noticed
this immediately and no harm was done. Joe Loucka (AG4QC) used his
“little torch”. It heats up quickly without melting the insulation. His
tips of the night: Heat the job up quickly, to apply solder fast, so as
not to melt the insulation of the coax. Check each connection as soon as
you finished so that you know immediately where the problem is.
Those in attendance tonight was Joe (AG4QC) and Sue
(KI4LFT) Loucka, Jim (KI4LFU) Helvering, Thad (KI4LFV) Williams, Barry
(Ki4DJX) Smith, Mickey (KI4DTQ) Burkhead, James (KC4UFZ) and Renee Webb,
Mike (K4TC) and Louise (AG4BD) Burkhead.
Louise Burkhead
Secretary |
