P.O. Box 8873, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3J2
The OARC monthly meeting was held on November 8 2006
2006 at Ottawa City Hall,
Ottawa, ON and was called to order at 19:36 by President Diane, VA3DB.
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There were no guests.
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The minutes of the October meeting were approved.
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Diane, VA3DB made a brief announcement calling for volunteers to fill
the secretary and director positions that remain vacant. There were no
volunteers.
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Diane raised the issue of our participation as an official RAC station
in the upcoming RAC Canada Winter Contest. Last year's organizers will
not be available this year. There were no volunteers.
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Greg, VE3YTZ summarized the OARC name badge program that is underway
this year. Paid up members have until Dec. 13 to notify Gord Holmes
(VA3GFH) by email or by sign up
sheet of their interest to participate.
Badges will be distributed at the Jan. meeting.
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Janice, VA3PAX reminded club members of the annual Trivia night quiz
planned for the Dec. meeting. She suggested that we organize ourselves
into 4 teams before the meeting.
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Mike, VE3FFK summarized the status of the club hardware project: the
construction of a gel
cell charger from a kit plus a power distribution
system based on Anderson Powerpoles.
He estimates the total cost will be
about $100. Interested club members will have an opportunity to commit
to the project at the Dec. meeting. They will be asked to pay a 50%
deposit at that time.
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Dave, VE3TLY introduced tonight's speaker, David Conn,
VE3KL who gave a
very interesting presentation on the need for and design of chokes for
suppressing antenna currents on antenna feedlines. The talk clearly
outlined the rationale for the use of chokes and
illustrated the use of
an on-line calculator and 'hotlinks' developed by David. The talk was
followed by a lively series of questions
and comments from club members.
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Tonight's draw ($21.50) was won by Ying, VA3YH.
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The meeting was adjourned at approximately 21:30.
- Dave Green, VE3TLY