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March 8, 2020

Bill N7EU

Rogue Valley VHF Lunch Report

We had our monthly lunch meeting at the Medford Centennial Grill Golf Course. Spring is here and the golfers were back! Parking is now rare for our group as the golfers swarm the greens. Attendance was light this month.

Attending were: Larry N7LJC, Steve K7POJ and his XYL (Steve traveled all the way from Roseburg for the lunch), Ed KD6DVR, Bob KD6UIH, Gerry K6KSI, Lyle WB7VUF, Walter KC7HEX, and Bill N7EU.

73 to all

Note: Since March, we are under "no large groups meeting" restriction due to the coronavirus. No lunches are scheduled for awhile; we may be able to start up again at the end of Summer. So far only 80 or so cases in Jackson County. No deaths. Our group is active on the air but not meeting in person at this time.

Bill N8EU

February 5, 2020

Bill N7EU

Rogue Valley VHF Lunch Report

We held our monthly RVVHF Group lunch meeting on February 5th at the Centennial Grill. Attendance of the following operators are: N7EU Bill, KD6UIH Bob, WA7DCG Don, WC7R Steve, K7GT Allan, WB7VUF Lyle, K6KSI Gerald, N7LJC Larry, KJ7JAL Jeff, and KD6DVR Ed.

We all had a good lunch and various discussion about ham radio. Larry showed us pictures of equipment used in his career. Steve shared his experience with a 50 amp hour Bioenno battery he purchased. Quite a few of us are now running the IC9700 radio.

Bill N8EU

January 8, 2020

Bill N7EU

Rogue Valley VHF Lunch - Jackson County, OR - CN82

The Rogue Valley VHF group had their monthly meeting a week late because of the holiday schedule. KD6UIH brought along a Lithium Iron battery that weighed 11 pounds and provided 50 amp/hr of power. Quite a few of us are researching these types of batteries for emergency use and off the grid power for our ham stations. KD6UIH and N7RBP are in the lead regarding running their stations off the grid. Both have solar/battery set ups to run off the grid now and are improving their systems all the time.

Other discussions were about operating on VHF. K7GT has acquired the new IC-9700. N7LRC brought in another example of his 3D printing skills. Larry showed us a mobile bracket he made for his mobile radio.

In attendance were Bill N7EU, Claire KC7ARX, Larry N7LRC, Walter KC7HEX and XYL, Allan K7GT, Ed KD6DVR, Bob KD6UIH, Jerry K6KSI, Leroy WB7VUF, Bob N7RBP and XYL.

Bill N8EU