Maybe I'm a pack-rat, but all three might be otherwise useful. The IC-735 and tuner could be a loaner-station for a new member/ham A power supply like that could benefit a bench, if we wanted to create bench-space upstairs. Or, we could take 'em to Ham Holiday, which I've gotta miss this year. gerry n5jxs On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Kim Elmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The OUARC has just (today) received a donation consisting of an MFJ > antenna tuner (I didn't look at the model), a big, metered Astron power > supply (40A-50A from the size of it) and an IC-735. My suggestion is to > take these items, along with anything else we'd like to sell) to Ham > Holiday this weekend and turn these into $ for the club. > > 73, > > Kim N5OP > > On 7/17/2017 3:32 PM, Peter Laws wrote: > > Successful meeting at SCARS Field Day site. Even collected some dues! > As acting treasurer, I can tell you that we have, between our two > accounts, $708.47. > > As acting treasurer, I can also tell you that we (me, Faculty Advisor > Kim, Faculty Advisor Emeritus Jud) plan to dedicate a chunk of this > money (but not all) to the W5TC/WX5NWC HF Beam Rehab Project. The > SteppIR on the Glen Martin Engineering spike on top of NWC snapped its > mast bolt AGAIN and took at least the SteppIR control cable with it > once it started spinning. It may be that the control box is hosed as > well. The good news (great news) is that it appears that the Yaesu VE > rotator is OK. ("VE" is short for "very expensive" because I don't > remember the model off-hand - but top of the Yaesu list). Dr Elmore > and I were able to verify that it turns, feeds back position, and even > has enough friction on the mast to turn the antenna. > > TENTATIVELY, we've scheduled a first meeting for 8/31 at 1900 hours > local, location TBD, but this date/time is subject to change (in fact, > I may be out of town then). We don't want to leave it too far into > the semester. > > Mr Boren (Altus, not David) will continue as president but we'll need > to appoint/elect some more officers pretty quickly once the semester > starts. Altus also said he would look into Howdy Week particulars, > too, so we may need some help there. > > More later, I'm sure. > > 73, > Peter > N5UWY > > > > > -- > Peter Laws, BS, MRCP / N5UWY > National Weather Center / Network Operations Center > University of Oklahoma Information [log in to unmask] > > > -- > > Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP > SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL) > > *"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in > practice, there is." – Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it > doesn’t matter who said it.* > -- Gerry Creager NSSL/CIMMS 405.325.6371 ++++++++++++++++++++++ “Big whorls have little whorls, That feed on their velocity; And little whorls have lesser whorls, And so on to viscosity.” Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)