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 Technology [log in to unmask]
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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.