Radio Association of Erie – W3GV – Erie, PA

All,

Thanks to the help of some fellow club members, the 61 machine is now running on a much higher gain temporary antenna. The original antenna is fairly high on the tower, but the antennas that have been added and the wind prevented us from safely reaching it today. Handheld coverage north of 30 has been verified, and mobile coverage is good into the mckean area. We now have until spring to decide what we would like to do about a permanent antenna solution. I acknowledge that there is an issue with muffled audio coming from 82, and I hope to get back up there next week and make the adjustments and reprogram the macros.

82 is in need of some minor work, and I will be out next week to connect a maintenance free backup battery, tie. Into the new building ground, add a lightning arrestor to the 220 link antenna, and some other minor housekeeping items, as we may not be able to access it during the winter months. The county has added an HVAC unit to the hut, it is now temperature controlled, and there is a standby generator in-line with the building power.

Any questions, feel free to contact me a jeremylobaugh@gmail.com

73’s and thanks to those who gave up a piece of their Saturday to help me get things straightened out.

KB3BAM

Jeremy Lobaugh

The December meeting of the Radio Association of Erie will take place at the American Red Cross on Thursday December 3rd at the American Red Cross located at 4961 Pittsburgh Ave located off of Grandview Blvd at 7 pm.

Our program for the evening: TBA

At the November 2009 meeting of the Radio Association of Erie, nominations took place for officers and 2 open board positions for 2010.
All nominees ran uncontested.

The following individuals were elected to the Board of Directors of the Radio Association of  Erie for 2010:

President: Doug Sweet AD4UL

Vice President: Kevin McKenna KE3V

Secretary: KB3PPH

Treasurer: N3JOC

2 Board Seats:

Chuck Kaufman KB3RIT

Dan Miller K3UFG

Existing Board Members:

Frank Henry KB3NAT (Term ends December 31, 2010)

John Churchill N3DBC (Term end December 31, 2011)

Craig Hill K3PLV (Term ends December 31, 2011)