Gastonia Area Amateur Radio Club
Monthly Meeting Minutes – July 7, 2005
 
Meeting Called to Order:  7:02 p.m. Meeting Adjourned at: 7:56
 

Glenn Adams (KD4TLC) called the meeting to order.

We have obtained written confirmation on our reservation for the swap-fest, for Saturday, December 3, 2005 from 8:00 AM until 2:00 PM.

David Hook (KE4GES) gave the treasurer’s report.

Paul Williams (K4PJW) gave a report on Field Day.  We made 346 QSO's for a total of 2122 points.

We now have a firm standing with the Westfield Mall and are paid through the end of 2004.

Marc C. Tarplee, PhD. (N4UFP) presented tonight’s program – The Care and Feeding of Linear Amplifiers.

Linear Amplifier Design - http://www.cpii.com/eimac/pdf/C&F2Web.pdf
HT Linear Amp Construction - http://users.knoware.nl/users/veldman/frans/english/hflinear.htm
              or - http://i5uxj-2.cln.it/amp/hfamp.html
VHF/UHF Linear Amp Construction - http://www.qsl.net/dl4mea/2g35.htm