{"id":1745,"date":"2018-07-10T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2024-06-27T08:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:41:18","slug":"annual-ham-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/2018\/07\/10\/annual-ham-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Ham Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the crew at Virlie&#8217;s Grill took their annual vacation, the ham conclave met at the Root Cellar in Pittsboro for an enjoyableSaturday breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Pete, K4PHS, appeared wearing a tee shirt which advised us that there were &#8220;two types of people: 1) Those who extrapolate conclusions based on insufficient data.&#8221; (Some paraphrasing may have occurred.)<\/p>\n<p>Bill, N8BR, is now selling his supply of RG400 coax in 10 foot lots. Cheap.<\/p>\n<p>Terry, KK4JGT, our Chatham CERT organizer, announced a request for CERT support for a Haw River rescue exercise. He now has over a hundred on his mailing list and there are 21 hams.<\/p>\n<p>Hank, K3YDX, participated in Field Day with a Snow Camp group. Casual and fun.<\/p>\n<p>Herb, N4HA, enjoyed a 20 meter CW stint with the DFMA\/OCRA team at W4EZ. Thanks to them.<\/p>\n<p>John, KX4P, worked the Baker dxpedition on 40 meters 11 minutes before they closed up shop. That&#8217;s cutting it close, John.<\/p>\n<p>SHOW &amp; TELL TIME! John, KK4VUR, brought his newly constructed antenna amplifier for his satellite work. He added a T-bias to supply power. Does anyone remember what the Lagrangian point is?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1747\" src=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Johns-Antenna-Amp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Johns-Antenna-Amp.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Johns-Antenna-Amp-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Johns-Antenna-Amp-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nick, KA1HPM, brought his duplexer on which he repaired a broken coax center conductor with some electronic brain surgery.\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1748\" src=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nicks-Duplexer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nicks-Duplexer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nicks-Duplexer-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nicks-Duplexer-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hope you will join us and add your ham radio input to our next Saturday breakfast at Virlie&#8217;s Grill in Pittsboro. Photos by John, KX4P.<\/p>\n<p>73, Herb, N4HA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the crew at Virlie&#8217;s Grill took their annual vacation, the ham conclave met at the Root Cellar in Pittsboro for an enjoyableSaturday breakfast. 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