From the Newsletter history archives...
Vintage Equipment
From the September '86 newsletter (entitled "Lenoir Amateur Radio Club" - after it was adopted as the official newsletter of the LARC but before it was renamed as the "News and Views"), it was noted that we were in the process of coordinating a frequency-pair for the proposed club repeater. James, N4NIN, reported that he received a preliminary response from CVRA-SERA stating that, so far, things looked good for the requested pair (147.195/147.795)...SERA only needing to check a couple more areas to the north to ensure non-interference with existing repeaters in that direction. (Needless to say, we were ultimately granted the coordinated frequency-pair! -Ed)
(Each month, a brief spotlight will appear here on equipment you may have seen at hamfest swap tables. This month it is the
Drake TR7 Transceiver
).
Looking more like a stereo unit than an amateur transceiver, the TR7 entered the fray in the mid 80's. It soon established itself as a heavy-weight standard by which others could be judged! Second, perhaps, only to the Collins line of equipment, the TR7 gained a huge following due to its inherent operating characteristics...not the least being its passband tuning coupled with an extremely accurate frequency control (it actually used a frequency-meter rather than the usual oscillator-type VFO for frequency control and display). The 100 watt output of the TR7 performs admirably...but when coupled with its companion LR7 amplifier, it becomes almost formidable on the bands. Expect to pay upwards of $600. at a hamfest table for one in fine condition!
Spotlight on Dorney LePierre, KG4YNM
Spotlight on Bill Phillips, WB2GRV
Cass County, Logan's Port, Indiana was the 1955 birthplace for Dorney. Beginning school in Ft. Wayne, he graduated from Robinson High in Tampa, Florida. Following, he entered the construction field (carpentry). Dorney is currently a Carpenter Foreman for Isaac Construction (Conover). First exposed to Ham Radio by frequent visits to the local Radio Shack where he observed ham radio equipment, he bought a Technician Study Guide. Receiving his call in 2002, his first rig was a Kenwood TH-21 Handie-Talkie. Vintage radios, building projects & public service (ARES) are on top of his list!
Bill spent most of his life in NY, having been born July 5, 1935, in Brooklyn. Attending St. Matthews for grades 1-8 and St. Joseph's High School, he later graduated from New York University with a major in English, completing his formal education at the Immaculate Conception Seminary (Huntington, NY) with a Master's Degree in Theology. He spent the next 30 years teaching (first at a Jesuit Prep School and the rest in NYC High School---ultimately teaching teenage inmates at Rikers Island Prison). Upon his retirement 14 years ago, and with an ownership of an R.V., he visited Lenoir's nearby Green Mountain Park on numerous occasions and decided Lenoir was the place to retire. Learning of Ham Radio in 1971 while visiting the school ham club, he sat in on a DX'ing session and from that day on...he was hooked! He got his Novice ticket, then his General 10 years later. His first rig was a Yaesu FT-101B which he still owns. Bill's favorite ham activities are DX'ing/Public Service. Other hobbies include painting, writing poetry, gardening, reading Civil War history, and Sci-Fi.
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Each month, 2 of our regular LARC members (alphabetical order) are profiled in this section. Several members, and club-officer profiles, are in past issues.
No home station photo available at publication time.
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