September 2024 Meeting Minutes
Snoqualmie Valley Radio Club
Monthly Meeting Minutes
September 3rd, 2024
I. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by Tom at 7:01 pm on Zoom.
Members in attendance were:
Tom (WA7TBP), Kirt (K7KDW) – Vice President, Lindy (KJ7IFA) – Treasurer, Mike (KJ7JNG) – Secretary, Ken (W7ECK), Shawn (K7ATA), Ralph (KC7QXD), Bob (K7RMO), Robert Martin (KK7UUM)
II. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes
The meeting minutes from the meeting that occurred on July 2nd, 2024 were approved.
III. Treasury Report and Financials
As of 9/3/24 there was $8,919 in the treasury and SNOVARC had 44 dues paying members for 2024. Thank you very much to Kirt for your Microsoft matching funds.
IV. Committee and Task Force Reports
Repeater Task Force:
Cougar Mountain Repeater – Working well – Real Time Clock battery needs to be replaced
Myers Repeater – Working well – IRLP node needs to be built by Shawn
Carnation Repeater – Working well – Secondary repeater (145.750) needs to be moved out of Shawn’s home and the repeater could possibly move into Colin’s home in Duvall.
New Cougar Repeater Equipment Project – Kenwood NXR 1700/1800E. 420-470 band with 3 watts output. Working with Ken from ARCOM to install a new RC210. ARCOM controller has 3 ports. All equipment purchases have been approved by CDCCC.
Emergency Planning and Mobilization:
EYEWARN – No update
Education and Community Outreach:
Thursday Night Roundtable/Ham Development – Working with LWHC. Exams performed via Zoom. Very efficient and effective structure to the FCC test process.
Carnation Space – No update
Equipment Inventory Status – No changes to date.
V. Old Business
Status of Club Shirts – Sandy’s Duvall Dazzling Designs has created 3 garment types for SnoVARC club members. All beautifully embroidered. Tom will model all three garments during the next meeting: One will be inYellow and two will be in Red. Paying for the garments: You pay full price for your first garment, but you can claim a 20-dollar refund. Speak to Tom after you make your first purchase. This is for the first garment only, after that you will need to pay full price for all garments purchased.
VI. New Business
At the Tuesday business zoom meeting, Mike pointed out that the number of check ins during the third Thursday net, are low compared to the other net nights. Please note the third Thursday night pizza night has between 3 to 8 attendees. It was suggested to consider not having a third Thursday night check in net. It was also suggested that the third Thursday pizza night attendees check into the net via Echolink, IRLP, or via radio while at the pizza gathering.
Meeting adjourned at 7:48 p.m
