May 2023 Meeting Minutes
Snoqualmie Valley Radio Club
Monthly Meeting Minutes
May 4th, 2023
I. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. at the Carnation City Hall
Members in attendance were:
Tom (WA7TBP) – President, Kirt (K7KDW) – Vice President, Mike (KJ7JNG) – Secretary, Ralph (KC7QXD), Ken (W7ECK), Rowland (K7RWB), Shawn (K7ATA), Paul (W7PFB), Colin (W2COL), Ed (AK7H), Marc (KK7LMP), Robin (WA7CPA), Ryan (KJ7GIE), John (W7ENT)
II. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes
The meeting minutes from the meeting that occurred on April 6th, 2023 were approved.
III. Treasury Report and Financials
Lindy was not able to attend the meeting. Tom presented the April 2023 financials to the members in attendance. Currently there is $10,517.80 in the treasury and SNOVARC has 31 paying members. For those members who have not paid their yearly dues yet, please complete the annual membership form and write a check for $20 made out to: CDCCC. Then, mail your check to CDCCC PO Box 644 Carnation, WA 98014. Or pay via Zelle from your bank account. The Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.
IV. Committee and Task Force Reports
Repeater Task Force:
Cougar Mountain Repeater – Some issues were encountered while trying to reduce the repeater power to get 3 watts of power to drive the amplifier. When completed, 3 watts of power will drive the amplifier to deliver 100 watts of power to a 9db antenna. Two computer programming license keys were provided by the vendor. The correct license key was determined and now all members of the Tech Committee are capable of reading and updating repeater settings. More work is needed to complete the final adjustments before the repeater can be installed on the mountain.
Myers Repeater – no changes – nothing to report.
Carnation Repeater – no changes – nothing to report.
Tom reported that he has tuned 3 out of the 4 duplexers that were in the SNOVARC inventory. The fourth duplexer is a 220 MHz duplexer.
Emergency Planning and Mobilization:
EYEWARN – Rowland contacted Clark County to ask them which agency accepts EYEWARN information once EYEWARN is activated. Clark County informed Rowland that they would deliver the information to whichever County that requested the information.
Education and Community Outreach:
Ham Tech class – Location TBD. SNOVARC needs to ascertain which SNOVARC VE examiners have VE credentials that are current.
Ham Development and Rookie Roundtable – no change
Carnation Space:
Status of Carnation space equipment move – no change
Status of Equipment Inventory Project – Tom inventoried two carry cases with test gear and power supplies that were stored at FS 86. In addition, he inventoried 4 repeater duplexers and two passband filters.
V. Old Business
King County Badging – no change
Marketing – no change
Mini Drill – May 18th. The topic of the drill will be…a surprise.
Field Day at Evacuation Hill – Scheduled for June 24th and 25th. (Set-up will start on June 23rd) Jeff Conall from the Tolt Highlands HOA will provide a temporary gate passcode for the field day. Issaquah Communications Support Team and Issaquah Amateur Radio Club are interested in attending and will help supply some essential services during the field day.
VI. New Business
Rowland will forward some Red Cross drill topics to Tom.
SNOVARC face-to-face monthly meeting ELMER Session – Paul (W7PFB) provided the team with a power point presentation regarding NVIS antennas.
Meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
