November 2026 Meeting Minutes
Snoqualmie Valley Radio Club
Monthly Business Meeting Minutes
November 3rd, 2026
I. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by Tom at 7:06 pm on Zoom.
Members in attendance were:
Tom (WA7TBP) – President, Ken (W7ECK), Rowland (K7RWB), Konstantin (KK7KO), Larry (AF7RW).
II. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes
The meeting minutes from the meeting that occurred on October 6th, 2026, were approved. Motion: Ken made the motion to approve the minutes. Rowland seconded the motion. All members voted to approve the minutes. Motion passed.
III. Treasury Report and Financials
The SnoVARC bank balance as of 10/25/2026 was $6,428. SnoVARC’s membership roster is now at 51 members, which includes 13 new members. Motion: Tom made the motion to approve Lindy’s Treasurer’s report. Rowland seconded the motion. Motion passed.
IV. Committee and Task Force Reports
Repeater Task Force:
Cougar Mountain Repeater – Ken reset the timers after daylight savings time changed. Had to use a Baofeng to adjust the time settings.
Myers Repeater – Audio levels have been backed-off as much as possible and mic gain has been lowered. After the changes were made, the Myers repeater, when traveling through the internet link towards Cougar, sounds a lot better. Not perfect, but much better.
Carnation Repeater – Tom will be upgrading the existing coax cable to LMR 400. Tom has tested the new RF footprint since the repeater has been moved to his home. He can use the repeater in Fall City, Carnation and parts of Duvall. He asked Larry to ask some of the Trilogy Hams to try utilizing the Carnation repeater and report back if they can reach the repeater from the Trilogy. Ken is doubtful, but worth the effort. Larry confirmed that the Carnation repeater is on 441.850 MHz
Emergency Planning and Mobilization:
EYEWARN – The EYEWARN project is being separated from EFR. The EFR 2027 budget is under scrutiny and EYEWARN cannot acquire any funding. Rowland will be leading the EYEWARN team. In an emergency, EFR will accept information from EYEWARN membership.
V. Old Business – None
VI. New Business
The SNOVARC annual Christmas Party at IXTAPA in Redmond Ridge will take place on Thursday, December 3rd at 6PM.
Tom reminded everyone about the SNOVARC Board elections coming up. Mike is running for Board Secretary and Kirt is running for Board VP. If anyone wants to fill the two seats (Secretary and VP), please send Tom and Mike an email letting them know which open seats you would like to fill.
Follow-up on the Myers repeater controller issues: Ken is having some issues getting support from ARCOM. There was a lot of discussion around the age of the controllers SNOVARC was currently using. Tome suggested that the newly formed Tech Team (Ken, Konstantin, Tom, Ryan and Mark Miller) discuss the controllers.
Tom continues to hear someone talking on the Cougar Mt. repeater around 8:30pm. However, he cannot hear them very well due to their low volume. Ken suggested that the transmission could be someone using their radio in simplex mode using the Cougar TX or RX frequency.
Rowland is running out of ideas for Elmer training classes. The soldering classes and making a PL259 connector were a big hit, but Rowland would like some fresh ideas. Rowland asked Larry to ask the Trilogy Hams if they had any things they were interested in that Rowland could teach during the Elmer classes. Larry mentioned stealth antennas for Hams who live in an HOA is one topic that Trilogy Hams would like to hear about. Larry will ask during the next Trilogy Radio meeting.
Tom requested that Larry ask Trilogy Hams to attend the Monthly Business Meeting in an effort to get their input and any fresh ideas.
Tom thanked Konstantin for providing the information on the 20 Volt power supplies.
Ken and Rowland explained how they utilize HF via their laptop with software and a donor HF rig located in another location.
Upcoming events:
October 19th – Virtual Flood Forum 5:30 to 7:30.
Motion: Tom made the motion to end the meeting. Ken seconded. Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 7:54pm
