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              Southern Oregon Amateur Packet Radio Association
                     
                   February Meeting Minutes for 02/12/00

             Scheduled Meeting at Providence Hospital, Medford.
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          Called to Order: 10:00 AM  Dick Suber, K7DDI, Presiding

Present:

Sean Smithers  N7ZWU     Ed Ewell       K7DXV     Frank McCrackin  WB6LMA
Steve Grajeda  WB6YQP    Dick Suber     K7DDI     Bill Frazier     KC7REK
Will Calvert   N7KS      Leonard Colman KB7TSX

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Minutes of previous meeting were read by Sean, N7ZWU
Motion to accept by Steve, WB6YQP. 2ND by Frank, WB6LMA. Accepted

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Treasurer's Report: by Steve Grajeda, WB6YQP

We started with $1012.56 in the bank. $140 was deposited to bring the
total to $1152.56. Cash on hand is $15.31 for total funds of $1167.87

Motion to accept by Frank, WB6LMA. 2nd by Leonard, KB7TSX. Accepted.

Last cost on power supply was $169.00, need to check two other places.

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Tech Report:

King Mtn. OK

Sexton Mtn. GP 9600 TNC is locked up, need to check it out

Soda Mtn. OK

Hamaker Mtn. Found bad serial cable to diode matrix. Radios are
working, changed TNC. Traced down to the serial cable. The 220 MHz
link now works.

CJ is up. Crescent City reports they were able to connect. Antenna needs
to be moved up the tower.

KOPE is down.

MFR OK, reported weak link to Klamath Co.

KLMT need to reprogram EEPROM and change out call.


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Old Business:

Power supply, need to price and order.

Bylaws were sent out via e-mail to members.

Ed, K7DXV can repair Astron power supplies. Reports that there is
an autoreset board that will reset the crowbar circuit so you don't
have to physically power the power supply off and back on to reset. 

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New Business:

Budget discussion. Add surge protection on Hamaker? Battery power
supply discussed - need float charger.

Complaint received about interference on 144.99 MHz being caused by
Dave Putman, W7KZU. He is interfering with the packet link to AWLBBS
on 144.98. The ORRC handles frequency coordination in Oregon and uses
a 10kc channel separation instead of 20kc. The ARRL bandplan is just
a suggestion, local coordination determines actual frequency
allocation. We can suggest moving or send a complaint to the FCC.

There is no grandfathering or homesteading where frequencies are
coordinated. 144.99 is not a voice simplex frequency and has been
allocated to packet use by the ORRC. The ORRC bandplan assigns
packet the frequency range 144.910 through 145.090 on 10kc splits.
It is recommended that we write a letter from SOAPRA to Dave Putman,
W7KZU stating the above.

The radio on Soda is a crystal controlled radio on an ORRC assigned
frequency.

Motion by Steve, WB6YQP to write a letter to Dave Putman, W7KZU
explaining the band plan and rules. If it continues, we will have
to take measures to remedy the interference with emergency and normal
communications. Send by registered letter. 2nd by Leonard, WB7TSX.
Passed.

Request by Dick, K7DDI to include the SOAPRA roster with the minutes.

Motion by Sean, N7ZWU to pay the ORRC dues at $15.00. 2nd by Steve,
WB6YQP. Passed.

Will, N7KS asks about securing the radio cabinets on the mountaintops
for quake resistance over the next year.


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Meeting adjourned: 11:25 PM

Sean, N7ZWU
SOAPRA Secretary.

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