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              Southern Oregon Amateur Packet Radio Association
                     
                    August Meeting Minutes for 08/12/00

             Scheduled Meeting at Providence Hospital, Medford.
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        Called to Order: 10:00 AM  Gene Burchfield, KO6DW, Presiding

Present:

Sean Smithers  N7ZWU     Will Calvert   N7KS    Gene Burchfield  KO6DW
Steve Grajeda  WB6YQP

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Minutes of previous meeting were read by Sean, N7ZWU

Correction: USFS owns the site on Mahogany, not CDF as reported.

Motion to accept by Will, N7KS. 2nd by Steve, WB6YQP. Accepted.

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Treasurer's Report by Steve, WB6YQP

ORRC hasn't cashed their check so it is still outstanding. There are no
new bills. We have $1007.30 in the bank, $15.31 cash on hand for total
funds of $1022.61.

Motion by Will, N7KS to accept. 2nd by Sean, N7ZWU. Accepted.

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Tech Report:

Everything is ok so far.

Keyboard nodes, we could use digipeat on the nodes for local APRS.

Is digipeating turned on on the MFR node?

Are there any ROMS that specifically support the type of digipeating
used in APRS systems?

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Old Business:

The Hamaker-Burney link is already on a Scala 220MHz vertical. The
link that used to go to Don's bbs was a 220MHz Isopole. The 2 meter
lan is on a 2 meter Isopole. Albert, WB7AWL suggests that we replace
it with a Scala vertical. In time the Isopole will fail and the
Scala would give better service into the fringe areas.

Sean, N7ZWU is assigned to check XPWin's functionality with MFJ TNC's.

Hostmaster won't work on anything except Kantronics.

Sean, N7ZWU is assigned to put a letter together assigning Steve,
WB6YQP as the authorized ORRC representative for SOAPRA. Discussion on
ORRC.

SCARA, there is no change as to plans. Rich Zany has been talking
to the site owner.

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New Business:

NWS-Prairie link, need to discuss email that was sent to Gene, KO6DW.

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Meeting adjourned: 11:10 PM

Sean, N7ZWU
SOAPRA Secretary.

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