Web Page: www.wwcic.org
Information Line Phone Number: 425-820-6271
Chairman George Bisso
called the meeting to order at 0940, at WSP in Bellevue. Introductions
were made around the tables. Vice-Chair Wiz, and Member-at-large Harlan
were not able to be here today. Welcome back to Steven Mayes. DRAFT
Minutes of the Sept 9, 2003, meeting were reviewed and approved. Members
and guests in attendance today: 14. Please be sure to sign in at
each meeting, as your Sec/Treas looks at that info every time when preparing the
minutes, to get or make updates, and to yield the most current member and guest
information, or to correct the e-mail distribution list.
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$2808.85 |
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Savings Account Balance |
$856.63 |
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Total
Bank Balance – (all accounts) |
$3,665.48 |
800 MHz IX Discussion continues. Nextel contacted Jerry Noe about some of his system frequencies that had been moved to another location, and were causing concern for them. Nextel has filed for some 300 plus new channels in the Seattle area, both being in the high side of the 35 MHz separation. Nextel now has service in the Wenatchee area. Steve Leonard heard from Joe King about some IX on 160 MHz, but Nextel was not operating at the time. Joe will be doing some further investigating. Steve will still be working w/ WSDOT on collection of information about the systems DOT is having problems w/ IX on, along I-5. More is expected, as our discussion continues, w/ fresh updates at each meeting. This is quite abbreviated, & more information was covered. Please come to the meetings to get the most from what is discussed, as it is just not practical, even though the meeting discussions are taped, to get the whole discussion into an interpreted form by your Sec/Treas. (OPEN)
700 MHz Planning
Meetings
Per Kris McGowan, the last meeting was cancelled.
Recall, the conference phone number is (253) 512-7310.
The 700 MHz web sites are www.region43.org
for Washington State, and www.region35.org,
for Oregon, respectively. Contact
Jon “Wiz” Wiswell, Pat Buller or Kevin Kearns for more info.
Meeting schedules and past meeting minutes are on the web sites.
Be sure to check them for the latest information in this important
planning step for both 700 and 800 MHz use in the future.
(OPEN)
WWCIC web site
Alan Robinson got a “hit” counter on our site to total the number
of visits that are made. He presented an invoice for the Web hosting fee, for Oct-Dec
31, for $54.00, to continue our service through year-end. The membership had previously authorized a 5-year term of
service for this feature. The
bill will be promptly paid. (ALWAYS
OPEN)
Technical Seminars at meetings
Pat Buller was prepared to continue
his tech-talk about antennas, but the business carried over past 1100.
Perhaps next month, Pat. (OPEN)
XM and Sirius Satellite Radio
Per George, the XM system is
looking for a million customers by end of 2004 to break even.
XM has been quite responsive nationwide in protecting their equipment
and controlling IX. Sirius is in
financial difficulties.
APCO
No report this month.
Elections Responding
to Sec/Treas Loren Postma’s announcement of resignation of the position by
Dec 31, 2003, the group considered nominations, discussed alternatives, and
resolved to put elections off until November.
Volunteers are sought; nominations can be phoned or e-mailed to any of
the present Officers. Any names
will be brought forth at the Nov meeting.
George offered his services for another term as Chair, should the
membership favorably consider it.
Interference noted on 48 MHz
Pat Buller brought attention to IX
problem to City of Tacoma Water at Grass Mt, a DNR site, on 48.48. Jerry Noe also noted problems on 48.42 with higher noise.
Pat expects more investigation over the next month.
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Things from Chuck Z:
FCC
changes in FRS Rules?
Need
to get more information on BPL issues
IX
on 450 MHz channels affecting Boeing
FCC
Kris McGowan had nothing to
report. She told about doing a
presentation to High school classes, and surprise that about 80% of students
responded to yes to an inquiry about whether they had cell phones.
Nothing brought forward
Meeting adjourned at
1120. Next meeting is on
Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at WSP in Bellevue.
See the WWCIC web page for details about our regular meetings and
directions to the locations. Thanks
to everyone for your interest and support for WWCIC.
Respectfully submitted,
Your most humble
Secretary/Treasurer,
Loren
H. Postma