Meeting Minutes for October 12, 2004
Web Page: www.wwcic.org
Information Line Phone Number: 425-820-6271
Dates for WWCIC
meetings for 2004 The
following dates were established for the slate of meetings in 2004.
They are almost all the 2nd Tuesdays like always, but
with a few exceptions. Nov 9, &
Dec 14. The December meeting is
usually a Holiday Season Brunch. The
current location is the Washington State Patrol Office in Bellevue. Please note, & place these on your calendars.
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Chairman’s opening
comments: Chairman George Bisso
called the meeting to order at 09:28 AM, at the WSP in Bellevue.
Introductions were made around the tables.
Members and guests in attendance today: 24.
Voted to have a short business meeting and move onto the technical
presentation. We broke a record…
shortest meeting I’ve attended in over 15 years, 26 minutes.
Adoption of draft
minutes of last meeting: Meeting
minutes were recorded by Chuck Zappala, Sec/Treasurer.
The previous meeting minutes were reviewed, moved and accepted.
Secretary-Treasurer Finance and Correspondence Reports: Provided on the previous page.
Constitution
and Bylaws Committee Report: No
further action. (OPEN)
Technical
Committee Report: No report.
(OPEN)
Web
Site Report: Alan said it’s working
and draft version 0.3 of the Constitution and Bylaws are posted.
(OPEN)
800 MHz IX and Nextel issues: Steve
reported they had a meeting with Puget Sound Energy about their 900 MHz system
and that Nextel is looking to have discussions with other owners of 900 MHz
systems for business opportunities and to manage spectrum concerns.
Also Nextel is doing some pre-deployment testing. (OPEN)
700 MHz Planning &
Meetings:
Wiz reported that the November meeting will finalize the regional plan.
All interested parties are encouraged to send comments or attend the
meeting. Check the web site for more information.
The 700 MHz web sites are www.region43.org
for Washington State, and www.region35.org,
for Oregon. Contact Wiz (ex-Jon
Wiswell, Pat Buller or Kevin Kearns for more info. Meeting schedules and past meeting minutes are on these 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)
Grass Mt. 48.48 MHz IX
Report: Pat Buller reported that the
noise continues but an electrical contractor for the site is working on it.
Pat’s not very optimistic on the outcome.
Another contractor is working on some tower problems.
Stay tuned. (OPEN)
450
MHz IX: Ed reported that the IX he
reported a few months ago was quickly handled by the FCC the next day.
The IX source was running too much power and using a trunking
system that they were not licensed for. (OPEN)
FRS
Issues: Nothing new to report.
(OPEN)
BPL Issues: FCC
said new info is on the FCC.gov web site in the Daily Digest section.
(OPEN)
Technical Seminars at
WWCIC Meetings: Nothing new to
report. (OPEN)
XM and Sirius Satellite
Radio News: George reported Sirus is
gearing up with programming to do battle with XM. XM is up to 430K subscribers, but far short of expectations.
XM laid-off a bunch of folks to cut costs.
Both are doing battle of a contract for NFL.
(OPEN)
APCO business or reports
and general frequency coordination news: Nothing new to report.
(OPEN)
License-free or
Spread-Spectrum technology issues:
George reported that they were trying to make a spread spectrum system
work at Tiger Mt. He gave up because of too much IX to the system.
(OPEN)
Amateur radio events and activities: Nothing new to report. (OPEN)
Respectfully
submitted,
Your Secretary/Treasurer,