Meeting Minutes for May 10, 2005
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Dates for WWCIC meetings for 2005 Meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday like always, with no meeting in August and June joint meeting with our Canadian counterparts subject to change. The current location is the Washington State Patrol Office in Bellevue.
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Finance and Correspondence Reports:
Chairman’s opening
comments: Chairman George Bisso
called the meeting to order at 09:37 AM, at the WSP office in Bellevue.
Introductions were made around the tables.
Members in attendance today: 14.
Technical Committee
Report: None. (OPEN)
Web Site Report:
800 Mhz rebanding info and BPL info added. Hit counter shows approximately 1,000
visits in a year’s time. Second quarter web hosting bill received. (OPEN)
BPL Issues: ARRL
and others continue to file complaints.
(OPEN)
Grass Mt. 48.48 MHz IX
Report: No
change. (OPEN)
450 MHz IX: Nothing
new to report. (OPEN)
FRS Issues:
Nothing new to report. (OPEN)
700 MHz Planning &
Meetings: Monthly meetings continue. The
700 MHz web sites are www.region43.org
for Washington State, and www.region35.org,
for Oregon. (OPEN)
800 MHz IX and Nextel
issues:
WSDOT has 15 points along I-405 it will be addressing with Nextel and other
carriers. Nextel’s
use of used equipment to migrate may not be acceptable to many displaced users.
After rebanding interference threshold goes up to -88dbm. Current users need to
measure system performance before rebanding so they have a reference to compare
to after changes. RSSI alone is not sufficient to measure signal quality. King
County has also measured signal to noise levels/SINAD. (OPEN)
Technical Seminars at
WWCIC Meetings: (OPEN)
Mark Zamolloa with Arva and
Associates made a presentation on Spectrum Analyzers. He had several Anritsu
analyzers available for hands on demonstration.
XM and Sirius Satellite
Radio News: XM increased their subscription rates to match Sirius. XM still has the
most subscribers but neither has hit the profitability mark and continue to
advertise heavily. Mariners report
that it is great to have the variety of program material available out on the
open water and definitely beats HF. (OPEN)
APCO business or reports
and general frequency coordination news: Northwest chapter annual
seminars in Wenatchee June 22/23. Washington
State Emergency Management Department has applied for five of the new (VTAC) VHF
interoperability channels. (OPEN)
License-free or
Spread-Spectrum technology issues: No
report. (OPEN)
The date for the June
meeting with the WCTC is June 15, 1030 am at Hazelmere. We
need items for the agenda submitted early so get your suggestions in by June 25.
Some idea areas are 700 Mhz, BPL, Digital Broadcast, 800 Mhz rebanding effects,
2010 Winter Olympics communication impacts. WCTC had two questions for us; are
there any active plans for the deployment of 700 Mhz in Washington and what is
the status of 800 Mhz rebanding efforts. Kevin Kerns volunteered to address the
issues at the meeting. We need to get a head count to them by June 1. Cost will
be approximately $30.
Miscellaneous:
Moved and seconded to adjourn at 11:30AM.
Respectfully submitted,