Meeting Minutes for September 14, 2004
Web Page: www.wwcic.org
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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. Oct 12, 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 09:40 AM, at the WSP in Bellevue.
Introductions were made around the tables.
Members and guests in attendance today: 14.
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: One
board member made only one comment and the update was made updating to version
0.3. The board took no further
action. (OPEN)
Technical
Committee Report: No report.
(OPEN)
Web
Site Report: No report.
(OPEN)
800 MHz IX and Nextel issues: George
Bisso read a story about Nextel rebanding most of which can be found in various
industry news sources. (OPEN)
700 MHz Planning & Meetings:
Spencer Bahner reported that there is a meeting on the 29th
(Sept?) at Snohomish PUD for the regional planning process.
Both Spencer and Dennis noted that Chairman Powell is stepping up efforts
for DTV. 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
while the IX has been identified, the IX would not be cured by the proposed
corrections of Motorola R-56 standard and an electrician that doesn’t
understand RF noise. Lots of
discussion on solutions to move this problem along.
Stay tuned. Pat also
introduced two new folks from Tacoma Power to WWCIC.
(OPEN)
450
MHz IX: Nothing new to report.
(OPEN)
BPL Issues: Nothing
new, except a gag proposal from Harlan and a little discussion afterwards.
(OPEN)
Technical Seminars at
WWCIC Meetings: TXRX will be here
next month to present. (OPEN)
XM and Sirius Satellite
Radio News: George reported that both
services are providing local weather and traffic service to about 15 cities.
(OPEN)
APCO business or reports
and general frequency coordination news: Pat said APCO is still
working on 700-800 MHz issues. The
deputy director of frequency coordination retired.
The national meeting will be held in Denver next year.
(OPEN)
License-free or
Spread-Spectrum technology issues:
Nothing to report. (OPEN)
Spencer reported that on
the Industry Canada web site there is some information on how Canada is
restructuring their VHF band plan to allow repeater operations with predefined
ranges of inputs and outputs. This
would help “harmonizing” US operations and planning.
Harlan reported that an
exercise event will take place in the first week of Oct. on the west coast.
An event review will take place afterward.
He also mentioned several items he found on the web for the good of the
order.
Miscellaneous:
Lots of general-purpose discussion throughout the meeting; much of which is
similar in years past. Just the names, dates, times and frequencies are different.
Pat’s jokes are getting better each month.
Respectfully
submitted,
Your Secretary/Treasurer,