Meeting Minutes for September 8, 2009
Web Page: www.wwcic.org
Information Line Phone Number: 425-820-6271
Dates for WWCIC meetings for 2009 Meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday like always, with no meeting in August . The current location for regular meetings is the Washington State Patrol Office in Bellevue.
Chairman’s opening
comments: Vice Chairman Jon Wiswell
called the meeting to order at 9:45 am. Introductions were made around the
tables. Attendance today: 8.
Secretary-Treasurer
Finance and Correspondence Reports: Checking, no activity, ending balance of $767.90.
Starting balance in Savings $686.73, interest $.11, ending balance of $686.84.
A
proposal to add five dollars to the dues fee for dues paid after the first of
the year for which the dues are for. Dues paid before the beginning of the dues
year would be the same ($20). The purpose is to create an incentive for early
dues payment.
Technical Committee
Report: For today’s presentation Gerald Kern gave an overview of IP
radio control systems (ROIP). A P25
update presentation by ICOM is scheduled for the October meeting (rescheduled
from last spring).
Suggestions for technical
presentations at meetings are always welcome. (OPEN)
Web Site Report:
All is well. (OPEN)
BPL Issues: As
a result of legal challenges to FCC rulings filed by the Amateur Radio Relay
League the FCC lowered the extrapolation factor for signal level measurement for
BPL from 40 to 30dB/decade, the ARRL had requested 20. http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/07/22/10977/?nc=1
150/450 MHz IX:
No report. (OPEN)
FRS Issues:
No report. (OPEN)
700 MHz Planning &
Meetings:
August meeting was canceled. 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: The
August meeting centered around rebanding issues. Meetings are schedule for the
last Wednesday of the month. September meeting will be held at Sparling
Engineering in Lynwood, WA. (OPEN)
XM and Sirius Satellite
Radio News: Nothing new to report. (OPEN)
APCO business or reports
and general frequency coordination news: Richard Mirgon is the new president of APCO
International assuming the duties from past president Chris Fisher (NORCOM
Director). http://www.apcowa.org/
http://www.apcointl.org/
(OPEN)
4.9
GHz: The City of Seattle is starting
to use 4.9 GHz in a pilot test for some point to point applications, phone
connectivity to replace some leased lines. They are already using it for
incidents to replace down circuits and/or backhaul video/data/voice from the
scene using Motorola Canopy equipment. This is part of an overall more
comprehensive look at the best use of the City’s telecommunications resources
and what new technology should be implemented.
Region 43 is registering
users and maintaining a database to provide some amount of coordination
activity. (OPEN)
Amateur radio activity:
The City of Woodinville has installed new Kenwood equipment in their EOC to tie
in with Emergency Service Coordinating Agency (ESCA) and other Amateur Radio
emergency communications systems.
Moved and seconded to adjourn at 10:16 AM.
Technical
Seminar
Respectfully submitted,