TASMA
Two Meter Area Spectrum Management Association
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Orange, CA 92868-3834

Technical Committee Meeting Agenda
17 November 2001, 11:00AM - 2:00PM
@
Marie Callender's
2300 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 92692

Technical Committee Attendees: Bob Dengler (NO6B) – Ex Officio Member
Howard Brown (KG6GI)
Matt Lechliter (W6KGB)
Mike Marin (KF6RQV) – Secretary

Guest Attendees:

David Ditlow (K6LDO)

Reference: Agenda For Meeting
All amateurs who had scheduled business before the technical committee were notified of the meeting by e-mail.

TASMA Chairman, Bob Dengler, acted as facilitator for this meeting.

1. The meeting started at 11:44am.
2. The order of the agenda was changed to address item number four first (W6LQ Bel Air repeater, change of trustee), and then to continue in the order given by the agenda.
3. W6LQ (147.030+) Bel Air – Change of trustee to K6LDO. The information contained in the electronic database seems inconsistent for this repeater; therefore, a review of the original paperwork will be conducted. The discussion was tabled pending an updated RFC and a review of the original paperwork on a vote of 3-0 (motion by Howard (KG6GI) and second by Matt (W6KGB)). Additionally, the repeater is off-of-the-air; and so, an off-the-air notification letter, with a deadline of 60 days, will be mailed by certified mail to the system contacts. This action was taken on vote of 3-0 (motion by Mike (KF6RQV) and second by Matt (W6KGB)).
4. The minutes for the 11 October 2001 TC meeting were read individually by the presents. Matt (W6KGB) provided the TC with updated RFCs for items seven and eight of the minutes. They were approved on vote of 3-0 with two minor modifications: replace complain to complaint, and remove the strikeout font from item ten (motion by Howard (KG6GI) and second by Matt (W6KGB)).
5. N6JMI (146.670-) Newbury Park – Report from Matt (W6KGB) on system location and usability. Matt did verify the repeater is not operating from its coordinated location (Rasnow Peak), it seems to be operating in a lower location and it presents some desensing. It was agreed, on vote of 3-0, to send a certified letter to the repeater contacts, giving a 60 days notification to update their RFC with the current parameters, because the repeater is operating out of the coordinated location (motion by Mike (KF6RQV) and second by Matt (W6KGB)).
6. Web repeater list review – Report from Howard (KG6GI) on the audit of the database versus the TC minutes. Howard reports progress on this painstaking task, and he expects to have it finish by February, when TASMA must submit a repeater list to the ARRL.
7. Technical Standards Document – Report from Bob (NO6B) on the status of the technical standards document. Revision D of this document was approved with a change to the title of the document on a vote of 3-0 (motion by Matt (W6KGB) and second by Mike (KF6RQV)). The next step is to present this document to the TASMA membership for approval. This will be done in the General Meeting on December 8, 2001.
8. Spectrum Management Discussion. In this meeting the TC started to review the current band plan, and few issues were raised. The consensus was to motivate a discussion of the band plan during the next General Meeting to generate the interest needed for a review next year.
9. New Business
• W6CY (147.015+) Mount Wilson. Is not operating from its coordinated location. It was agreed, on vote of 3-0, to send a certified letter to the repeater contacts, giving a 60 days notification to update their RFC with the current parameters, because the repeater is operating out of the coordinated location (motion by Mike (KF6RQV) and second by Matt (W6KGB)).
• Howard (KG6GI) notified the TC of the Board decision to allow the use of the TASMA reflector for TC notifications to co-channel and adjacent channel repeaters, of coordination changes in the channel.
• Couple of PL errors was identified in the posted repeater list. Mike (KF6RQV) will fix the errors in the repeater list.
• There was consensus that another TC meeting was needed before the end of the year, therefore, the last TC meeting for this year will be scheduled for December 8, after the General Meeting.

10. The meeting adjournment at 2:55 P.M. by a 3-0 vote (motion by Matt (W6KGB) and second by Howard (KG6GI)).

Minutes taken by,
Mike Marin (KF6RQV)

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