TASMA

Two Meter Spectrum Management Association
358 South Main Street, #90 Orange, CA 92668
MINUTES OF THE SEP. 8, 1998 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING

The first item of business was the resignation of Don Moberly, WB6LFC, as Chairman of the Technical Committee. The Chairmanship was given to Allan Avnet, AB6UB, and confirmed by Larry Bryant, the Chairman of TASMA.

The minutes of the August meeting were accepted as printed.

The first speaker was AA6JR, with petitions signed by over 200 amateurs, supporting the change to 144.39 for APRS and the change for ATV to 144.34.

The second speaker was KG6YS speaking about interference to the MARA repeater on 147.585. This item will be on the agenda for the Oct. meeting.

The third speaker was KM6YH regarding a complaint from a Solvang repeater on 146.895 about interference due to a Transmitter Hunt on a repeater No action taken. However, the speaker, KM6YH, Ken Mirabella, asked to be appointed a member of the Technical Committee. This request was granted by Larry Bryant, TASMA Chairman. Mr. Mirabella also stated that he might be able to obtain a place to meet more to the West of where we are now meeting. The Chairman, Allen Avnet, will let the committee know when and where the next meeting will be.

The fourth speaker was KA6AFA regarding Spanish Speaking Amateur Radio Operators in Orange County using the WW6X repeater. No action taken at this time, since no action was taken by WW6X to assign the repeater to the SSARO.

The next item of business was the Committee Report on the Bandplan Update. The committee voted to approve the first page and a half containing the Bandplan and attaching the List of SoCal Area Simplex Special Use Frequency Assignments.

The update for Beckman ARC on 147.285/147.885 was approved.

The committee voted to rescind the test granted to the Hilltop ARC on 146.660/146.060 due to unresponsiveness in supplying all the items on the RFC in a timely manner. W6GIC and KB6MCU abstained on the vote.

The Update was accepted from James Osmen, Santa Clarita, on 146.190/146.790.

The new RFC from Jeffrey Hilmer regarding a new repeater pair on 146.955/146.355 was reviewed and the committee voted to give them a year's test coordination.

The Update from Richard Eastwood on 147.600/147.000 on McCoy Mountain was accepted.

Regarding the RFC from Teddy Lavitoria, KN6NA for coordination on 146.820: it was decided that TASMA could not coordinate anyone that close to Mexico on that frequency due to a provision in the Bandplan as follows, "By agreement with Mexico, 146.82 and 146.91 MHz are operated on a shared basis with limited range Southern California operations..." It was suggested that KN6NA should try to find another frequency. A letter will be sent to that effect.

Two letters from KA6DLX were read. It was decided by the Technical Committee that a letter should be sent by the Secretary telling KA6DLX that his repeater is not coordinated.

Sybil Allbright, W6GIC
Secretary, TASMA Technical Committee