Sun, Jan 17, 2021

August 2010 Board Meeting

 

The Rib Mountain Repeater Association

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors

16 August 2010

Prehn Dental Office 2nd Floor Meeting Room, Wausau

Board members present:

Rich Maier KC9NW

Dean Andrewjeski K9PT

Paul Nelles K9DB

Brian Seehafer N9ATQ

Tony Hermanek K9QM

Others present:

            Dan Sharpee KB9RXA

Fred Prehn WX9W

 

The meeting was called to order at 19:10 CDT by President KC9NW. 

 

Secretary’s Report: K9DB

  • Printed copies of the minutes of the meeting of 19 July 2010 were distributed. The minutes were accepted as presented by consensus.

 

Treasurer’s Report: N9ATQ

  • Balance $813.88.
  • $1,600.00 was paid to K9PT to cover the Brighton tower crew and the top tieback support.
  • $120.00 for the annual tower rent to the ECB for the Brighton site.
  • $138.92 was credited to the account for the lost ECB check.
  • The report was accepted as presented by consensus.

 

Old Business:

 

WX9W Repeater at Wyeville

  • Fred WX9W has submitted the frequency allocation request for a repeater near Wyeville in Monroe County.

 

Brighton Repeater

  • KC9NW – A donated surplus and refurbished 3kva uninterruptible power supply has been installed at the Brighton site.
  • A lightning suppressor was also installed.

 

Repeater Controller

  • No change in its status but personal schedules should allow for installation in the next month.

 

Annual Meeting

  • By consensus the date and time was set as November 6th from 13:00 to 17:00 with a backup date of November 13th.
  • The tentative location will be the community room at the Marathon County Public Library.

 

ARES Leadership Listening Session

  • K9DB proposed inviting the ARES leadership from the counties in the footprints of the RMRA repeaters. This would include the Coloma and possibly the WX9W system at Wyeville.
  • The question about the annual program arose.
  • It was decided to make a decision on this at the September meeting.

 

New Business:

 

Internet Access at the Rib Mountain Repeater Site

  • K9PT reported that the Internet line serving the repeater site has been down for about 3 ½  weeks. This is not an urgent situation for the company providing the line. With these reliability problems, K9PT suggested that the RMRA look into an alternative way of accessing the Internet.
  • Possible alternatives include linking from a private home or business.

 

Discussion on RMRA Short and Long Range Goals

 

  • Possibility of operating the VHF antennas on Rib Mountain as split system.
  • Backup Internet connection at Rib Mountain (see New Business)
  • Link, possibly 2-way, to Brighton
  • Link to Coloma
  • Repeater and remote in Portage County Town of Linwood

 

 

Meeting adjourned 20:45 CDT.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

Paul Nelles K9DB

Secretary