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February 2009 Board Meeting

The Rib Mountain Repeater Association

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors

16 February 2009

WHRM-DT Tech Workshop, Rib Mountain

 

Board members present:

Rich Maier KC9NW

Dean Andrewjeski K9PT

Paul Nelles K9DB

Tony Hermanek K9QM

(Brian Seehafer N9ATQ was unavailable.)

 

Members Present:

            Dave Peters KC9LFG

 

The meeting was called to order at 19:25 CST by President Rich Maier KC9NW. 

 

Secretary’s Report: K9DB

  • (There was no board meetings held in January.)
  • Minutes of the meeting of 15 December 2008 were read and accepted as read by consensus.

 

Treasurer’s Report: Submitted by e-mail to the Secretary by N9ATQ:

  • 2008 ending balance   127.63
  • Dues deposit               351.00
  • Brighton tower lease   -132.30
  • Astron parts                -28.00
  • Current balance           318.33

 

Old Business:

 

144.81/145.41 Repeater at Brighton:

  • No activity since the last meeting

 

Physical System:

  • The ACC controller issue is probably the most critical component.

 

New Business:

 

Physical System:

  • K9PT: Aston power supply was putting a one volt ripple on the 146.82 system that was causing an audible hum on the repeater output. An open electrolytic capacitor was replaced for about $11.

 

IRLP:

  • A communication was received from Christian Reynolds at Green Bay Weather requesting permission to use the RMRA IRLP systems for the upcoming weather season. Reynolds said he has no preference connecting to the VHF or UHF repeater. However the VHF system link cannot currently be remotely activated from Green Bay. One possible soulution would be to put IRLP on the 145.41 repeater as long as it is on Rib Mountain. K9PT said he would like to upgrade the IRLP interface card to one that has three auxilliary functions that can be used on any of the repeaters to automatically mute the EAS when IRLP is activated. K9PT has responded to Reynolds granting permission and explaining the situation.

 

 

Topics from the Floor:

  • None.

 

Meeting adjourned  20:32 CST.

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Nelles K9DB

Secretary