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Meeting Minutes 4/19/18

Members Present: 7

E-Board Present: Mike, Matt, Zach

Meeting Start: 20:17

Welcome back!
Budget/Funding Request
- Have not received anything…
- If we don’t hear anything by next Wednesday, we will start poking people
Almost end of the year
- Next week is last meeting
- Elections next week!
Election Nominations
- President: Matt M. (KD8OOS)
- VP: Mike V. (KE8FCR), Zack J. (KE8GGU)
- Secretary: Mike V. (KE8FCR)
- Treasurer: Zach J. (KE8GGU), Justin D. (KE8HXI)
HF Stuff
- MI QSO Party is this weekend
- Place we went last year is buried in snow
Site News
- Arcadian: Silence and not pushing issue
- CAFS: Network link is down right now
  - Might need to take a trip up there
  - Next Sunday around 1PM
- Shorewaves: They would be able to provide us some service if we want at CAFS. We want.
- Healthy so far
- Working on monitoring more complete
New Site
- Not much news
- Kenton vs. Herman
- Kenton is easy but not great spot
- Herman is hard but is great spot
- Need to do some modeling
- South Range site for a possible second site
- If Kenton is done, we would have enough money for a second site as well

Meeting Adjourned: 21:30

Meeting Minutes 3/29/18

Members Present: 10

E-Board Present: Mike, Matt, Zach, TODD!

Meeting Start: 20:05

Welcome back!
Stuff to buy
- 2xMikrotik for Arcadian/new site discussed last week
  - Motioned
  - Passes, will be ordered (2x$160)
- Data terminal radio for data services
  - Gen2 mobile (5350 or 2500)
  - Motioned
  - Passes
- Replacement APRS Radio
  - Cheap mobile
  - $150 or less
  - Motioned
  - Passes
  - Just communicate if you buy it!
- UHF Duplexer
  - Brand new or refurb the old one
  - Motioned
  - Will look at costs
- DMR Plus
  - Have received some emails from Evan/Mike
  - Asking about coverage up here…should respond…
  - If someone (current member) wants to head up DMR Plus, get in touch with Kory (KE8AVN)
  - Do not want to turn over slot 2 to DMR Plus
  - Would make another IPSC Network to point DMR Plus to
    - Would give us control on how DMR Plus operates
  - Could push 9062 to DMR Plus
  - Who would like to take the lead?
    - Matt volunteers
  - This will give us Mi5 access
  - Ranting about closed-sourcing of DMR Plus and Brandmeister
  - Matt will go through email draft and move forward
  - DMR Plus is interested in our logging dashboard
    - Blew theirs out of the water!
  - Matt will get dashboard up and running again
    - Super technical things were said
  - Elections coming up
    - Think about it!
    - Nominations at any time
    - Elections last meeting of school year (4/26)
  - Email earlier today
    - Shorewave is looking to get into our specific room at Horace Greely to run some conduit
    - Looking at next Wednesday at 10PM
    - Offer to provide data service if we are interested
  - WMTU gave us full access to their Arcadian link
  - Sometime before end of school year we should get up to CAFS to do a general check up
    - Possibly build lean to for CAFS repeater this summer

Meeting Adjourned: 21:05

Meeting Minutes 2/1/18

Members Present: 7

E-Board Present: Mike, Zack, Matt

Meeting Start: 20:10

Welcome!
Copper Dog
- Bill LaBell emailed Matt
- If not helping Chris with Safety, Bill is looking for ride-alongs
- Let Matt know
- High speed potato gun
Bear Chase
- Weekend after Copper Dog
SSAR Trailer Work
- This weekend
Cables
- Yaesu: $30
- 8-GR: $20
- TURBO HT: Not Cheap
- TURBO Mobile: Cheap
Other Purchases
- Scanner: $400ish
  - Ours is currently working so we don’t need it but will need when Phase II upgrade is complete
- TNC Radio: Reprogram or buy
  - Reprogram would pull a go box away
  - Should look, might be a radio laying around somewhere
  - Broken GM300 could be repaired (antenna connector dead)
- Budget is due Friday February 16^th
  - Sign-ups for hearing on the 10^th
  - We will do budget the 15^th!
  - Bring ideas!
- New Tower Site
  - Have the repeater
  - Rest up in the air

We should at least buy

Meeting Minutes 11/30/2017

Members Present: 10

E-Board Present: Mike, Zack, Matt, Todd

Meeting Start: 20:06

Welcome Back!
Hope everyone had a great break!
Tech Fund
- We’ve got money!
- Quite a bit of money
- Not SAF money, just money for HARC
- We can use it as we see fit
- We need to find out who gave us the money
- Need to take the money out of Tech Fund and put it in our bank account
- Ideas:
  - Equipment Purchases
  - Tower Site Access (Herman or tall tower down south)
    - Tower Choices:
      - Herman-Ranked 1
      - Donken
      - Kenton Forest Service Tower-Ranked 2
      - Lots of hoops to jump through for MPSCS towers
    - Backhaul Hardware for CAFS
    - Start seeking pricing and access for both
  - How to link the Kenton or Herman towers to our IPSC network
    - Issue to resolve
    - Kenton needs to be decently tall for the best equipment to have a microwave link
    - Towers must be really stable
  - We need to model Kenton and Herman and work on a budget
  - Do some research and come back later with a final decision
  - Cell tower going up at Brockway
    - Contract update is happening
  - Project out that decodes a large spectrum of digital modes (DMR, P25, NXDN, etc.)
    - Subscription based service
    - DSD Plus
    - $25 for unlimited updates
    - Peticash can pay for it
    - We will get it
  - 6550’s batteries are dead
    - Propose to replace those and any other batteries that need to be replaced
    - We will keep an eye out for batteries
  - Need to deposit some cash in the bank…
  - CCRAA Christmas Party
    - Tuesday at 7
    - Potluck (but could show up with just chips or cookies)
  - BCRA needs liaison for exams
    - We will let them know when we have an exam
  - Next Monday evening
    - Copper Dog Board Meeting
    - Looking at doing real time tracking of all teams in the field through Trail Genius
      - Might not be offered by Trail Genius…
    - Might be able to do this as an APRS thing
    - Could use things for Copper Dog for other events
  - SARTrack Released Mandatory Update!
    - You must upgrade!
    - Do it now!
  - Chris talked to Joanne about Rally…More to come
  - Motorola Update
    - Have to poke the applications again
  - Tech still has our repeater

Meeting Adjourned: 21:18

Meeting Minutes 11/9/2017

Members Present: 9

E-Board Present: Mike, Zack, Matt, Todd

Meeting Start: 20:07

Welcome!
Campus TRBO Update
- Moving along a little faster
- Auxiliary services repeater is dead
- HARC has temporarily loaned our third SLR to them
- Campus needs a new repeater, should move the TRBO system along quick
Talked with Motorola after they visited
- Expressed interest in TRBO ADK
- They have an evaluation program that we might fall under
- Might be able to get ADK!
- Possibly conference call early next week
Moto will be back on sites the 27^th or 28^th to do coverage tests
Went to CAFS
- It was raining inside and out
- Tarp was good to have
- Door was open, not broken…
- Battery was good
- Everything was well
- Bunch of new Ubiquiti gen 2 stuff up there
Fixed some linking issues
Let anyone know if you have any issues (i.e. linking)
Remote access not successful
- Most likely due to Pasty NET
- Long term optimal option
  - We need our own link
- Coming up:
  - Break is approaching
  - Who will be here next Thursday?
  - There will be an optional meeting
- “New” receiver
  - Returned from the 30’s
  - Really good shape, very clean
  - All-Band, side-band receiver
- Exam on Saturday
  - 9 AM at Franklin Township Hall
  - CCRAA Hosting
- Still need to take Jack’s repeater to the EOC
  - This weekend
- Have a good Thanksgiving Break!

Meeting Adjourned: 20:52

Meeting Minutes 10/26/2017

Members Present: 5

E-Board Present: Mike, Zack, Matt

Meeting Start: 20:02

Welcome!
Negaunee Trip:
- Sunday
- Leave no later 9 AM
- Weather service at 11AM and 80 at 1PM
- Return between 4 and 6
- Drivers:
  - Zach
  - Chris
  - Maybe Matt
- Matt will email list for rides
CAFS link went down on Tuesday
- Should be back up
LSPR went well
- No cancelled stages, that’s a win
- Improvements can be made, as always
- Thanks for helping with the downtown stage
Treat Street
- This Saturday afternoon
- Have plenty of volunteers
Antenna analyzer will be purchased soon
Pop is in the fridge
Might want to head on to roof to check on mag mounts
Arcadian is still around!
Microwave link from CAFS to Laurium EOC and possibly from EOC to Wads/MEEM

Meeting Adjourned: 20:32

Meeting Minutes 10/19/2017

Members Present: 11

E-Board Present: Mike, Zack, Matt, Todd

Meeting Start: 20:05

Welcome!
LSPR Tomorrow and Saturday!
- Let us know if you need equipment
- Couple of changes needed
  - All HARC/Chris radios need a channel added
  - 12+ 100 Hz tone pair for Teepee Tower/Herman Nestoria
- Sounds like we are pretty ready
- Worker registration tonight until 10 and tomorrow from 10AM-Noon
  - At Country Inn and Suites
- “DON’T DRIVE LIKE RALLY DRIVERS!” –Chris
- Be careful along the courses, No Injuries!
- Help is needed downtown
- We are going to try diplexing the HARC DMR and the other VHF
  - We will be on Wide 1
  - 375+5 will be the diplexing repeater
  - Same set up as other repeaters
- If you are available around noon, we need someone to take a digipeating box to silver mountain
- If you have APRS, that’s fine. Please turn off digipeating!
- Will take other trailer (little trailer, trailer #2) down as service and internet access
- 800 talkgroups Event 8 and Event 9 (8 is primary, group G for SSAR 800’s)
We approved an Antenna Tuner last week.
- Little under 380 and covers UHF and has frequency counter
- Will check bank statement to make sure the funds are there
Sunday the 29^th: Negaunee Visit
- Members of HARC go to Station 80 and Weather Service
- Leave by 8:30
- Meet at NWS around 11AM
- Head to 80 at about 1PM, might change.
Saturday the 28^th: Treat Street
- We need 12-15 people to help with that
- 3:15-7:00 PM
- “Don’t steal candy from a little kid, but if they really deserve it, go ahead” –Chris
- You can wear a costume, with HI-Vis overtop
Motorola Channel Sales Rep coming to Campus
- Potential trunked system coming on campus!
- Could ask him to bring things for HARC (SLR 1000)
Footswitch and key need some TLC
HF rig under TV is on the 6M pair for the 6M repeater going up
- Will need to tune it every time you turn it on
VHF remote base is still unplugged
- URI is somewhere…
Before snow starts
- Need to go to CAFS
See you next week!

Meeting Adjourned: 20:36

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