[ETS/PARC List] August ETS Minutes

[LARRY MAKOSKI]

Minutes for the Meeting on August 29th, 2014
Electronic Technology Society of New Jersey (ETS of NJ)

The Meeting was called to order by  President Jeff Lih, N2VHV at 8:02 PM.  This was followed by the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and then by self-introductions of all those in attendance.  

Meeting Minutes

The July minutes were successfully e-mailed to all members. With that in mind, a motion was made by Don K2DSV and Dave W2OIL to suspend the reading and the minutes were accepted as published.

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer’s report as of August 29th given by Dave W2OIL as reported to him by Vic K2NBC.
Opening Balance - $XXXX.23
Income -  None
Disbursements - $XXX.20 for Club Equipment Insurance, $XX.06 to Verizon
Closing Balance - $XXXX.97

A motion was made by W2LJ and seconded by KC2YRC to accept the Treasurer’s Report. By unanimous vote the report was accepted.

Correspondence

An e-mail by Marv K2VHW was read, looking for volunteers to participate in the South Plainfield Labor Day Parade.

Technical Report

Rich KB2LLM reported that the 220 MHz amplifier is dead and that he will be purchasing the new one as discussed and approved. The 220 repeater is on the air currently putting out about 10 Watts.

Work needs to be done on the scripting that allows the linking and unlinking of the repeaters, and there still seems to be some audio distortion when the repeaters are linked.

Len WB2HKK who was present at the meeting announced that Bart WB2HEK has donated his 440 repeater which will be put up at the Elizabeth back up repeater site. The frequency is 443.150 with a PL of 141.3 

A discussion followed about repeater announcements, once again. It was decided that the announcements would be reduced to the hourly and half hourly announcements and it would be looked into if the announcement audio level can be reduced.

It turns out that the UPS (backup power supply) at the backup site was not bad, as previously thought. It had gone into crowbar state and just needed a reset.

Old Business

Frank KG2CJ brought up the fact that we should look into removing members from the roster who have not paid their dues in over three years.

New Business

Drew W2OU brought to the attention to the club about a prospective member, who would be shortly taking his Tech exam. He is a teacher who is heavily involved in launching high altitude balloons with Amateur Radio payloads. There is also the possibility that he might give a presentation on this to a joint ETS-SPARC meeting, possibly in October.

Marv K2VHW informed the club about the Technician Licensing Class that the South Plainfield Amateur Radio Club would be holding, starting September 23rd.

Dan KC2YRC and Dave W2OIL suggested  a presentation at the September meeting of “QSLing in the 21st Century” to be given by W2EN, Doug Rue.

Health and Welfare
None

Adjournment
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by W2WIQ and was seconded by KW2VFW The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM

The 50/50 was won by Drew W2LJ, who donated his winnings back to the club.
Respectfully Submitted,
Larry W2LJ


In Attendance
Jeff N2VHVDrew W2OUDon K2DSVWalter W2WIQRich KB2LLMDave W2OIL
Dan KC2YRCGeorge W2VFWFrank KG2CJKevin KD2BXFLarry W2LJLen WB2HKK
Richard KD2GLTPete KD2ARBMarv K2VHWHank KD2DRL