Club
News - April, 2011
Treasurer's Report:
Checking: $ 737.28
Savings
$ 867.75
Total
$ 1605.03
Eq Fund:
$ 31.77 ( Equipment
Cash )
Eq Fund CD: $ 533.27 ( Equipment Savings CD )
Total $ 565.04
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Grand Total: $ 2170.07
Note: Expected equipment expenses for Shelter Cove Link upgrade.
Purchased: $200 for used Kenwood TKR820 repeater.
Received: $79.66 insurance refund from FWRA
Repeater
Report
Repeaters:
146.79
MHz - Saw Mill Road Site.
Functional
with new repeater controller & transmitter units.
UHF
antenna installed for link update
Rebuilt
VHF & UHF radioes thanks to Jack KM6TE
146.94 MHz
- Shelter Cove Site
Linked to
146.79 MHz with UHF sensitivity problem ?.
147.33 MHz
- Grasshopper Site
Solar Power Battery
recently upgraded with used Liberty 1000 aHr Gel-Cell .... donated by CalFire
Functions as
Stand-Alone repeater with Input sensitivity problem
Linking upgrade
to 146.79 MHz site being added in steps.
Packet Repeater 145.05 MHz - Pratt Mtn Site
Dis-Functional TNC - W6HUM Node being tested - PacCom Tiny Two unit
Old
News:
March 23, 2011 - Tsunami Warning Drill - Club members tested links on HF & VHF
in Humboldt & Mendocino Counties.
March 2011 - Saw Mill Road location - Update repeater equipment installed
Repeater "Phone Patch" bill is now an economical "LifeLine" account.
Ken Reynoldson KE6WA and Gary W. k6jxm are on the Verizon bill at the present time.
SHARC Member John KI6DGX & others have hosted numerous "SHARC Reports" on KMUD
Reminder:
Every Monday 7 pm SHARC Net - 146.79 MHz ( backup repeater 147.33 MHz )
New
News:
April 16, 2011 - Technician License Class at 9am, CalFire station on Alderpoint Rd.
Second class & testing on April 23rd or 30th
April 20, 2011 - Cascadia Earthquake OES Pre-planning meeting in Eureka
May 1, 2011 - Avenue of the Giants Marathon - SHARC members needed, contact Eddy KG6RHL
Gary K6JXM has a number of new/used Duplexers with a 70cm "GE Master II" repeater .
Plans to install at Saw Mill Rd site. About 9 club members have UHF capability.
June 25 & 26, - " Field Day 2011 " - Nation wide HAM event
August 2011 - Shelter Cove - Lighthouse to Lighthouse radio contact event