Club Meetings :: Early ad. hoc. meetings

3.3.2010

Submitted by ac6p on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 15:19

UCSC HAM Club Meeting & Minutes

Baskin Engineering room 330
March 3rd, 2010

3:30 – Meeting with Chris Gaylord, Fire Captain & Emergency Manager

Attendees:

Stephen Petersen AC6P
Bob Vitale KG6MBS
Chris Gaylord  
Milo Holt KJ6AQP

Topic: Preliminary arrangements for coordinating UCSC Emergency Operations Center (EOC) with the Ham Club. The UCSC EOC is located at the base of campus, but is currently without a dedicated HAM station. AC6P & KG6MBS propose a permanent antenna be installed on or near the EOC building, with dangling coax to be connected in emergencies (equipment could be stored in E2 – 516). Subtopics included:

  1. County EOC communication/coordination.
  2. Internal campus communications – identify local UCSC communications, build the repeater.
  3. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
  4. HAM inclusion in periodic UCSC emergency response meetings.

4:00 – Ham Club Meeting

Attendees:  (including the above, less Gaylord)

Ben Friedlander AD6JA
Erick Castillo AE6UF
Kerry Veenstra K6RRY
John Vececky KB8TUQ
Suellen Petersen KG6CPA
Joe Mendes KJ6AQN
Jas Condley KJ6AQQ
Colin Beighley  
Brian Simmons  

Topics (volunteers):

  1. UCSC Repeater, to be set up in E2 – 516:
    • Controller (K6RRY)
    • Duplexer (AC6P)
    • Radio (AE6UF)
    • Cable placement/routing (KG6MBS)
    • Frequency Acquisition (AC6P)
    • Official Paperwork (KJ6AQQ)
  2. Ham Exam
    • Spring quarter (April 3rd or April 10th).
  3. Next Ham Meeting
    • to be determined after Spring quarter schedule confirmed.
  4. Formal Ham Club (KJ6AQP, KG6CPA)