Meeting Minutes

Here you will find the minutes of past meetings.

NOTE: Any meeting minutes marked as “DRAFT” are subject to corrections!

DRAFT NoBARC October 2025 Minutes
Location: Google Meet
Date: 10/22/2025
Time: 1800 PM
Attendees: Eric KA1SUN, Cory N1XWS, Tim WB2VVQ, Steven K1SPS, Chuck WS1L, Matt K1VN, Dave W1TTT, Lynn KM1MI, Bill WA1BR

Agenda items

  1. Meeting started at 1800
  2. September minutes read by Steven and passed
  3. Treasures Report read by Tim and passed as ammended
  4. Small discussion on electric bills, we noticed a small increase this summer, explained by newer repeater. Everyone comfortable with the bills.
  5. Discussion of 2021 transaction, board concluded it was repeater expenses. Tim to confirm with Lawyer if we have met the intent of the filing.
  6. Elections – Committee has been formed. Alex WI1U, Lynn KM1MI, and Eric KO4ZSD nominated.
  7. Repeaters – Cory reports that 91 has gone down some in signal. Eric reports some thermal ducting in the morning. Matt says the signal is fine at his house in Pittsfield.
  8. Eric worked on the weather equipment on the mono pole. Eric will take a look.
  9. Florida Repeater, we were told someone would put our antenna on the tower for us. Eric plans to check again if the crew mounted it, but based on his conversation with the crew they did not.
  10. Raspberry Pi controllers somewhat on hold until the repeater is set. We also need an
    internet/intranet solution. Repeater has the ability to have an external controller. Dave had provided matt a CAT300 controller which needs to be looked into. The purpose of the new controller is to get one which adds some additional capabilities like built in echolink, etc.
  11. Near900 Matt has been able to get the controller to sense Tx/Rx on the radio.
  12. Batteries – need pricing of AGM batteries. We only have until the 14 th ish to get to the bunker. We talked about wanting two 200Ah batteries. Existing chargers are AGM only. Matt recommends getting a low voltage cutoff if we stay with AGM. We estimate about 4 days with 2x200Ah batteries, about $900-$1000 for 2 batters and the low voltage cutoff. Batteries will be connected in parallel. Discussion of looking for a 60A low voltage cutoff. Chuck moved not to exceed $1000 to install the 2x200Ah batteries and 60A low voltage cutoff with a goal of getting it on the hill before the road closes. Seconded by Cory. Motion passed unanimously. Matt/Chuck to get credit card and purchase.
  13. The Josh – Cory reached out, he could not make the meeting. Was unsure when he could do a presentation. We did get an email summary and thank you. We will push for a report when he is available.
  14. Ham Class – Had a person who was interested in the class, may have multiple people also interested. Going to advertise in Nov/Dec to start a Tech class in Jan. Bill plans to use Gordon West book this time.
  15. Repeater Managers – Required by bylaws, Chuck to remove from website for now. After the election at the annual meeting we will revisit the repeater manager titles.
  16. Bill finished NoBARC POTA certificate. We will post a sample on the website. People who activate every park can apply for a certificate. Submit logs to any officer to get an official certificate. Chuck to post on website.
  17. Sunday at 2:00 will be the next club gathering. Next board meeting will be 11/19 at 1800 virtually. Following club gathering will be 11/23 at County Ambulance at 1400.
  18. Meeting Adjourned at 1901.

NoBARC September 2025 Minutes
Location: Google Meet
Date: 09/24/2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Attendees: Eric KA1SUN, Cory N1XWS, Tim WB2VVQ, Steven K1SPS, Chuck WS1L, Matt K1VN, Greg W1BFR, Lynn KM1MI, David W1DMW

Agenda items

  1. Meeting started at 1803
  2. June minutes read by Steven and passed
  3. Treasures Report read by Tim and passed as amended
  4. Discussion on the electric bill, we noticed a large increase in Aug compared to other
    months. Would like to do some digging into the data to understand why the large
    increase.
  5. Hamfest prize expense not correct, repayment to Matt pending approximately $120. Will amend report to add as a todo.
  6. 501c3 Process – Need to dig into several older transactions. Steven and Matt will try to help work on the QuickBooks Database.
  7. Repeaters – 425/03 repeater was sold for $300. 91 is the original GE Master 2, installed by K2LM, doesn’t have a pre-amp, it is in Eric’s backpack. Will try to install soon. Outputting 40-60w. Little interference noises, no packet/aprs issues. 425 is put back together with GE Master 2, between 50-60w from the cans. No digital anymore. Working on MTS Repeaters that Cory got from market. Need to spend some time getting FL looking better. 6M repeater 52.200 TX PL 162.2, RX 53.230 PL 71.9, website updated with correct information. APRS/Digi gets turned off during certain contests. UHF/VHF in June/Sept. We also host a 10G beacon. It’s a variable frequency beacon.
    10.368.215, drifted to 10.368.320. Still working on getting Near-900 working.
  8. Flea Market was a success, will start plans for 2026 soon.
  9. Batteries – Pricing was presented in May. Not going to purchase until we have figured out what our final repeater is. We are battery backup capable now, but will not announce over the air. Public Service – The Josh – it was very hard to talk with the NoBARC members who organize the event. Matt suggested those hams come to a future meeting to present what they do. Expressed some concerns about liability of an event happening without oversight of the board. Steve N1JEZ coordinated with Eric. Eric granted plans and plans to send reports. Eric will ask them to bring to a future meeting.
  10. Chuck sent out a proposal for repeater rules/guidelines. The proposal was read, Cory moved, Approved by all present, Chuck abstained.
  11. Sunday at 2:00. Chuck will present our efforts on Field Day. Informal gathering at Brookhouse to follow!
  12. Ham class has moved to County Ambulance for the upcoming session. There are only 2 sign ups. Eric recommended holding off until we get a minimum of 4-5 people.
  13. October will have both a virtual and in person board meeting to make a nomination slate for election. Annual in person business will be in November in person only.
  14. Board approved Cory purchasing a fuse box <$100 for the Near-900 efforts.
  15. Next board meeting will be 10/22 at 18:00 virtually. Following club gathering will be 10/26 at County Ambulance at 2:00.
  16. Meeting Adjourned at 19:29.

NoBARC meeting minutes June 2025 FINAL

Location:Google Meet
Date:6/19/2025
Time:6:00 PM
Attendees:Eric KA1SUN, Cory N1XWS, Tim WB2VVQ, Chuck WS1L, Matt K1VN

Agenda items

  1. May Minutes Read by Matt K1VN and accepted
  2. Treasurers report read by Tim WB2VVQ and accepted pending adding the field day cost
  3. 501.C3 – Tim is working categorization of financial data with the lawyer.
  4. Web page updates requested to move club officers to main banner and update with officer emails. Move silent keys to history tab.
  5. Whats up with 91: Current repeater was returned from Yaesu over the winder and not put into service until the spring. Eric thinks the problems could be due to the lengthened tail on the repeater. Eric wants to take the transmitter out of 91 put it in the burned up 425 and send the two bad pieces back the Yaesu for repair. Chuck does not want to keep throwing money at the Yaesu repeaters. Eric Recommends repairing and selling the DR1-X repeater. Start the hunt for a Motorola. Eric will get the 2m GE repeater back on the air. All in attendance are going to start looking for a used Motorola Quantar repeater.
  6. Need to arrange a work party for Florida repeater to connect up feed line. Tentative date 7/19/25 9:00am. Top of hair pin turn first dir road on the left after the wigwam. Can’t make this a club event due to public safety presence at the site.
  7. Flea market: Chuck to provide the price of the newest Anytone dual band DMR HT. Need to track down DX gift cards. All in attendance were in favor of spending a max of $275. Chuck will order the radio.
  8. Matt to price out AGM and LiFePO4 batteries for repeater replacement
  9. Field Day: Corey has taken care of advertising. Eric is going to put an add together for his station too. Matt to smoke some pulled pork or pastrami and cory to bring the flat top. Cory is planning to start setup around 8am on sat.
  10. Ham Expo: Cory and Matt are going to man a table. Table is giving a talk on using POTA to help jump-start a club.
  11. Cory wants to set up a web page committee with Lynne and the new Eric, Steven and Matt
  12. Meeting adjourned 19:07