July 15, 2019 ARPSC Meeting

  • Upcoming Events:
    • St James Walk - August 11th 8am
      • N8OBU will volunteer radios for the site, and use his repeater for coverage
    • Veterans Day Parade - November 11th
    • Silver Bells - 11-22-19 5-10pm before Thanksgiving
  • ATV (Amateur Television)
    • Will be getting groomed soon for after Common Ground ● Common Ground
    • Camera positions changed a bit over the course of the event this year
    • There were some issues with 2.4 GHz, but 3.3 GHz worked better
    • We had two operators do it for the first time. Chiefs were impressed with our ability to pick up and moe camera locations (an ability they don’t currently have)
    • Thought of adapting our tripods for the helix with an extension.
    • There was talk about how to get a better RF situation on the river side
      • Possibly bringing drive over masts to get better antenna positions
  • Hamfest
    • This is scheduled for September 7th from 10am to 3pm. More information can be found: http://www.centralmiarc.com/hamfest.php
  • Field Day
  • ID Cards - make sure that Dennis or Jeff have a picture to be able to print a RACES card this can be used to issue a new ARPSC ID card
  • Talk about EC-16 - management
  • MICIMS has quarterly update
    • Feel free to look at and do that training if there aren’t active events going on