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:
- County EOC communication/coordination.
- Internal campus communications – identify local UCSC communications, build the repeater.
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
- 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):
- 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)
- Ham Exam
- Spring quarter (April 3rd or April 10th).
- Next Ham Meeting
- to be determined after Spring quarter schedule confirmed.
- Formal Ham Club (KJ6AQP, KG6CPA)