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Home My WebLink AboutApril 19Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE April 19, 2011 @ 7:00 PM, Foothill College Fire Station Roll call: Member Call Sign Attended Absent Jim Abraham W6EB P Dru Anderson KG6LAD P Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P Ray Egan, Chair W6FQY P Andy Fawcett KI6MAF Bill Gibbons KJ6IRA P Jim Heintzelman KD6Y P Edwin R Jones, EC W7WPO P Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY P Scott Overstreet N6NXI P Bob Rowe AF6LD P Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU P Maynard Stevenson W7MVT P Jerry Tomanek AF6HY E Sam Wood K6MSR P Other Hams present Mark Bailey N6DY P Bob Hall KF6DHX P Greg Olsen K6XM P Dave Stewart KJ6JQT P Council Liaison Gary Waldeck K6AIR P Chairman Ray Egan called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm. Dru Anderson and Chair Ray Egan gave a presentation on the ARK trailer at the Foothill Fire Station. CERT supervisors know how to unlock the ARK. Inside there is a checklist of what to do when beginning ARK operations. There is also a case which contains more detailed instructions on specific ARK procedures. Egan explained voice and packet radio operation inside the ARK. Bob Anderson moved to approve the draft March 2011 ECC minutes. The motion passed unanimously. EC Edwin Jones reported that DEC Larry Carr is circulating a petition to protect County simplex amateur radio frequencies. Jim Abraham informed the ECC that The Northern Amateur Relay Council of California (NARCC) has reassigned frequencies previously designated for simplex radio operation to coordinated digital (“D-STAR”) repeaters. The next meeting of NARCC will take place on May 7 in Concord, California. More information is available at NARCC.org. Ray Egan distributed an ECC roster and member skill list to be updated by committee members. Ray Egan solicited volunteers for Town net control duty. Sam Wood said he has a list of amateur radio frequencies important to the ECC from 2003 as well as the program used to program Town-issue W32A radios. He suggest that FRS frequencies be added to the list. He will bring equipment for radio programming to the next ECC meeting. Secretary Miles Seiver reported that he will be absent for the June, July, and August ECC meetings. Ray Egan proposed that formal criteria for associate membership to the ECC be created at the next ECC meeting. He tentatively suggested the following participation requirements: at least one net a quarter, at least one meeting a year, and at least drill a year. Ray Egan informed the Committee regarding an upcoming General-level amateur radio license class. He also informed the committee of a disaster drill scheduled for April 26, 2011 from 5-8pm by Mike Sanders and Steve Garcia. Ray Egan reported that the padlock at Westwind Barn protecting ECC radio assets has rusted. He was unable to open it during a recent attempt. Andrew Kirk said that the FCC is proposing a reassignment of the 420-440 MHz band to homeland security uses. Scott Overstreet offered some further background on the plan. Ray Egan says he has an HF radio antenna he is looking to give away. Scott Overstreet expressed interest in it. Dru Anderson encouraged ECC members to begin thinking about the group’s presence at the upcoming annual Town picnic. Ray Egan said he hopes for higher turnout on the LAH Monday night net. Scott Overstreet encouraged ECC members to volunteer for net control. He also suggested that anyone listening to the net write down what they hear as practice. Dru Anderson said it would be good to run the net from the EOC occasionally. At 8:25 pm Bob Anderson moved to adjourn the meeting. Jim Abraham seconded and the motion passed. Respectfully submitted, Miles Seiver LAH ECC Secretary