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LAH Emergency Communications Committee: Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, May 5, 2015. 7 p.m.
Town Council Chambers 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Roll call: (9 members; 9 others): P = present, E = excused, no mark = absent
Member Call Sign Attendance
Jim Abraham, Co-Chair W6EB P
Dru Anderson, Secretary KG6LAD P
Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P
Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P
Jim Heintzelman KD6Y P
Edwin R Jones, EC W7WPO E
Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P
Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY P
Scott Overstreet, Co-Chair N6NXI P
Sam Wood K6MSR P
Others Present Call Sign Attendance
Gary Waldeck,
Council Liaison K6AIR P
Ray Egan - associate W6FQY P
Burt Raphael - associate KK6GNB P
Bob Rowe - associate AF6LD P
Bill Gibbons – associate K6GH P
Neil Katin – associate AI6FI P
Bill Lattin - associate KK6PCA P
Greg Olsen - associate K6XM P
Ben H. L. Hu - CERT Recon AI6FY P
1. Roll Call: Co-chair Jim Abraham called meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
a. Sign-in form, as listed above, collected by ECC Secretary Dru.
2. Minutes: April 7 DRAFT. Dru KG6LAD, secretary.
a. Motion by Jim Heintzelman, second by Bob Anderson to approve the minutes with one
correction from Scott: correct to SMA on connector type.
3. Public comments from the floor:
a. Chair Jim asked guest Ben Hu AI6FY to introduce himself. Ben earned his ham license by
learning about it through LAH CERT. He is a member of the CERT Recon team. Co-chair
Scott welcomed him.
b. Jim KD6Y suggested getting an appropriate antenna for the ICOM 7000. This item will be
added to the June agenda.
4. Reports:
a. SCC EC: Ed W7WPO, EC. Relayed via Dru “Nothing to report.” He was on flight back
from traveling and could not attend.
b. LAH Town Council: Gary Waldeck K6AIR, council liaison. Gary encouraged timely
progress on the antenna ordinance, and referred to the Los Altos ordinance as a model to
look to versus the Atherton model. Jim W6EB noted that the Planning Commission
ordinance sub-committee had run into scheduling issues, but will ensure a meeting with Los
Altos soon. Gary noted that the objective is to get an antenna ordinance that ensures the town
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of Los Altos Hills complies with state and federal guidelines relative to supporting amateur
radio operations. At this time, Gary said, the town has no ordinance except for something
that refers to satellite and commercial use.
Gary also informed the group that the K6AIR repeater would soon be back in action with
2 new Yaesu repeaters.
c. Report: ECC member activity - Monday night check-in: Ray W6FQY. Ray reported that
from a participation standpoint, all regular ECC members are on track. There are, however,
about 3 associates who haven’t met the minimum requirements as to activity. There was no
action taken.
d. Roster update summary: Duncan KI6VMY. Duncan reported that he distributed the latest
roster update May 3.
5. Old Business:
a. Discuss/plan updates/edits for ECC Operations Manual: Original QRG Co-editors Dru
KG6LAD, Andy F. KI6MAF, Ray W6FQY:
The first edition was completed in Nov., 2011, by Dru, Andy F., and Ray, and the ECC
team. In the discussion, there were suggestions to revise the structure in the update to
segment sections needing more frequent update from static sections. There also was a
suggestion to add a cables and connectors list, and to do a review and re-work of the
frequency list.
Including the original Editors, several people volunteered to assist with the update re-publish
process. Neil Katin AI6FI, associate, agreed to take the lead, and get a planning meeting
together. Dru KG6LAD will forward the e-file of the QRG document, and the publishing
detail to him.
b. Status of volunteer response for May 9 LAH Pathway Run.
Duncan KI6VMY. Duncan presented on screen maps for the run that showed where specific
volunteers and equipment would be located. He had about 8 volunteers committed. Bill
Gibbons also volunteered to help where needed. Duncan said, for the run, CERT supervisor
Mike Wagner would be the IC; hams would be operating on the W6LAH repeater
c. Status from Summer Drill director Ed Jones W7WPO, confirming date and activity.
Ed was not in attendance but at previous meeting had committed to an LAH ECC summer
drill in conjunction with the July county drill.
6. New Business:
a. Establish ad hoc Radio Room cleanup committee to assess, ensure orderly status with focal
point for display of current frequency list, contact lists, forms, equipment layout &
operational procedures. Scott Overstreet N6NXI.
Jim H. volunteered to help. Scott said the material in the locked closet has been reviewed is
in good order.
b. For June or future meeting, establish a procedure for encouraging Monday night check-ins
from EOC.
7. Tech Talk: Monday night net procedures practice; radio room tour & packet station operation.
a. Continued Go-kit focus:
Scott said the go-kit assembly is each person’s responsibility, with committee
encouragement. Start building an appropriate individual kit, referring to the go-kit
lists that have been distributed and aligning with ECC objectives, and bring to the
July Summer Drill for “show and tell.”
b. Directed net practice: Jim, Scott, Dru - demo of emergency report focus protocol and
“directed call” procedures.
Deferred to July Summer Drill in order to permit time for Radio Room group tour.
c. Group tour of EOC & radio room: The tour emphasized access procedures and
equipment layout.
d. Radio Room Packet station demo was conducted by Andy Fawcett.
8. Adjourn. 9 p.m.