SCCARC Board Minutes 12/20/2019

Call to order
A meeting of SCCARC (Santa Cruz County Amateur Radio Club) was held at the Santa Cruz Red Cross
on Dec. 20, 2019, beginning at 7:05 PM.
Attendees
Attendees: Allen, WB6RWU; John, N6QX; Becky, KI6TKB; Nate, KM6THA; Cap, KE6AFE; Richard,
K8SQB; David, N6DTA
Members not in attendance
Not in attendance: Don, K6GHA
Approval of minutes
November BOD meeting minutes not yet distributed.
Reports
Treasurer’s Report
Cash on hand: $3646.51
Recent expenditures include $700 for the holiday lunch (offset by $300 in member payments), NARCC dues for 2020, and $215 for Yaesu repeater cable. Annual dues payments from all members are expected during the first quarter of 2020.
Old Business
Repeater Repair Update
The old Micor radio is back in service and currently working properly in the club’s 2-meter repeater. This restores most of the repeater’s previous functions. Experience suggests this radio will likely become unreliable again in hot weather. Cap received the interface cable which should
allow our spare Yaesu DR-1X radio to run with the CAT-1000 controller. Cap and Jeff, AE6KS, encountered squelch malfunctions while testing it, not yet resolved. Meanwhile, that Yaesu radio has been pressed into service to replace the similar radio in the club’s 70-cm repeater, which bricked during an attempted software upgrade. The board agreed to ship the bricked radio to Yaesu for a repair estimate and reimburse Nate for
shipping costs. KJ6FFP in Watsonville will remain linked to K6BJ-70cm, not K6BJ-2meter, until these issues are resolved.
January Club Meeting
Ron will present on vertical antennas; order forms for Ed Fong J-Poles will be available. Richard
and David will poll members on desired topics for future meetings.
New Business
Club Bylaws
Becky requested all Board Members read and comment on the current Bylaws. The Board voted
not to send any Bylaw updates to the Calif. Sec’y of State.

Future Club Activities
Becky requested input from Board Members on desired activities which support the statement of
club objectives in the Bylaws.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 8:25 PM.
Next Board Meeting
Conference call, Thursday, January 23, 7:30 PM
Voice-only dial-in number: 515-604-9396. Code: 781200
Minutes by John, N6QX.‹ SCCARC BYLAWS Edit