1. HARC PROGRAMS as of 10/28
September Radio Testing & Zombie Fest Results
October Emergency Go-Kit I Jim Monson
November Emergency Go-Kit II Jim Monson
December Christmas Dinner at the Burien Elks
January EMComm discussion Chief Madson
February Annual budget & Nominations for 2017
March WSPR Demo Nelson Spohneimer
April Emergency Shack Power Larry Shirk
May FD Logging and Radio Operation
June FD 2017
July 4th of July and FD Review
August Solar Eclipse
September dBs what they are and how they are used
October Auction & video What is WinLink

3. October 2017 Agenda Committee reports
    HARC Christmas Party
Committee reports
     Status of HARC 2 meter repeater and the 70cm repeater
 New repeater
Overview of Club Activities
Treasurer’s Report
     Contesting Schedule and Propagation update
     Show & tell
     Good of the order 
Program
Video - What is WinLink? (part I of several sessions)
HARC Auction - initial smaller one

4. Christmas Party Koda Mondragon KI7IXR and Bill Harris W7KXB Date Cost
Program …

5. Committee Reports Meeting Location Change
Drapes closure worked
Audio Visual System
EMComm report with emphasis on the 5th Sat drill last month
Property Policy
Report out from the property committee as well as an auction.
Monthly new ham list (Ken, Karen???)

6. Repeater Status VHF – failed suddenly ~2 months ago (0 watts)
UHF – was slowly degrading over time (2.5 watts)
Removed – W7KXB, KF7ZMZ, AA7UA, W7KVI
ICOM no longer supports; W7KVI did troubleshooting (90%), ordered parts
VHF now operational and installed
UHF is operating at 28 Watts, while waiting on driver transistor

7. New Repeater 1 Research by Bill Harris W7KXB
Yaesu promoting digital voice (System Fusion)
DR-1X repeaters on sale for $600 (photo next pg)
Board approved purchase of one, some considerations of 2nd as possibility
May install DR-1X temporarily as UHF repeater while ICOM UHF repairs are attempted.
May restore ICOM UHF once repaired, to work on interfacing DR-1X to outboard controller (provides courtesy tones, voice announcements, no override of voice by CW ID, etc.)

8. New Repeater 2

9. October 2017, 1 of 2 Acknowledgements
Al Manning KI7IXS for volunteering as a trustee
Koda Mondragon KI7IXR and Bill Harris W7KXB for volunteering to lead the Christmas Dinner
Bruce Blair for updating and improving the HARC web page
Harry Minges W7DNK for supporting JOTA with ~30 scouts; Brian Stapleton W7DFO provided a CW demo
Bill Harris, W7KXB, for extensive research on repeaters.

10. October 2017, 2 of 2 Issues in work – INPUT WELCOME TO BOARD
Merge STAR and HARC?
Improve STAR net and meld into a HARC net (more to come)
Purchase 2nd Yaesu Repeater? Board votes incomplete
Future Events – VOLUNTEERS WELCOME!
Elections early February-April
Field day June
July 4th Parade
Zombiefest September
JOTA October

11. Treasurer’s Report

12. Propagation - Sunspots

13. 10/17 Contest Calendar

14. October 2017 Show n’ Tell Good of the Order Program:
First HARC Auction