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Meeting Minutes

Date: 11/01/2024

Location: Ryan & Sarah’s Home

Call to order at 6:10 PM by President Ryan Giles

Members Present:

Ryan & Sarah

Wayne & Sylvia

Lee

Denny

Old Business:

 Ryan read a brief overview of the minutes from the last meeting held in 2023.  $1,250.25 in Checkbook

Denny Colegrove ACS Coordinator for Tioga County gave an update on has been done on the NTRS Repeater. The club provided funds to have Denny purchase 2 ARCOM Repeater Controllers.  One for Galeton and one for the Hub at Dutch Hill, Denny made lots of cables and ends to put it together.  Has done some tested with it.

Denny was at Dutch Hill and looked at the current CAT 400 Controller and found is the volume was all the way up, you could hear the voice I.D.

Ryan mentioned we may be able to find someone who could rebuild our CAT 400 Controller, so we could at least have it. 

Denny is still working on getting 146.25 moved back to Tower Hill

Annual Dues were collected for 2024-2025

Club Website

New Business:

Election of Officers for 2024/2025

Sylvia motioned to make Lee Vice President, Denny 2nd, all in favor.

Ryan – President

Lee – Vice President

Sarah – Secretary/Treasurer

 

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Meeting Date: 11/10/22 Minutes        Location: Giles' in Mainesburg
Call to Order at 6:30 p.m.
Members Present: Ryan, Sarah, Wayne, Sylvia, Lee, Mike, Denny Colegrove
Treasurers Report : $545.25 current balance.
Old Business:  Ryan read a brief overview of the minutes from the last meeting held in 2022.

$545.25 in Checkbook

Denny Colegrove ACS Coordinator for Tioga County gave an update on has been done on the NTRS Repeater System.

The Galeton 345 Repeater was replaced with a Motorola Quantar donated by the County.  It was tuned up and is working well.

It is currently a stand-alone Repeater until we can get a controller to work with the Quantar to link it back.

The CAT400 Controller on the Hub in Dutch Hill is bad and needs to be replaced.  We discussed options on how to proceed with the System. At this time we are going to work on getting all 4 Repeaters linked back together and get 625 moved back to Tower Hill.

Denny is continuing to push to get all 4 linked and working well and still the possibility of getting them county owned.

Club Website: Mike, N2COD built a new club website as we will lose the ntrs.gainesgarage.com when the business sells.

The new URL for the website is:   ntrspa1.wixsite.com/ntrs

New Business:  Election of Officers for 2022/2023.  Sylvia made a motion to keep officers the same. 2nd by Lee all in favor.

Ryan – President, Mike – Vice President, Sarah – Secretary/Treasurer.

Meeting Adjourned at 7:45 PM.
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Meeting Date: 10/29/22 Minutes         Location: Giles' in Mainesburg
Call to Order at 2:30 p.m.
Members Present: Ryan & Sarah, Wayne & Sylvia, Lee, Mike, Denny Colegrove
Treasurers Report : $405.25 current balance
Old Business: None
New Business:
Denny Colegrove, Tioga County ACS Coordinator, gave presentation on possible future Repeater plans.
Elected Officers for 2022-2023, Sylvia made motion to keep them the same. Mike 2nd - all in favor
Dues were collected from members present at $20.00 per individual
Discussion of NTRS Website currently hosted on gainesgarage.com - business for sale and need to move to new domain and build new site.
Meeting Adjourned at 3:40 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 6/24/2020 Minutes        Location: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Call to Order at 7:05 PM by acting President Wayne Williams
Members Present: Ryan & Sarah, Wayne & Sylvia, Audrey, Lee, Bob, Mike
Old Business: Audrey read brief secretaries report from last meeting that was held in 2016, $245.35 in checkbook
New Business: Roger Fisher, President of NTRS, became a Silent Key on 6/9/20.
Wayne, Acting President, opened the floor for election of new officers. Ryan was voted President
Mike Perry – Vice President, Sarah Giles – Secretary/Treasurer

Also voted to make Ryan the Repeater Trustee for the club license
Transition of Our Two Tioga County Repeaters: Lengthy discussion on the move of the Tioga County Repeaters 146.625 (Jackson Summit) and the 447.325 plus Hub (Wellsboro). We were informed by Dave Cohick, Tioga County Emergency Services Director, that we would need to vacate the Dutch Hill Tower site in Wellsboro as they are no longer allowing any private repeaters on County towers. The Tower Hill site in Jackson Summit had already been vacated as the tower was rendered unsafe and was torn down, demolishing the .625 antenna that we were not allowed to retrieve. The .625 is presently located on the Morris Fire Tower on a loaner County antenna, as it was used for last year’s road rally. It also must be vacated.
Ryan has been working with the Tioga County Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (TCARC) to find homes for our two Tioga County Repeaters. It has been determined the Hub and 440 Repeater will be re-located the TCARC tower on Cedar Mountain outside of Gaines and 625 will be re-located to Butter’s Property outside of Mansfield just above the former State Police Barracks along with shelter that is on Tower Hill. Wayne has offered to move the shelter with his rollback to the new location along with many extra parts and antennas from his shop. Ryan will work with the TCARC group to setup a time to get the equipment move that will work with Wayne’s schedule.
Annual club dues: were discussed and was decided to remain the same at $20.00 a year per individual. Will discuss at another meeting if any changes need to be made. Members not present at meeting will be notified of dues and mailed an application. The club address will be changed to Ryan’s home address, where dues can be sent. New club email also. Website remains the same.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:30 PM.
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Meeting Date: 9/17/16 Minutes        Location: Cowanesque Lake Park
Call to Order at: 5:50 p.m.
Members Present: Jim, Roger, Wayne & Sylvia, Bill, Audrey, Ryan, Mike, Therese
Old Business: Club Trustee Documents: Wellsboro in place. Tioga was delivered. The two in Potter need to be done.
Repeater Coordination: Dues to WPRC and ARCC were paid for 2014/2015/2016
Tower Hill (Tioga): Since our electric bill remains at high kWh usage, a committe visited this site and found a non-member is pulling considerable current. Comparision readings were taken. We are .73 amps on standby. They are 1.18 amps on standby. We will be getting more serious about a county change-over or receiving reimbursement for electric used by the non-member. Our annual electric bill at the Tioga site averages $500 per year. In the past, a different non-member who used the electric faithfully paid half, but is no longer using the electric.
Checking Account: Wayne offered a $300 donation in January and another $200 in August to keep the Tioga Electric Bill up to date. Our membership dues are not enough to pay this club expense.
New Business: New Member: Mike Perry, N2COD, from Austin, PA
In Memorium: Reita Lucy, passed away in August
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Membership Cards were given to the members who paid at the meeting and will be mailed to the others as dues are received.
Simplex: Therese opened a topic of Homeland Security and potential take-over of our repeater system. Was interested in forming relay sites if we needed to resort to Simplex during Martial Law.
Officers: For 2016-17. Motion made to keep the officers the same. Vote unanimous: Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for a BBQ in August/September at Cowanesque Lake - sloppy joes. Remember to bring drinks. We'll check around for a weekend as we get closer.
Meeting Closed at 6:30 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 9/27/15 Minutes        Location: Cowanesque Lake Park
Call to Order at 4:45 p.m.
Members Present: Jim, Roger, Wayne & Sylvia, Bill, Audrey, Bob W, Bob D
Old Business: Club Trustee: Copies of original trustee license have been made for all repeater locations. They will be delivered to all repeater locations soon. (No really, they will. maybe.) Tioga was delivered.
New Business: Coordination: Dues to WPRC and ARCC need to be paid for 2014/2015/2016 and will be soon.
Tower Hill (Tioga): Since our electric bill remains at high kWh usage, a committee (Wayne, Jim, Therese) had been formed to visit this site and see if anyone else is drawing on our electric. Someone is pulling considerable current. We need to start getting more serious about a county change-over.
Checking Account: Wayne offered a $200 donation in January and another $200 in August to keep the Tioga Electric Bill up to date. Our membership dues are not enough to pay this club expense.
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Membership Cards were given to the members who paid at the meeting and will be mailed to the others as dues are received.
Officers: For 2015-16. Motion made to keep the officers the same. Vote unanimous: Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for a BBQ in August/September at Cowanesque Lake. We'll check around for a weekend as we get closer.
Meeting Closed at 5:15 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 9/13/14 Minutes        Location: Graham's in Osceola
Call to Order at 4:15 p.m.
Members Present: Jim & Reita, Roger, Wayne & Sylvia, Ryan, Bill, Therese, Audrey
Old Business: Club Trustee: Copies of original trustee license have been made for all repeater locations. They will be delivered to all repeater locations soon. (No really, they will)
New Business: Coordination: Dues to WPRC and ARCC need to be paid for 2014/2015 and will be soon.
Coverage Area: It was suggested that we add a map to our website showing the coverage area of our repeaters.
Tower Hill (Tioga): Since our electric bill remains at high kWh usage, a committee(Wayne, Jim, Therese) has been formed to visit this site and see if anyone else is drawing on our electric.
Checking Account: Currently 12 members is due income is $240. A donation had been made of $200 toward our electric bill last month in order to keep our checkbook in tact. It was decided to allow membership dues to remain unchanged. At our rate of electrical consumption on Tower Hill, we will be in need of more donations by April or May of next year to keep the 625 repeater online. In the past another repeater was onsite and shared half the electric. That operater is no longer in the area.
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Membership Cards will be made available.
New Membership: We welcome a new member to our club: J Robert Witmer - W3RW.
Officers: For 2013. Motion made to keep the officers the same. Vote unanimous: Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for a BBQ in August at Cowanesque Lake. We'll check around for a weekend as we get closer.
Meeting Closed at 5:15 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 8/11/13 Minutes        Location: Cowanesque Lake Park
Call to Order at 4:20 p.m.
Members Present: Jim & Reita, Roger, Wayne & Sylvia, Ryan, Bill, Bob, Therese, Audrey Frank
Old Business: Club Trustee: Copies of original trustee license have been made for all repeater locations. They will be delivered to all repeater locations soon.
Coordination: Dues paid in advance for 2013.
Tower Hill (Tioga): Dave, the owner of the 6 meter repeater that was on site, has moved out of the area. His repeater is down (and assumed removed) and he is no longer paying electric on the site.
New Business:
Checking Account: Dues income

is $220 so far. A donation was made of $200 toward our electric bill. It was decided to allow membership dues to remain unchanged, as they reflect the same amount as other local clubs to the east/west of us.
Donations: Member Jack Detleff has recently moved and donated equipment to the NTRS. A signal generator is currently on Ebay and other equipment is available. See Jim or Wayne if you believe any of it may interest you.
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Membership Cards will be made available to those not at the meeting. An updated application has been made and is available online.
New Membership: We welcomed a new member to our club: Frank Fisher - KC3AJO. Jim's wife Reita Lucy also joined our club, though waiting to take her exam. Therese encouraged membership by suggesting that we be open to non-licensed individuals who are interested in amateur radio and in the spirit of getting them involved and helping them to become licensed.
Officers: For 2013. Motion made to keep the officers the same. Vote unanimous: Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for a BBQ in August at Cowanesque Lake. We'll check around for a weekend as we get closer.
ARRL: Our affiliated club renewal was processed on 8/5/2013 and we now show up in ARRL affliated club searches.
Meeting Closed at 5:00 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 12/22/12 Minutes       Location: Williams' in Gaines
Call to Order at 5:30 p.m.
Members Present: Jim, Roger, Wayne & Sylvia, Bill, Therese, Audrey
Old Business: Club Trustee: Copies of original trustee license will be made for all repeater locations. Copies were made and laminated. Wayne will deliver to all repeater locations soon.
Coordination: Dues for 2012-13 were sent already to both repeater committees - WPRC $15/year x 2 repeaters x 2 years = $60 and ARRC $$25/year x 2 years = $50
Tri-County Rural Electric Coop Bill: Nothing was pursued with regard to requesting a lower bill for our emergency efforts and the subject has been dropped. This subject has been dropped again and the motion is tabled indefinitely.
Tower Hill (Tioga): The power supply has been repaired by Jim. It needed new diodes.
New Business: Checking Account: Due income is expected to be $220. We no longer receive electric compesation from Dave at the Tioga site as his machine has been down since July of 2011. He informed us in January of 2012 and paid half the bill up to November of 2011. Since Dave's 6 meter repeater status has not changed, he will no longer be billed for electric. He plans to take the machine out of the building soon. Because of this lack of income, it is estimated that the checkbook will run out of funds by June or July of 2013. We will be looking into alternate tower/building location to avoid this one electric bill altogether.
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Membership Cards will be made available to those not at the meeting.
Officers: For 2013. Motion made to keep the officers the same. Vote unanimous: Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for a BBQ in August at Ives Run or Cowanesque Lake. We'll check around for a weekend as we get closer.
Winter: We have made it through the last several winters without heating the unheated buildings and will continue to not be concerned with heaters in the repeater locations.
ARRL: We took a survey of members who are also currently ARRL members, as we are going to reapply.
Meeting Closed at 6:45 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 11/12/11 Minutes       Location: Williams' in Gaines
Call to Order at 5:05 p.m.
Members Present: Jim, Roger, Wayne & Sylvia, Bill, Ryan, Therese, Audrey
Old Business: None
New Business: R.A.C.E.S. (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service): Our repeaters have always been available for use of emergency management and are immediately turned over to them should our repeater area experience a state of emergency. Jim feels that our organization is under the R.A.C.E.S umbrella for this reason and for the reason that some of our members have dual membership in either HARC (Headwaters Amateur Radio Club - Coudersport) or TCARC (Tioga County Amateur Radio Club - Wellsboro), both of which are active in R.A.C.E.S.

Members present who are interested in volunteering at R.A.C.E.S. are already active participants.
Coudersport : New power amplifier. This repeater definitely reaches over Denton Hill to Larry's Sports Center, overlapping our Galeton repeater and giving complete coverage to Route 6 West of Galeton.
Club Trustee: Copies of original trustee license will be made for all repeater locations.
Coordination: Dues for 2012-13 were sent already to both repeater committees.
Tri-County Rural Electric Coop Bill: Nothing was pursued with regard to requesting a lower bill for our emergency efforts and the subject has been dropped. Tower Hill (Tioga):The power supply needs to be repaired.
Checking Account: Check book made available for members to see. Read expenses for the year including electric of $490.55 and coordination dues of $55. Due income is expected to be $280. Dave's half of the electric is $245. We should make it another 12 months.
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Membership Cards will be mailed.
Officers: For 2011/12. Jim made motion to keep the officers the same. It was seconded by Sylvia. Vote unanimous. Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for a BBQ next summer at Ives Run or Cowanesque Lake. We'll check around for a weekend as we get closer.
Meeting Closed at 6:05 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 9/19/10 Minutes       Location: Williams' in Gaines
Call to Order at: 4:15 p.m.
Members Present: Adriaan, Roger, Wayne & Sylvia, Jim & Rita, Bob & Sharon, Ryan, Therese
Old Business: None
New Business: PL for Repeaters: All repeaters now carry the desired PL of 131.8
Coudersport : The 300 machine is back online. Lightning took out the controller after that. It was sent to Florida at a cost of $39 for repairs. Tech said power supply and power amplifier was bad and was replaced at Wayne's expense. Jim has old power supply to perhaps repair. Now all fine tuned and more powerful than before as it can reach from Coudersport to the Deer Park now. On another occassion, it was heard all the way to Larry's Sports Center. Went northwest almost to Shinglehouse.
Club Trustee: Has been changed from Adriaan to Jim. New License came through March 23, 2010 and is on display at the club address.
Coordination: Dues for 2011 were sent already to both repeater committees.
Shared Site on Tower Hill: It seems that Dave's repeater is down and Corey has nothing there. Wayne and Jim will be going up with an amp probe to see why the draw is high in Mansfield.
Tri-County Rural Electric Coop Bill: Must still ask Bill if he has spoken to them about receiving a reduced rate because of our connection with emergency management. Wayne will meet with Corey to see if he has a written agreement with Tri-County.
Checking Account: Check book made available for members to see. Read expenses for the year including electric of $562.67 and coordination dues of $55. Due income is expected to be $320. Dave's half of the electric is $285. We should make it another 12 months.
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member, and membership certificates and cards were handed out. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Their certificates and cards will be mailed following payment.
Officers: For 2010/11. Sylvia made motion to keep the officers the same. It was seconded by Jim. Vote unanimous. Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled at Arbeider's for June or July so we can do it outside. We'll check around for a weekend as we get closer.
Meeting Closed at 4:45 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 9/27/09 Minutes        Location: Merkles' in Gaines
Call to Order at 5:30 p.m.
Members Present: Wayne & Sylvia, Adriaan & Nancy, Roger, Audrey, Bill & Kathleen, Bob Ryan
Old Business: No New Members since the last meeting
Meeting for November 15, 2008 at the Graham's was snowed out.
New Business: PL for Repeaters: The plan is eventually to have a PL 131.8 for all repeaters. A chip was purchased for the Coudersport machine, as it did not have the ability to have a PL in the past. Plans are to add this chip in the near future. Galeton and Tioga already have the desired PL, and the PL in Wellsboro hopes to be changed to match the PL of our entire system.
Interference in Coudersport: The 300 machine has been shut down due to interference. It was suggested by our technician at the time that the Yagi antenna had moisture in the hardline connection. We have a climber that plans to remove the antenna, cut the hardline and reconnect. We are hoping this will be a resolution and we will back online soon.
Club License Renewal: $7.00 was sent to W5YI VEC to renew our club license. It was received on 7/13/09 and signed by our current trustee, Adriaan. CONGRATULATION ON OUR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
Club Trustee: Adriaan, our current trustee, raised a concern about being out of the country a large part of the year. By not being available to monitor the system, he felt he should step down and allow a fellow member with an advanced license to take over the position. Jim, though not present, accepted the post. It was agreed by fellow members to change our Trustee to James Lucy. Paperwork will be put through for this change.
Coordination: Payments for dues for 2009, 2010 & 2011 will be sent to the East/West Coordination Committees. $90 to WPRC ($15 per repeater per year) and $75 ($25 per group per year) to ARCC on September 28.
Shared Site on Tower Hill: Our 625 repeater in Tioga is the only site where we have an electric bill. This site is shared by two other repeater operators from a Wellsboro Club. One operator has a repeater running at this location all year round and thus shares our electric bill 50/50. The other operator holds the lease to our small chunk of land/tower space, though we each have our own building. He also pays the insurance for the site. We are not aware of details or costs of either of these transactions, but it had been agreed upon years ago that we would trade his lease/insurance for our electric, as the TRI-CO REC bill is in our name. In the past he has randomly placed repeaters in his building adjacent to ours, for testing purposes. Otherwise, his activity has been minimal.
Tri-County Rural Electric Coop Bill: It was noted by members that the usage for electric at the Tower Hill site went up in July. We generally use 234 kWh per month at most. In July, the usage went up to 350 kWh and appears to be holding there. The secretary reported this to the vice president when the first spike occurred on the bill dated 7/17/09. Since it had not gone down after three consecutive bills, a group from the club will investigate, to be sure that there is not any sort of problem (i.e. air condition left running, etc.). It was also noted that the operator holding the lease/insurance mentioned above has recently put a repeater in the adjacent building. It was assumed that he plans to leave it there. This may be what has caused the additional usage. This spike has caused an additional charge of approximately $18 per month. Prior to this, the other two repeaters were paying $20.66 each per month. We realize now that they will each be paying more. Because we do not know what caused the increase in usage, and because we do not know what the monetary cost of lease/insurance is, and because of the agreement made in the past, members agreed that paying for the third repeater is not a problem at this time. It may be an equitable trade for the other two repeaters (electric vs. lease/insurance).
Checking Account: Balance after coordination dues and electric bills to October - $200+. Treasurer explained that after collecting member dues plus procuring our 2009 payment from the repeater that shares our Tri-County REC bill, our balance will be approximately $800 which brings us closer to where we were when we began 2009. With increased electric bills, we may not be able to hold our own in 2010.
Use of Repeaters Encouraged: Kathy spoke up at the meeting to encourage all members to use the radio more often. She feels that we have gotten away from using our own system and that in case of emergency down the road, we should remain fresh and vigilant now. She also would like the opportunity to contact and communicate with all members via our system for friendly conversation. After all, this is our hobby, right?
Membership Dues: Dues were collected at $20 per member, and membership certificates and cards were handed out. Members not present will be notified about dues via email or phone. Their certificates and cards will be mailed following payment.
Officers: For 2009/10 - Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for July at the Graham's in Osceola.
Meeting Closed at 6:30 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 7/29/08 Minutes       Location: Arbeider's in Germania
Meeting to Order at 5:30 p.m.
Members Present: Wayne & Sylvia, Adriaan & Nancy, Roger, Audrey, Bill & Kathleen, Bob, Ryan Jim
Old Business: Repeaters: PL 131.8 for all repeaters except the 443.300 which cannot currently have a PL
Checking Account: Treasurer brought members up to speed on the current condition of the account. Monthly electric payments are being made to Tri-County REC . The total payments for 2008 are estimated to be $500 ($41.32 ave/mo). Membership dues now generate approximately $300 or so in annual revenue. A fellow repeater pays 1/2 the Tri-County REC Electric Bill, leaving us with payments of approximately $250. Figuring in our Coordination dues, we still will run a slight deficit, but it's better than it was before with our new dues.
Membership Dues: Dues we collected at our new rate of $20 per person and membership cards and certificates were handed out. Members not present will be notified about dues via email, letter or phone. Their membership cards and certificates will be mailed following payment.
Coordination: Payments for dues for 2006, 2007 & 2008 was sent to the East/West Coordination Committees. $60 to WPRC and $75 to ARCC last October.
New Business: New Members: Bradly Carlin, N3MZS of Ulysses; Skip Kauffman, K3CC of Coudersport; and Jim Lucy, KB3RFY of Gaines.
Deceased Member: Thomas Holcombe, KB3IBU of Gaines died last December.
Newly Licensed Member: Therese Aigner is now officially an amateur operator.
Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for November 15 at the Graham's in Osceola.
Officers: Remain the same for 2008 - Roger Fisher, President; Wayne Williams, Vice-President; Audrey Graham, Sec/Treas.
Meeting Closed at: 5:45 p.m.
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MeetingDate: 7/28/07 Minutes       Location: Williams' in Gaines
Call to Order at 4:15 p.m.
Members Present: Wayne & Sylvia, Adriaan & Nancy, Roger, Audrey, Bill & Kathleen, Tom, Therese
Old Business: Working to standardize all repeater locations. Hub=Cat400"
PL 131.8 for all repeaters. This will be announced through the system hourly (in the future)
New Business: Checking Account: Treasurer brought members up to speed on the current condition of the account. Monthly electric payments are being made to Tri-County REC for the Tower Hill site (the only site where we are required to care for the electric). The total payments for 2007 are estimated to be $500 ($41.32 ave/mo). Membership dues generate approximately $200 in annual revenue. Dave Shultz (who shares repeater space on Tower Hill) pays 1/2 the Tri-County REC Electric Bill (currently being billed for 2007). This leaves an estimated deficit for 2007 of $50.
Membership Dues: In order to cover expenses above, dues have been simplified to $20 per person (regardless of age, status or number in family). Dues for 2007 were collected at the old rate (some members having already paid in advance) The online membership application will be updated accordingly.
New Member: Therese Aigner, Call Sign Pending - Sabinsville, PA
Coordination: Payments for dues and PL information is to be sent to the East/West Coordination Committees.
Ham Classes: For the next class, contact Jim Santini of the Coudersport Club
ARRL Exams: It was suggested to learn at home on your computer instead with Ham University.
Meeting Closed at 5:05 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 12/3/06 Minutes       Location: Merkles' in Gaines
Meeting to Order at 3:45 p.m.
Members Present: Wayne & Sylvia, Roger, Audrey, Bill & Kathleen, Bob, Ryan
Old Business: Checkbook: Tri-Co monthly bills & payments from Dave for electric
Wayne picked up a few repeaters and 5 link radios (all the same).
Old controllers - out. PL boards - upgraded. All will be official GE Controllers.
New Member: Kathleen Merkle, KB3NPC
.325 - CAT400 for Wellsboro - Main Controller (Hub). GE MSTR II Base Station. Pending upgrade - Mid-December
.300 - CAT200 in Coudersport - GE MSTR II Base Station. Pending upgrade - Mid-December
.625 - CAT200 in Tioga - Pending upgrade.
.345 - RLC1 in Galeton - Leon finished. GE MSTR II Base Station. Upgraded Mid-November
New Business: Working to standardize all repeater locations. Hub=Cat400"
All others = out with the Cat200; in with GE Master II Base Stations.
.300 having issues. Power Amp is out. 16/40 watt output. ETA on repairs - Mid-December
.325 (hub) next to be standardized. ETA Mid-December
.345 completed in November. The old Cat200 w/ GE MII Base is at the Tioga Site as a spare .625
PL 131.8 for all repeaters. This will be announced through the system hourly.
GE MII manuals are at each site. Roger and Adriaan each have a copy as well.
Manual and Software for the CAT400 controller is with Leon.
Payments for dues and PL information is to be sent to the East/West Coordination Committees.
Meeting Closed at 5:05 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 7/29/06 Minutes       Location: Williams' in Gaines
Call to Order at 5:25 p.m.
Members Present: Adriaan & Nancy, Wayne & Sylvia, Roger, Audrey, Bill & Kathleen, Bob
Old Business: Checkbook: Tri-Co monthly bills & payments from Dave for electric
.325 - CAT400 for Wellsboro - Main Controller (Hub). Base Station. Leon still has it
.300 - CAT200 in Coudersport - Pending upgrade.
.625 - CAT200 in Tioga - Pending upgrade.
.345 - RLC1 in Galeton - Leon finished. E.T.A. mid-August
New Business: Wayne picked up a few repeaters and 5 link radios (all the same).
Old controllers - out. PL boards - out. All will be official GE Controllers.
New Member: Kathleen Merkle, KB3NPC
Next meeting: Tentatively set for Sunday, December 3, 2006, 3:00 p.m. at the Merkle's in Gaines.
Meeting Closed at 5:55 p.m.
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Meeting Date: 12/4/05 Minutes      Location: Arbeider's in Germania
Call to Order at 5:15 p.m.
Members Present: Adriaan, Bill, Wayne & Sylvia, Roger, Audrey
Old Business : Link planned from our hub to the N2HLT system. .... waiting on Leon
Discussed selling equipment we no longer use. .... eBay old 911 equipment
Leon suggested replacing the 325 in Wellsboro because it is a MOBILE unit ... Leon has the new base station.
New Business: Checkbook: Tri-Co monthly bills & payments from Dave for electric
CAT400 for Wellsboro ... Leon has it.
CAT200 in Coudersport
CAT200 in Tioga
RLC1 in Galeton
October 15 letter from Tioga County Emergency Services... requested new cable routing, etc. Done by Adriaan, Roger and Wayne. Bob Saylor called and said the work was very impressive. Still waiting to contact him about other details.
Larger cabinet placed in Wellsboro. Reviewed constitution and By-Laws.
Discussed advertising for members Next meeting: Summer of 2006 at Arbeider's. Information forthcoming.
Meeting Closed at 6:25 pm.
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Meeting Date: 7/16/05 Minutes       Location: Arbeider's in Germania
Call to Order at 2:45 p.m.
Members Present: Adriaan & Nancy, Wayne & Sylvia, Roger, Bill , Ryan, Audrey
Old Business: Galeton (345) - Wayne purchased and installed brand new pre-amp. Working well.
Link planned from our hub to the N2HLT system. Looking for help to update the local repeater page.
New Business: Checkbook: Tri-Co monthly bills & payments from Dave for electric
Collected Dues from members present. Will send cards and certificates soon. Discussed selling equipment we no longer use. Leon suggested replacing the 325 in Wellsboro because it is a MOBILE unit... the rest of our repeater system are all base stations. Wayne has purchased a new base station, complete with amp, cans, case and power supply. Leon suggests that we replace our RLC2 controller with a Cat300. Wayne will look into purchasing. As soon as this is recieved, Leon will work on the new base station and use it to replace the 325 in Wellsboro. There was also talk of purchasing a back-up battery. The 325 will then become a plug-n-play spare repeater. It was undecided if we will keep the RLC2 as a spare or attempt to sell it.
Next meeting tentatively set for Sunday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m. - Pizza at Williams' in Gaines.
Meeting Closed at 3:35 pm.
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Meeting Date: 12/5/04 Minutes       Location: DeWitt's in Osceola
Call to Order at 5:45 p.m.
Members Present: Adriaan, Wayne & Sylvia, Roger, Bill , Bob , Audrey
Old Business : Phone numbers will be added on the member list (for those who wish to be listed) for ease of contacting each other.
New Business: Elected Officers (which remain the same): Roger, President; Wayne, Vice-President; Audrey, Secretary/Treasurer. Discussion on what do in the case of disaster relief - end result: simply let County Emergency Service take over the repeaters. Tower Hill (625) - Took the filters off, put the pre-amp back on.
Galeton (345) - Took the filters off, cannot locate the pre-amp. Wayne will purchase another and install it
Link planned from our hub to the N2HLT system. Leon will make the needed adjustments and fine tune all our repeaters while he's around.
Looking for help to update the local repeater page.... KLARA contacted us via email to update their locations, but Audrey is seeking help with the rest.
Checkbook: Tri-Co monthly bills & sent in dues to ARRC and WPRC for three years - 2003, 2004, 2005.
Next meeting - Summer of 2005 - BBQ at the Arbeider's. Information forthcoming.
Meeting Closed at 7:00 pm.
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Meeting Date: 7/27/04 Minutes      Location: Arbeider's in Germania
Call to Order at 5:00 p.m.
Members Present: Adriaan & Nancy, Roger & Ida, Bill, Kathleen & Josh, Bob & Sam, Ryan, Celeste & Jim, Sylvia, Audrey
Old Business: Club has decided to resign from the Tioga County Early Days parking - $200.00 contribution to replace.
New Business: Collected Dues. Decided to keep dues the same.
Tower work at Adriaan's last Saturday. Will finish July 10th. 110'. Roger would like a 60' tower at his place.
Bob wants a tower also.
Adriaan has an electric winch to work with gin pole eliminates pulling. 450' cable - make it mobile for club use.
Next meeting December 4 or 5, 2004 at Williams or DeWitt residence.
Website - update with member phone numbers for ease of contacting each other.
Meeting Closed at 5:30 pm.
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Meeting Date: 12/7/03 Minutes      Location: Williams' in Gaines
Meeting to Order at 5:15 p.m.
Members Present: Adriaan & Nancy, Bill, Sylvia, Wayne - presiding
Old Business: Wayne has not sold equipment on eBay, but will try in coming months
Leon is seeing to the maintenance of the 625 Audrey will be asked to see where Dave stands in payments for the electric bill. Dues were collected since the last meeting.

Audrey succeeded in getting no fee bank account for the club at C&N. The old 625 machine is now in club possession.
Club was not able to work at Tioga County Early Days in Sept. but due to 2 contributions from members the money that would have been earned was still put into the club account.
New Business: Ryan Giles has posed two suggestions (a weekly net and VE testing) that were considered, but declined at this time. He was given a personal response as he was unable to attend the meeting.
Re-election of officers - all remain the same.
Decided to have just two meetings per year - Summer to collect dues; December to elect officers. Next meeting - picnic at Adriaan and Nancy Arbeider's place. Tentative date: June 27, 2004 (definite date to be determined later). December meeting will be scheduled at that time.
Bill is interested in purchasing 4 pocket sized Kenwood TM-F6.
Meeting Closed at 6:25 pm.
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Meeting Date: 8/10/2003 Minutes      Location: Arbeider's in Germania
Call to Order at 6:03 P.M.
Members Present: Adriaan & Nancy, Daniel, Roger, Ida, Sylvia & Wayne
Old Business: Discussed selling old equipment on ebay - Wayne couldn’t find time to sell items. Wayne suggested selling in trade magazines. Adriaan Suggested selling on eham.com.
Leon now has his repeater setup and he now made arrangements to maintain our equipment. Leon will be fine tuning all repeaters. Leon will not discuss linking till he assesses our current equipment.
Dave has payed his Nov Dec Jan payments. We need from Feb till today. Wayne is going to check with Audrey to confirm what Dave has payed. Audrey listed Hamfests on website.
WPRC dues were due - Checking with Audrey on Status.

ARRL DVD is available to interested members. A.M. Radio Today
Henry Baum (child attempting QSL) has not been contacted. The club cannot comply.
NTRS Memberships were due for June 2002. Audrey will contact members who have not contributed for this year.
Audrey will check with bank if NTRS can receive a charitable bank account with no fees. C&N Bank
Every 2nd Monday Coudersport’s Ham Club meets.
We discussed using faraday cases to protect radio equipment from Electro Magnetic Bombs.
The 625 is not in the clubs possession at the moment but Wayne will retrieve it shortly.

The club now has 2 VE’s for giving tests.
New Business: Club parking fund drive at the Tioga County Early Days is coming up. We need volunteers to help on Sept 13 & 14. Date for the next meeting... Dec 7, '03. 5:00pm at Wayne’s House.
We discussed Setting up a booth at the Elmira Hamfest Sept 27 03, volunteers may bring any items they wish to sell.
Meeting Closed at 7:05 pm.
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Meeting Date: 4/13/2003 Minutes      Location: DeWitt's in Osceola
Call to Order at 6:13 P.M.
Members Present: Adriaan, Alison, Audrey, Bill, Daniel, Nancy, Roger, Sylvia, Wayne
Old Business: Wayne started selling used equipment on ebay.
Wayne called Leon to link his system. Leon is too busy right now. Invoice was sent to Dave Shultz for his share of electric bill. Pagers: Tycom is off the tower as of December 6th, 2002.
IRLP: Wayne investigated the requirements to start IRLP, he has the hardware and has lined up Howard Hunt to assist in assembly. Emergency Management gave permission to use high speed access.

Wayne will also link to the 440 system.
New Business: Wayne will continue to sell used equipment on ebay. Dan will embed links to track sightseers.
Wayne will keep in touch with Leon regarding linking to his system.
Alison will email an invoice to Dave Schultz for his share of the electric bill for Jan, Feb, Mar 2003.
Audrey will list Hamfests on the NTRS website.
WPRC – 2003 dues are due, Audrey will check on our status via email.
ARRL – sent the club a free DVD - A.M. Radio Today, Roger will review and pass along to interested members.
Letter from youth regarding QSL and 6 meter contest, we are not able to comply.
NTRS Membership dues are due—June 2002.
Discussed bank donating an account to NTRS as charitable contribution.
Every second Monday Emergency Management holds a meeting in Coudersport.
Bill discussed his expertise with Elctro-magnetic suitcase bombs and suggested storing sensitive equipment in faraday cases for emergency backup.
Adriaan discussed the patch panel that his club in Florida built for emergency backup procedures.
All members discussed feasibility of assembling a repeater in emergency situations, the club has enough spare parts to assemble a repeater if necessary.
625 Spare is being returned from Coudersport and is ready to plug and play in an emergency.
Dan download FCC database for testing operators. He suggested the NTRS include a copy of the test as a courtesy. We could offer the test and suggest a donation to help the club with funding.
The club now has 2 VE’s – for giving tests.
Bill discussed the state fire towers being removed and is interested in finding more information about them. NTRS currently has 2 full sets of towers. It is noted that Harrisburg has a wholesale auction of these types of used government materials.
Next Meeting: Sunday August 10th, Germania at the Arbeider’s for a BBQ at 3:00 p.m. and meeting to follow.
Meeting Closed at 7:15 P.M.
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Meeting Date: 12/8/2002 Minutes      Location: Williams' in Gaines
Call to Order at 6:07 PM.
Members Present: Roger, Sylvia, Wayne, Bill, Audrey, Adriaan, Nancy, Daniel, Alison
Old Business: Topo maps were hung. Bylaws were updated. Inventory not complete yet.
Final Coordination completed. Joined WPRC - Western PA Repeater Council (Potter County Coordination).
ARRL - Trusteeship changed to Adriaan Arbeider. Elmira Hamfest declined.
Parking at the Tioga County Early Days Festival - Cherry Flats, Pa was very successful. Repeater was repaired.
New Business: Next Meeting: 4/13/03 Sunday 6:00 p.m. Audrey Dewitt's Home - Osceola
Wayne will be selling the excess radio equipment starting mid-December 2002. Wayne will be calling Leon to link his system. Invoice will be sent to Dave Shultz for his share of electric bill.
Pagers: Tycom is supposed to be off the tower as of December 6th 2002 which will reduce interference.
IRLP: Wayne investigated the requirements to start IRLP, he will require a card from Canada to accomplish task.
Meeting Closed at 7:06 P.M.
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Meeting Date: 8/5/2002 Minutes      Location: Arbeider's in Germania
Call to Order at 7:45 PM.
Members Present: Roger, Ida, Sylvia, Wayne, Audrey, Adriaan, Nancy, Daniel, Alison
Old Business: Dayton Hamfest. Meeting frequency set for 3 occurrences annually. Galeton Paging.
New Business: Next NTRS Meeting: Sunday 12/8/2002 6:00 P.M. at Williams in Gaines for dessert.
Topo maps and Yaesu world map will be hung at location 625.
Bylaws must be updated - equipment and serial numbers. Wayne and Roger will be responsible for inventory.
Final coordination received - all 4 repeaters.
ARCC – Area Repeater Coordination Council (Tioga County Coordination) Email for membership information and join.
WPRC - Western PA Repeater Council (Potter County Coordination). Join using membership application received.
ARRL - Audrey will inquire on changing trusteeship From Terry Borden to Adriaan Arbeider as Adriaan is local member.
Officers: Audrey will remain as Treasurer.
Alison will take position as Secretary for NTRS Club
Hamfest - Elmira, NY Saturday 9/28/2002. Wayne will be responsible for speaking with Terry and obtaining information
about reserving a table/booth area. This is a one day event and as a club we should bring appropriate items, Ham Radio and PC related, to sell at the booth.
Hamfest PC Show - Butler, PA Sunday 9/8/2002 - 8 A.M. to 3 P.M. $5.00 Admission and Free Parking,
Vendor's Space $15.00 per 8' Table.
Repeater 443.100 - Leon has the repeater and wants to place it on Tower Hill.
In return Leon volunteered to maintain the repeaters and controller.
Parking at the Tioga County Early Days Festival - Cherry Flats, Pa
Saturday 9/14/2002 8 A.M. - 5 P.M. Sunday 9/15/2002 8 A.M. - 12 Noon
Hoping to locate 6-10 volunteers to park the cars for the festival. NTRS benefits by being paid $200.00 for this job.
Wayne will contact Ross to get information on this job.
Meeting Closed at 8:45 PM.