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Working Wednesday Agenda, 8/16/2017

Working Wednesday tonight.  It’s 1728L and some folks are here.  See you there too?

Agenda per TJ, KL7TS:

WORKING WEDNESDAY – 2017.08.09

1).  SNIPER’S NET CHECK-IN:  1800 to 1820

2).  SENIOR CENTER

FIND ORIGINAL CUSHCRAFT A3 BOOM-TO-MAST PLATE

3).  FLASH RADIOS WITH FUP 04

VX8-DR HAND-HELD (BILL, KL4MR)

DAVE, N9AIG STEPPED-UP AS THE VX8-DR “CHAMPION” WHO WILL LEARN THE RADIO FEATURES (i.e. CROSS-BAND LINKING, APRS, DUAL-BAND DISPLAY, TIME SET, ETC).

DAVE WILL RECOMMEND MENU SETTINGS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE.

THE VX8-DR USER GROUP IS NOW FIVE (5):  KL4MR, N9AIG, AL2R, KL7MM, KL7TS

4).  TEST TS-B2000 TRUCK RADIO ON MARS / CAP FREQS:  5167.5 kHz, VHF, UHF

RADIO SCHOOL:  COAX JUMPERS, PL-259 / SO-239 CONNECTORS, POWER / SWR METERS, DUMMY LOADS, HEAT TRANSFER

5).  VEC / OTHER FILE SHREDDING – IS THIS COMPLETE?

6).  TEST UPDATED TM-V71 WITH SCS TRACKER

USE CALIBRATE MENU TO SET DEVIATION LEVEL ON SERVICE MONITOR

7).  TEST HF WINLINK CONNECTIVITY TO FAIRBANKS / ANMC

8).  F-350 PICKUP BACK-RACK WIRING

STAKEHOLDERS MEETING:  PROJECT MANAGER (KL7TS), ROLLING STOCK EMERGENCY COORDINATOR (KL7MM), EQUIPMENT MANAGER (KL5T)

RADIO SCHOOL:  PARALLEL CIRCUITS, SWITCHES, FLOOD-COATED CRIMP CONNECTORS, TERMINAL STRIPS, BLOCKING DIODES, FACTORY WIRING

9).  DISCUSS OCTOBER SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST (SET) WITH ARES OFFICERS

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