| A. | | | Opening |
| 1. | | Call to order |
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President Cole called the meeting to order at 5:10 pm.
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| 2. | | Attendance |
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Board members present:
Blazek,
Cole,
Katzenstein,
Longo,
Manos,
Middlemiss,
Schneider,
Wetzel
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Board members absent:
Ash
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Visitors:
Ron Garback,
Roy Mayhugh
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| 3. | | Approval of minutes |
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The minutes of the January 2011 meetings were accepted as amended (Schneider's
motion, 2nd by Manos, passed on a voice vote, 8 ayes, no nays, no abstentions).
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| 4. | | Treasurer's report |
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Katzenstein distributed the final report for December 2010.
There was $420 of donation income in December while expenditures were $1,298.64.
At the end of December, combined balances in all Booster accounts totaled to
$19,824.54.
There was a question of tax issues with regards to NTIA grants.
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| 5. | | Correspondence |
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The TV Booster received several "thank you"s with donations along with several
catalogs.
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| 6. | | Announcements |
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The annual Home Show is mid-March, and the annual NTA convention is May 13
through 15 in Denver this year.
Brent Teeter has volunteered to help out with RF work at Laurel Mtn.
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| B. | | | Committee reports |
| 1. | | Standing committees |
| | b. | Operations |
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The distribution amplifier has been received and installed and member Wetzel
made a TV signal survey.
Applications have been filed with the FCC to displace channel 9 to channel 16,
channel 11 to channel 20, and channel 13 to channel 31.
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| | c. | Publicity |
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The Boostergram will be mailed out this week.
Member Schneider shared her research for an article on the history of the TV
Booster.
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| 3. | | Digital Transition committee |
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The City of Ridgecrest has not moved on the channel 41 paperwork with the
FCC, so it was decided to move the channel 33 transmitter to channel 14 and
give channel 33 to the City.
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| C. | | | Old business |
| 1. | |
Treasurer Katzenstein verified that the NTIA received our grant applications
for channels 21 and 23.
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| E. | | | Discussion items |
| 1. | | KOCE signal quality |
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Roy Mayhugh has been in an email discussion with KOCE's engineer regarding
signal quality at Laurel Mountain.
KOCE's engineer expressed surprise that we were receiving anything at all and
indicated that there was nothing that could be done on their end in the short
term.
Member Wetzel thought we might attempt to build an 8 by 2 8-bay bowtie antenna
array that would have more gain than the 5-meter UHF dish we're currently
using.
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| 2. | | KTBN or other stations over satellite |
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There was a short discussion about the possibility of receiving KTBN or other
stations over satellite to feed an input of a translator.
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| F. | | | Closure |
| 1. | |
Next meeting: 5:00 PM,
March 7, 2011,
Vaughn Realty Meeting Room, Ridgecrest
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| 2. | |
Adjournment:
There being no further business, President Cole adjourned the meeting at 7:00
pm.
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