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Chapter Meeting

Friday, July10, 2009
Presidio of San Francisco Log Cabin
1299 Storey Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94129

Keynote Speaker: California Highway Patrol Enhanced Radio System CHPERS Al Castillo, Andrés Rey, Lt. Evan Robinson and Chief Troy Abney.
Corporate Sponsor:EADS, Ron Lyons

If you choose not to stay for the lunch, for whatever reason, the registration fee is still required.

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Map, Parking Map

800 MHz News

Art McDole, Chair

I apologize to the group, but I will be unable to attend the meeting due to an extremely important out of town commitment.

I had a good conversation with Jeanne Benfaida at the Commission yesterday and tried to fnd out the status of our Plan that we had submitted in April. She said she would try and put it on Public Notice this month. I reminded her she had promised me to do that in April and also in May and we had many unhappy agencies held up on their re-banding project. She apologized and said we could proceed with an STA if they had a letter of agreement from Sprint/Nextel. She also said that they would “act immediately” to a request for an STA,

Here is what I believe will be required.

1. Prepare the 601 form with the new re-banded frequencies shown.

2. For an existing site(s) with the same parameters a contour plot will not be necessary as the re-packing was done using existing license information

3. If for a new site, Coverage Plots will be required as specified in the Plan.

4. Send Pres and me a copy of the 601. I will prepare a letter of approval to support your application and return it to you.

5. Send the complete package to APCO with the necessary fees.

If you have question contact Pres in my absence or contact me on my return June 15th.

700 MHz News

Budget

The 2009-2010 Budget is presented here for Membership Review.

2009 Awards

Each year the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International presents awards to public safety communications personnel who have demonstrated the highest levels of personal and professional conduct and performance in the line of duty. In keeping with the spirit of recognizing excellence in the public safety community, the Northern California Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (NAPCO) is seeking nominations to the 2009 Chapter Awards Recognition Program.

Awards Instruction Package
Awards Nomination Package

Narrow banding news

According to the revised APCO pricing page, applications for adding narrow band emissions in the same configuration as on the license are $25, only if the applications are entered through Spectrum Watch. Normal pricing at $100 will apply if applications are submitted in any manner other than Spectrum Watch. Discounts for large systems will still be available. Applicants should contact AFC directly.

700 MHz Final Plan available

June Keynote Presentation: ISSI Tools for Measuring the Behavior of P25 Inter-RF Subsystem Interface

Video Demo Bandwidth Priority

Chapter Monthly Meeting Standard Order of Business Effective for 2009