From minutes of meeting of 15 March 1973:

VE2AWO Carl Scherrer reported that VE2BU Bruce is being transferred to Toronto and he asked VE2JO Al to take over as licensee, to which Al agreed. VE2BMQ Burt and VE2ZA Dick Plammer report that letters were dispatched to Maislin and DOC with regards to the interference experienced on VE2RM.

May 9th 1973 at the Wayfarer's Restaurant, VE2RM club meeting was the occasion of a supper to honour Bruce VE2BU and his XYL Joanne. A slide show and movie of VE2RM activities was shown.

On 11 July the meeting was at Corby's with 27 attending.

August 19 meeting reported a total of 80 members, and that the club was to get back $150 out of the $250 it had spent on the Montreal Hamfest. VE2BEN Ian Hodgson told the executive that the repeater was back in normal operation with the linear amplifier modified for a constant output with an input range of 20 to 40 watts.

12 September meeting was held at La Vieux Moulin Restaurant with 28 attending.

12 October meeting reported by VE2APT Micheal that the first club inventory was done by VE2BIT Dave Collins. VE2BEN Ian told the executive that the UHF repeater has a new preamplifier and output is 20-25 watts and that VE2BIT has done an excellent job of cleaning up and organizing the repeater shack. VE2FX Bill Cartlidge (VE3CZ) was appointed to invest $600 from the capital account in bonds.

From April 10, 1974 meeting minutes VE2JO Al reported that the club would be able to get a 4 dipole array and cavities for 450 MHz for approximately $200. VE2RM will go 50-50 with MARC on the HAMFEST in 74.

11 September meeting minutes: A special vote of thanks to VE2DRT Fred who painted the repeater shack this summer.

Oct 9th meeting minutes: VE2BEN Ian was granted permission to proceed in putting a second output from the repeater on 147.000 MHz on temporary basis until the change-over date of 1 June 1975.

From 15 Nov 1975 meeting minutes: Life membership to AMSAT was approved ($50). Autopatch committee report was presented by VE2BOG Bill.

Special Meeting Notice regarding third party traffic handling system held 2 July 1975 resulted in 26 to 6 with 8 written votes in favour of AUTOPATCH. With access under the control of club members.

Minutes of meeting held 13 August mention of recently installed cavities.

A new repeater has been donated by Canadian Marconi Company thru the kind offices of VE2AYY Mike Groome of a Model DK-56 engineering prototype solid state repeater due to be installed on 14 September 1975.

From the minutes of 8 October: A Bell system 247B decoder has been obtained and thru VE2AYY Mike a solid state UHF transceiver with duplexer has been obtained.

Dec 9 minutes: The executive wish to record at this time, for clarification, that the new UHF link equipment is on permanent loan for the autopatch use but is not the property of the club. The old repeater has been requested by VE2AQZ on behalf of VE2CVR in St.Jean. It was decided to sell it to them for $25, as is, were is, including cabinets and cavities.

From the minutes of 14 January 1976:

VE2BOG Bill (now VE2AW) reported that he was disappointed in the use which was being made of the autopatch for frivolous calls. He concluded his talk with "If in doubt about the traffic you intend to conduct on autopatch, DON'T DO IT !"

From minutes of 4 February meeting:

Report there is a problem with the power amplifier on the repeater and it was decided to purchase a VHF Eng. solid state amplifier. VE2ZA Dick was authorized to purchase the unit out of funds from the equipment account of approximately $225. It was decided that the club would seek a new location for the link as there was excessive path loss to VE2VW Bob's Benson QTH. The club agreed it would purchase a heater for the shack to replace the function of heating the shack formerly carried out by the tubes in the repeater.

From March 10 meeting: It was voted that the autopatch be open for use by non-members. The motion was carried after some discussion.

April meeting: Some changes to the receiver board are planned. The club is looking for a 13.6 VDC supply at 20 A.

Minutes of 22 August 1977:

VE2BMQ Burt (President) reported on 17 July outing at the repeater site and announced the upcoming wine and cheese party at La Maison Secrestat on November 16th.

From Nov. 2 meeting we find mention of an amateur accessing Belleville as well as VE2RM and causing interference and that the station was notified of the problem.

Notes from 21 June 1978 discussed reimbursement of out of pocket money when going to the repeater site and On-The-Beach picnic at Hudson Sandy Beach on 16 July. In that July Bulletin, VE2BIT Dave wrote the first part called "YOUR REPEATER". The September issue continued "YOUR REPEATER" and went into "The Power Amplifier Story". The November issue provided 8 pages write-up on "The Autopatch" and provided FT-227R modification. Please note that there were minutes of meeting in 1978 after the January issue.

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