Meeting:2015/03/05

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2015/03/05 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

Amateur Radio

Upcoming exams
- David Henley will let Henry know shortly wrt candidates for an exam in May from IVARC.
- Two people wanting to do an exam. May as well run them at the same time as IVARC's (so in May).

14th March
We've been invited
Who can go?
- Chris O, Tyler (in some form), Henry (probably), Arthur (maybe), probably not Chris M but maybe, Phil if need be, Russell probably, Andy Barrett-Sprot (maybe).
Respond on the mailing list if you are also interested.

Things to do
- Usual radio operations
- PiFM/SSTV DEMO IN A DALEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Graeme inquiring about IVARC mast.
- Getting people to send greeting messages (to other society members)

Progress
- Funding submitted, meeting happened, results pending.
SUWS repaying members for items they have bought for the array
- Invoices received from members (Henry, Tyler, Graeme?)
- Invoices paid: Tyler
What do we still need?
- Antennas
- Masts?
We need to start planning the construction
Contact with E&F
- Tyler, Daveruss and Murray have met with E&F
- Cherry picker
- SUSU H&S should be kept in the loop
SUSU facilities
- SUSU Facilities email gone out (to facilities@susu.org )
- No reply yet
- We've spoken in person though and he has no objections
Speaking/meeting with other societies/SUSU
- No development yet
Potential Shack in SUSU may cease to be bookable again and become an office.
- Any further update beyond this is not happening yet and the fact we may be able to use it out of office hours anyway.
- This is not happening any more
Things to do:
- Email E&F with regards to the weights of the parts, organise follow-up meeting wrt cost
- Email SUSU H&S guy (Murray has address)
- Add facebook group message about E&F meeting; general progress update
- General meeting with societies who are interested

Any more information / contact with CubeSat group
- Nope
- They're building the transmitter

QSL card design submissions
- Close date when we get funding
- Apparently Graeme has a few stacks of 200, some of which contain typos, in location unknown.
Received QSL cards
- Scan so can be uploaded to the website
  - Murray has volunteered, needs to get the cards off Tyler
- Also put in a physical album

Mentioned by Quentin - could probably get a free visit/tour as a uni club.
- Ping them an email to determine their attitude
They still exist

Getting direct port 80 at last :) (java support, global list entry, Pieter stops hating Phil, etc)
Find out if repurposing have newer PCs available, USB bus is struggling on the current one.
Current PC: Dell Optiplex, Core 2 Duo E8500 3.2GHz
Being upgraded to an ex-ECS PC courtesy of Henry
- That's happening this weekend
  - I don't think it happened

See Callsigns/Alumni page
- We have quite a few people now mostly from the '90s
- Dave has subtly hinted to Nigel that we would like the G8KMI callsign back despite not having a shack

Keys: Tyler, Henry
Do we now have a signout book for books/kit (Henry)
- No
- But we do have a piece of paper
Additional books order (Henry/Darren)
- Darren has approved of the concept, but expects an email with a list of books to be bought
  - Henry needs to do this
Do we now have stickers for the books? (Darren)
- No

Murray has been. Now we know not to jump off a building onto some rocks next to the sea.

Cage 9 has been tidied.