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VHF NFD 2013 G3KMI/P operated 6m, 2m and 70cm with assistance from BARC

Welcome to the homepage of the Southampton University Wireless Society - home of the Southampton Open Wireless Network, the University's Amateur Radio Club and all things related to radio/wireless communications.

Our normal schedule is an Amateur Radio (G3KMI) meeting at 6pm followed by a SOWN Meeting at 7pm every Thursday in Zepler CLS. If you have any interest in Amateur Radio or Wireless Networking then don't hesitate to join us!

If you want to chat to us at any time, we use #sown and #g3kmi on irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk ( Instructions ), if you have any radio gear, try giving us a shout on 145.350MHz!

VHF NFD 2014

A fantastic weekend, great weather and more than 400 contacts in total across 6m, 2m and 70cm!

Many thanks to Basingstoke ARC for their invaluable assistance!

Events

We have regular meetings, workshops and outings. See our Events page for more details.

We currently have no events scheduled. RSS and ... further results feeds are available for all our events.

SOWN (Southampton Open Wireless Network) is a Wireless Networking project which aims to build a free-to-use wireless network in Southampton, UK.

Current activities include IPv6 and 802.1x deployment on our Community-Wide WiFi network as well as experimentation with cutting-edge WiFi technologies.

More information can be found at the project page on sown.org.uk.

Join us on IRC: #sown on irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk

G3KMI is the University Amateur Radio Club. The Club is returning after more than 10 years of inactivity. We are helping anybody interested in the hobby of Amateur Radio to get involved.

Amateur Radio is a hobby that involves using high-power radio communication equipment to talk to people that could be on the other side of the world. You can build and modify your own kit and even send TV pictures! For information on Licensing, find out more here.

G3KMI - The University Club
Callsigns - Our Members' Callsigns
Repeaters - Local Repeaters
Clubs - Local Clubs

You can subscribe to our Mailing List

Join us on IRC: #g3kmi on irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk

Or join us on Facebook: G3KMI Facebook Group

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+[[File:VhfNfd2013sunset.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''VHF NFD 2013''' G3KMI/P operated 6m, 2m and 70cm with assistance from [http://www.basingstokearc.co.uk/ BARC]]]
 Welcome to the homepage of the Southampton University Wireless Society - home of the [http://sown.org.uk/ Southampton Open Wireless Network], the University's Amateur Radio Club and all things related to radio/wireless communications.
-== Southampton Open Wireless Network ==
+Our normal schedule is an Amateur Radio (G3KMI) meeting at 6pm followed by a [http://www.sown.org.uk/ SOWN] Meeting at 7pm every Thursday in [[59/1257|Zepler CLS]]. If you have any interest in Amateur Radio or Wireless Networking then don't hesitate to join us!
-[[File:SOWN-Logo-40.png‎]]
-SOWN (the Southampton Open Wireless Network) is a project which aims to build a free-to-use wireless network in Southampton, UK.
+If you want to chat to us at any time, we use '''#sown''' and '''#g3kmi''' on '''irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk''' ( [http://www.sown.org.uk/wiki/IRC Instructions] ), if you have any radio gear, try giving us a shout on 145.350MHz!
-More information can be found at [sown.org.uk].
+=== [[Outing:VHF_NFD_2014|VHF NFD 2014]] ===
-== Amateur Radio ==
+A fantastic weekend, great weather and more than 400 contacts in total across 6m, 2m and 70cm!
-The University Amateur Radio club is returning after over 10 years of inactivity. The aim is to create a society to help those interested in the hobby of [http://www.rsgb.org/newcomers/ Amateur Radio] to get involved.
+<!--Photos are not yet up here: [http://photos.suws.org.uk/index.php?album=outings/vhf-nfd-2014/ VHF NFD 2014 Photos]
+-->
+Many thanks to [http://www.basingstokearc.co.uk/ Basingstoke ARC] for their invaluable assistance!
-* [[G3KMI]] - The University Club Station.
+=== Events ===
+We have regular meetings, workshops and outings.  See our [[Events|Events]] page for more details. {{NextEvent}}
+{{#ask: [[Category:Meetings]] OR [[Category:Outings]] OR [[Category:Workshops]]
+ | format=rss
+ | limit=1000
+ | sort=has date
+ | order=desc
+ | title=SUWS Events
+ | description=Meetings, workshops and outings organised by the Southampton University Wireless Society (SUWS).
+}} and {{#ask: [[Category:Meetings]] OR [[Category:Outings ]] OR [[Category:Workshops]]
+ | ?has date=start
+ | ?has end date=end
+ | ?has location=location
+ | format=icalendar
+ | limit=1000
+ | sort=has date
+ | order=desc
+ | title=SUWS Events
+ | description=Meetings, workshops and outings organised by the Southampton University Wireless Society (SUWS).
+}} feeds are available for all our events.
+{|
+|  style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;" |
+[[File:SOWN-logo-w270.png‎|link=http://sown.org.uk/]]
+SOWN (Southampton Open Wireless Network) is a '''Wireless Networking''' project which aims to build a free-to-use wireless network in Southampton, UK.
+Current activities include IPv6 and 802.1x deployment on our Community-Wide WiFi network as well as experimentation with cutting-edge WiFi technologies.
+More information can be found at the project page on [http://sown.org.uk/ sown.org.uk].
+Join us on '''IRC''': [irc://irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk/sown #sown on irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk]
+| style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;" |
+[[File:G3KMI-logo-simple-w270.png‎|link=G3KMI]]
+G3KMI is the University Amateur Radio Club. The Club is returning after more than 10 years of inactivity. We are helping anybody interested in the hobby of [[Amateur_Radio|Amateur Radio]] to get involved.
+Amateur Radio is a hobby that involves using high-power radio communication equipment to talk to people that could be on the other side of the world. You can build and modify your own kit and even send TV pictures! For information on Licensing, find out more [[Amateur_Radio_Licensing|here]].
+* [[G3KMI]] - The University Club
+* [[Callsigns]] - Our Members' Callsigns
 * [[Repeaters]] - Local Repeaters
 * [[Clubs]] - Local Clubs
+You can subscribe to our '''[http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/suws-members Mailing List]'''
+Join us on '''IRC''': [irc://irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk/g3kmi #g3kmi on irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk]
+Follow us on '''Twitter''': [https://twitter.com/G3KMI twitter.com/G3KMI]
+Or join us on '''Facebook''': [https://www.facebook.com/groups/391638664206919/ G3KMI Facebook Group]
+|}