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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2016/06/09 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

Amateur Radio

Year Book Submission

Southampton University Wireless Society (G3KMI) has become a thriving student-led amateur radio club with membership having increased year-on-year since our revival in 2011, after roughly a decade of dormancy. The society runs a busy exam centre, this year having has X people passing amateur radio exams, at a pass rate of 95%. On the 7th December 2015, we held our biggest ever single exam session with Y candidates.

The society regularly runs workshop evenings to give members the opportunity to work on their own projects whilst gaining advice from others. Over the last few years we have developed a set of straightforward project ideas for our new members' practical exam work. This has included VFO kits, 2m Slim Jims, 10m antennas and most recently Morse sounders.

We have had many successful society outings and operating sessions this past year. One of the highlights has been tracking the VHF signal from the International Space Station (ISS), in particular during an Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) session where we picked up Tim Peake talking to students at a UK school. We also ran an operating station at the University's open days back in September 2015 as well as its public-engagement Science and Engineering day on the 12th March 2016. This July will be our fourth consecutive year entering a team for the RSGB VHF Field Day.

The society has had an ongoing project to install a rotating antenna array to our Students' Union building to replace the mast we historically had erected on campus. This includes a system of transceivers and control equipment which is planned for installation within a room in the Students' Union to provide a permanent shack for more regular operating sessions. Unfortunately, this project has suffered a number of recent setbacks but we hope to get this back on track over the coming year.

The society, in collaboration with external radio amateurs, has supported the continued development and maintenance the Farnham WebSDR. This antenna array is mounted to an previous MoD communications mast located north of Farnham in Surrey (IO91OF). It can be accessed by anyone with a web browser and covers multiple VHF and UHF amateur radio bands. In particular it is useful for tracking high-altitude balloons as well ISS and satellite passes.

Previous version submitted but need to ask RSGB if it is possible to submit this version! Various revisions

Finance things

SUSU purchases

QSL Cards
- Darren may have ordered this.
funding round 1
- Deadline last week of June.

Budget review

Membership
- Are we happy with the current membership fee? What do we want to offer next year?
targets for next year

Future Planning

Goals for next year
Kit wishlist
Club Stock

Stock of people who need to pay for club kit used

Should be a book with the money tin to see what is outstanding
- Otherwise refer to Stock of people who need to pay for club kit (legacy list)
Stock items with purchaser unknown (according to last meeting minutes):
- 1.6ish m of ladder line (pay Tyler)
- 1 BNC connector (pay Tyler)
- 1 BNC connector (pay Club)
- 3m ish of RG58 (pay Tyler)
Remove section after exams, but some people have not turned up for a while.

Mast

Workshop progress
Update from SUSU / Estates and Facilities
- Large setback, E&F have suddenly said no.
- Tyler is talking to Kerry.
  - No response so far
Speak to person replacing Kerry (handover)

Basingstoke ARC Activities

Phil has received an email from Mark 2E0ECN, their chairman, asking if we're interested in the following:

1 - 3 July - VHF Field Day, after the end of term.
- Basingstoke club not able to attend.
- 24h Contest on several bands - great fun! Can do joint entry as before if we commit early.
- Land Rover with pump-up mast 2m and up. Use IC7000 as the 2m rig. We could put up an extra 6m mast but club does not have a 6m Yagi.
- A mast can be put together.
- Maximum of two stations
- Numbers? How many attending? Create a doodle poll to see what parts of the weekend people can attend.
- Power, vehicle has a large marine battery in the back however not happy with engine left to idle. Graham may have a generator or we could get some money to hire one.
- Hannington - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2876305,-1.2068114,8554m/data=!3m1!1e3
  - Nice to have a regulated supply. Use Henry's DC power supply.
- 13 August - Radio Fun Day
  - Chance to play with whatever, away from RF noise, other hams will be onsite.
- 2 - 4 Sept - HF Field Day
  - Similar to VHF NFD, but on HF. Not one that the Uni club has entered before.
Move to the next meeting.
Phil has forwarded the email to the committee.

SUWS WordPress site

Can people upload any club photos taken within the past two years to the WordPress site
- Ask David Newman if you need an account.
Can we make another blog post? One post per-term idea?
- Murray will start writing

Callsign list update

Anyone not added new callsign after May exams?

Amateur Radio AOB

IC7000, two PL259 RF connectors on back. Modify the VHF connector to an N-type connection.
- Attempted to print out labels but they fall off. Performance upgrade benefit, and will tell difference between VHF and HF connection. Take a club vote. Is it worth the risk?

Joint Agenda

Next month's events

VHF field day

This month's events

Projects evening on the 16th
- power pole distribution box, Morse sounder.
- Other club projects
- FT-101 Rig
  - Now have power lead
  - Rig moved to the Zepler Cupboard from the Cage
  - https://www.suws.org.uk/wiki/FT-101_Restoration

Storage shenanigans

Correct locations of kit on wiki.
Discuss storage location of new items.
- End-fed Zepp in cupboard
- Tripod mast in cage
- Lock for the cage (split up to £17 three ways)
Still no padlock on cage with key.

Anyone need to be added to the mailing list?

AOB
Any talks for after exams?
- Will there be enough people here for this to be worth while?

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda

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 == Amateur Radio ==
 ===Year Book Submission===
-Southampton Wireless Society (G3KMI) is now a thriving university amateur radio club and exam centre, having a 95% pass rate for exams this year. On the 7th of December 2015 the society ran the biggest single exam session ever for our members. The number of members joining the society has seen a significant increase over the last year and is forecast to rise.
+Southampton University Wireless Society (G3KMI) has become a thriving student-led amateur radio club with membership having increased year-on-year since our revival in 2011, after roughly a decade of dormancy.  The society runs a busy exam centre, this year having has X people passing amateur radio exams, at a pass rate of 95%.  On the 7th December 2015, we held our biggest ever single exam session with Y candidates.
+The society regularly runs workshop evenings to give members the opportunity to work on their own projects whilst gaining advice from others.  Over the last few years we have developed a set of straightforward project ideas for our new members' practical exam work.  This has included VFO kits, 2m Slim Jims, 10m antennas and most recently Morse sounders.
+We have had many successful society outings and operating sessions this past year.  One of the highlights has been tracking the VHF signal from the International Space Station (ISS), in particular during an Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) session where we picked up Tim Peake talking to students at a UK school.  We also ran an operating station at the University's open days back in September 2015 as well as its public-engagement Science and Engineering day on the 12th March 2016.  This July will be our fourth consecutive year entering a team for the RSGB VHF Field Day.
+The society has had an ongoing project to install a rotating antenna array to our Students' Union building to replace the mast we historically had erected on campus.  This includes a system of transceivers and control equipment which is planned for installation within a room in the Students' Union to provide a permanent shack for more regular operating sessions.  Unfortunately, this project has suffered a number of recent setbacks but we hope to get this back on track over the coming year.
-Regularly the club runs workshop evenings to give members the opportunity to work on their own projects and gain advice from other members. This year a large number of our members built their own VFO kits, 2m Slim Jim and 10m antennas for licensing exams. In addition to this, the club is currently working on designing a Morse sounder kit which will hopefully be used for the intermediate project.
+The society, in collaboration with external radio amateurs, has supported the continued development and maintenance the Farnham WebSDR.  This antenna array is mounted to an previous MoD communications mast located north of Farnham in Surrey (IO91OF).  It can be accessed by anyone with a web browser and covers multiple VHF and UHF amateur radio bands.  In particular it is useful for tracking high-altitude balloons as well ISS and satellite passes.
-We’ve had many successful club outings this year, one of the highlights tracking the VHF signal from the International Space Station towards the end of last year. Also recently, the society received a number of contacts on SSTV, while testing the clubs new quarter wave End-Fed Zepp and tripod mast.
+*Previous version submitted but need to ask RSGB if it is possible to submit this version! Various revisions
-The society has a current ongoing project led by Tyler Ward to install a rotating antenna array on the side of the Student’s Union building, in place of the original G3KMI mast. Also an array of transceiver and control equipment is planned to be installed in one the Student’s Union rooms. The project has recently come across a number of setbacks in the last few months, but the club hopes that the project will gain some momentum next year.
+=== Finance things ===
-The Farnham WebSDR is another significant ongoing project by the society consisting of an array of antennas on an old MOD Communications Mast, installed north of Farnham, Surrey. The project is a web-based receiver that can be used by multiple users. This can be used by anyone to access a range of amateur radio bands.
+==== SUSU purchases ====
-Every year in early July the society attends the VHF Field Day in Basingstoke to take part in the RSGB VHF Field Day competition, joining Basingstoke Amateur Radio Club.  This year will be the forth year in a row that the club will be taking
+* QSL Cards
+** Darren may have ordered this.
+* funding round 1
+**Deadline last week of June.
+==== Budget review ====
+* Membership
+**Are we happy with the current membership fee? What do we want to offer next year?
+* targets for next year
+=== Future Planning ===
+* [[2016-17 Goals|Goals]] for next year
+* [[Kit wishlist]]
+* [[Club Stock]]
+=== Stock of people who need to pay for club kit used ===
+* Should be a book with the money tin to see what is outstanding
+** Otherwise refer to [[Stock of people who need to pay for club kit (legacy list)]]
+* Stock items with purchaser unknown (according to last meeting minutes):
+** 1.6ish m of ladder line (pay Tyler)
+** 1 BNC connector (pay Tyler)
+** 1 BNC connector (pay Club)
+** 3m ish of RG58 (pay Tyler)
+*Remove section after exams, but some people have not turned up for a while.
+=== Mast ===
+* Workshop progress
+* Update from SUSU / Estates and Facilities
+** Large setback, E&F  have suddenly said no.
+** Tyler is talking to Kerry.
+*** No response so far
+*Speak to person replacing Kerry (handover)
+=== Basingstoke ARC Activities ===
+* Phil has received an email from Mark 2E0ECN, their chairman, asking if we're interested in the following:
+* 1 - 3 July - VHF Field Day, after the end of term.
+** Basingstoke club not able to attend.
+** 24h Contest on several bands - great fun! Can do joint entry as before if we commit early.
+**Land Rover with pump-up mast 2m and up. Use IC7000 as the 2m rig. We could put up an extra 6m mast but club does not have a 6m Yagi.
+**A mast can be put together.
+**Maximum of two stations
+**Numbers? How many attending? Create a doodle poll to see what parts of the weekend people can attend.
+**Power, vehicle has a large marine battery in the back however not happy with engine left to idle. Graham may have a generator or we could get some money to hire one.
+**Hannington - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2876305,-1.2068114,8554m/data=!3m1!1e3
+***Nice to have a regulated supply. Use Henry's DC power supply.
+** 13 August - Radio Fun Day
+*** Chance to play with whatever, away from RF noise, other hams will be onsite.
+** 2 - 4 Sept - HF Field Day
+*** Similar to VHF NFD, but on HF. Not one that the Uni club has entered before.
+* Move to the next meeting.
+* Phil has forwarded the email to the committee.
+=== SUWS WordPress site ===
+* Can people upload any club photos taken within the past two years to the [http://www.suws.org.uk/wp/ WordPress site]
+** Ask [[User:DavidNewman|David Newman]] if you need an account.
+* Can we make another blog post? One post per-term idea?
+**Murray will start writing
+=== Callsign list update ===
+* Anyone not added new [[Callsigns|callsign]] after May exams?
+=== Amateur Radio AOB ===
+* IC7000, two PL259 RF connectors on back. Modify the VHF connector to an N-type connection.
+**Attempted to print out labels but they fall off. Performance upgrade benefit, and will tell difference between VHF and HF connection. Take a club vote. Is it worth the risk?
 == Joint Agenda ==
+===Next month's events===
+VHF field day
+=== This month's events ===
+*Projects evening on the 16th
+**power pole distribution box, Morse sounder.
+**Other club projects
+**FT-101 Rig
+***Now have power lead
+***Rig moved to the Zepler Cupboard from the Cage
+***https://www.suws.org.uk/wiki/FT-101_Restoration
+=== Storage shenanigans ===
+* Correct locations of kit on wiki.
+* Discuss storage location of new items.
+** End-fed Zepp in cupboard
+** Tripod mast in cage
+**Lock for the cage (split up to £17 three ways)
+*Still no padlock on cage with key.
+=== Anyone need to be added to the mailing list? ===
 * AOB
+*Any talks for after exams?
+**Will there be enough people here for this to be worth while?
 == SOWN ==
 See [[sown:Meetings|SOWN Agenda]]