Meeting:2017/03/16

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2017/03/16 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

This Weeks Talk

There is no talk scheduled for this meeting yet.

Amateur Radio

• Family day planning
  • Who can be at Family day?
    • Tom Kelly
    • Tyler Ward
    • Cori Haws
    • Not Henry...
  • Running direction finding again.
    • Need to make sure that the kit still works, and that it's child friendly -- no stabbiness
    • Contingent upon the weather being relatively dry -- current forecast is high risk of rain (Tyler forecast) -- wunderground says it'll be dry.
  • Morse is fun; kids might like it...
    • How would they communicate?
  • HF antenna?
    • What about the end-fed zepp?
    • Remember the non-ionising radiation sign
    • How would we rig the antenna? Between Murray and Maths? High noise floor.
  • Could we have people playing with the WebSDR?
    • Pretty waterfall
    • Can we find a larger monitor so that people can see it from a distance?
  • We need to look more interesting than student robotics <-- boo hiss
  • Is it worth trying to get into Garden Court? Radio activities in a basement != good performance.
    • We may be able to take Cyber Security Soc's spot in Garden Court

• Morse sounder kits and powerpoles for club stock discussion
  • The designs are done.
  • PCB order is in.
  • Group order for components being put in this weekend
    • If you want to get in on this, talk to Tyler.
      • Deadline: Next weekend.
  • We want to buy one for the club.
    • It will cost ~£5 (PCB) + ~£25 (Sounder components) + ~£9 (Keyer components) = ~£39 inc. VAT
    • Vote: Does the society approve that this be purchased from club general funds? Max approval limit £45.
      • Result: No objections -- Motion passed.

• Powerpole order
  • Some people who are getting the morse sounder will need this.
  • Consequently, we're doing another load of these.
  • Contact Tyler if you want one, so that Tyler can do a group order.
    • Deadline: Next weekend.
  • Should the club create a stock of these boxes?
    • See below
  • We have some boards left over from the last batch
    • You'll need your own components -- talk to Tyler if you need to order components as part of the group order

• Additional purchases for club stock:
  • We have about £60 left in the club-stock-money-tin
  • One morse sounder kit (minus key) (approx £30)
  • 10-15 powerpole connectors (approx £10)
  • Vote: Does the society approve that this be purchased from the club general funds? Max approval limit £45.
    • There are objections -- Schmendrick thinks we'll need the money for VFO kits.
    • Result: motion deferred
  • Interestingly, we were surprised by the amount of money in the club-kit money tin. Tyler to review the log-book to ensure we've not forgotten to charge people for stuff.
  • The club may need to put some money in to help with the next purchase of VFO boards -- to be repaid by those building the kits.
    • Action: Henry to enquire about how much the VFO kits will cost.
    • Action: Henry to take the money that he's owed from the club-kit money-box so that we actually know where we stand.

Recurring Points

• Exams
  • They happened.
    • Intermediates all passed.
    • Waiting for results for Advanced entrants.
    • People singing next door were not as distracting as the people banging each other with sticks.

• Projects
• Callsign updates

Joint Agenda

Recurring Points

• Finances
  • Funding Round 3 application
    • Any ideas?
    • We know they're running short of money in our zone. Are there any small things that we could bid for?
    • Powerpole crimp tool?
      • Matched funding? £60 in total -- £30 from SUSU, £30 from the club
      • At the moment we're using a crimp tool Tyler found that is "roughly the right size".
• User accounts and mailing list subscriptions
• External contacts and queries
• Students' Union business
  • Storage survey
    • We filled this in in the meeting.

AOB

• Cupboard key!!!!!!!
• When are we having the AGM?
  • Next week is a meeting, so it can't be then.
  • Easter's in the way. :-(
  • Provisional decision: 27th April 1830-1930
    • Tom Kelly to confer with Arihant and email out details.

SOWN

• £48.06 for the current SOWN Zepler project needs to come out of the SUWS Mast budget
  • Rationale: We're not getting anywhere with the actual mast project, and this way we can at least get some AR kit up on a mast.
  • Consists of the two USB SDRs and the SMA male to N female pigtails.
  • Vote: Is this budget transfer accepted?
    • Decision: No objections. Motion carried.

See SOWN Agenda