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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2014/10/16 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

Amateur Radio

Licence Exams

Next exam dates: List of full exam dates here

OfCom Proposals?

OfCom webpage

Outings

Operating on the grass outside Students' Union (a.k.a. the Intercourse) next Thursday
- Main HF rig
- Someone's 817 for foundation stuff
- Henry's prowhip
- Phil's tunable dipole
Upcoming rallies and similar events
Trips to IVARC / Southampton ARC meetings

Antennas

SUSU Antenna Array

CubeSat

They want a ground station, and have been asking SUSF. Maybe we could help?

Shack in SUSU

Our old shack (office) is being turned into a meeting room.
Plan to try to get a corner in it for use as a shack when there's no meeting (or remote control when there is a meeting)
Had meeting with SUSU about this. It went well, the VP for Democracy and Creative Industries seems supportive of the idea.

Newsletter

Wiki page | Google Doc
A few tweaks/finalisations required
- Add VHF NFD, make it and end of academic year newsletter.
  - Collect VHF NFD pictures.
We need a list of people to whom to send it.
- Phil is working on it.

QSL Cards

QSL card design competition
- Photos taken at VHF NFD
- Please design/submit designs ASAP.
- Closing date TBD (but probably once we have funding for them)
- Funding - see joint agenda

Received QSL cards
- Tyler has them
- We need to figure out what to do with them - scan them? Put them in an album?

Chilbolton Atmospheric Radio Observatory

Mentioned by Quintin - could probably get a free visit/tour as a uni club.
- Maybe a good activity for 2014-15 newbies?
There is a pub nearby

Joint Agenda

SUSU

Moving to Creative Industries zone
General discussion about matters SUSU

Mailing List

Anyone else need to be added to suws-members list?

Cupboard

We have a cupboard outside Zepler level 3 labs (north)
Joyce and Tyler have keys
We need a signing book for kit

AOB

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda

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 === OfCom Proposals? ===
-* [http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radiocommunication-licences/amateur-radio/licensing-updates/arc/ OfCom webpage]]
+* [http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radiocommunication-licences/amateur-radio/licensing-updates/arc/ OfCom webpage]
 === Outings ===
 * Operating on the grass outside Students' Union (a.k.a. the Intercourse) next Thursday
+** Main HF rig
+** Someone's 817 for foundation stuff
+** Henry's prowhip
+** Phil's tunable dipole
 * Upcoming rallies and similar events
 * Trips to IVARC / Southampton ARC meetings
+=== Antennas ===
+* [[SUSU Antenna Array]]
-==== Antennas ====
+=== CubeSat ===
-* [[SUSU Antenna Array]]
+They want a ground station, and have been asking SUSF. Maybe we could help?
 === Shack in SUSU ===
 * Our old shack (office) is being turned into a meeting room.
 * Plan to try to get a corner in it for use as a shack when there's no meeting (or remote control when there is a meeting)
-* Had meeting with SUSU about this.  How did it go?
+* Had meeting with SUSU about this. It went well, the VP for Democracy and Creative Industries seems supportive of the idea.
 === Newsletter ===
@@ Line 38: / Line 42: @@
 *** Collect VHF NFD pictures.
 * We need a list of people to whom to send it.
+** Phil is working on it.
 === QSL Cards ===
@@ Line 56: / Line 60: @@
 * Mentioned by Quintin - could probably get a free visit/tour as a uni club.
 ** Maybe a good activity for 2014-15 newbies?
+* There is a pub nearby
 == Joint Agenda ==
@@ Line 68: / Line 72: @@
 * Anyone else need to be added to suws-members list?
+===Cupboard===
+* We have a cupboard outside Zepler level 3 labs (north)
+* Joyce and Tyler have keys
+* We need a signing book for kit
 === AOB ===
 == SOWN ==
 See [[sown:Meeting:2014/10/16|SOWN Agenda]]