Meeting:2014/07/17

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2014/07/17 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Licence Exams

• List of full exam dates here
• Kirk Martinez doing foundation exam on 23rd July. Henry can't be there.

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?

Outings/Events

• VHF Field day 05/07/2014 -> 06/07/2014 - it happened. It went well. We don't know how well we did yet.
• We need a new site for next year - what do we need to tell land owners?
  • We have third-party liability insurance, it's regulated by the RSGB
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combe_Gibbet ? (field nearby belongs to the hang-gliding club)
• Can we collate the good photos on the photos page?

Kit Discussion

• What radio should we buy and discussion on SUSU funding.
  • Second-hand IC7000 from LAMCO (Disable cookies)
  • + Power Supply?
• Let's order some stuff (or at least plan it)
  • Can't do any yet because of bank things, Darren needs to get access to online banking

Spring End of academic year 2014 Newsletter Finalisation

• Newsletter
  • [1]
    • A few tweaks/finalisations required
      • Add VHF NFD, make it and end of academic year newsletter.
        • Henry will write the VHF NFD section and finalise the newsletter as a whole.
    • We need a list of people to whom to send it.

QSL Cards

• Design required
  • Existing Design by Graeme
    • Front
    • Back
  • QSL card design competition - deadline when we get the funding
    • Take photos at VHF NFD
• Funding - see joint agenda
• Received ones
  • Tyler has them
  • We need to figure out what to do with them - scan them? Put them in an album?

Joint Agenda

• AOB

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda