Meeting:2014/10/16

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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
• 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?

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda