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== Amateur Radio 18:00-18:50 ==
== Amateur Radio ==
* To be added
 
=== Licence exams ===
* Number of entrants --- 1
* Scheduling for practical work --- N/A
* Next exams: Fri 6th May, deadline: 22nd April.
** Applicants: Arihant for Advanced, David Young for Intermediate, Freddie for Advanced, Mohit for Foundation
 
=== SUSU funding round 3? ===
* Antenna bags
** HF beam
** HF vertical
** 2M yagi
* Padlock for cage 9
* Portable mast.
* Any other sugestions
 
=== SUSU funding round 2 ===
* Licensing book orders
** Those have arrived.
 
=== 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)
 
 
=== Mast ===
* Workshop progress
* Update from SUSU / Estates and Facilities
 
* Deferred due to lack of time
 
=== 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.
 
=== QSL Card Order ===
* Confirm layout for back of card and dimensions
* Darren will the place order with VistaPrint
 
 
=== Callsign list update ===
* Anyone not added new [[Callsigns|callsign]] after December exams?
 
=== Outing report ===
* Batteries were depleted. Oops.
* It was cold. Good.
* Biscuits and digestive biscuit sandwiches are delicious.
* Only made a couple of contacts. We should have entered the contest...
* Tried to use Morse's table, but they couldn't figure out how to assemble it.
* Used the end-fed Zepp. Tried to use Henry's Pro whip, it didn't work. Would work quite well to set up a wire HF dipole between two trees. That would be cool.
* Didn't have enough chairs, but had a bench.
* We could do with a weight for throwing things into trees, or a drone ;)
* NEED MALLET!!!!!!!!
 
=== Amateur Radio AOB ===
* Anything?
 
== Joint Agenda ==
 
=== This month's events ===
* Two weeks' time is the AGM
* Then it's easter, so people still here can just meet and not do much
* Software hacking session.
 
=== Storage shenanigans ===
* 54 Cupboard
* 32 Cupboard
* Cage 9
** Arihant went down and the cage was a tip, moreso than usual. He posted it to group.
** LiveSoc blamed unauthorised users using their kit
** Tyler has changed code and told Cage 9 Facebook group
** We want to change back to a padlock + key, as if LiveSoc's accusations are accurate, the code system simply isn't working.
 
=== Anyone need to be added to the mailing list? ===
 
=== AOB (Joint) ===
* Science and engineering family day! 12th March
* PiSSTV, HF station with end-fed Zepp or Vertical if we're feeling good and good weather
* Lots of static displays
** SOWN nodes
** Dish
** Books
** Signs/banners
** Cool antennas
* VHF radios (one on KMINet, one on PiSSTV)
* WebSDR laptop




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* [[Meeting:2016/03/17/AGM|AGM Agenda]]
* [[Meeting:2016/03/17/AGM|AGM Agenda]]


 
== SOWN ==
== SOWN 19:40-20:00m (if time permits) ==
See [[sown:Meeting:2016/03/17|SOWN Agenda]]
See [[sown:Meetings|SOWN Agenda]]

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2016/03/17 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Licence exams

  • Number of entrants --- 1
  • Scheduling for practical work --- N/A
  • Next exams: Fri 6th May, deadline: 22nd April.
    • Applicants: Arihant for Advanced, David Young for Intermediate, Freddie for Advanced, Mohit for Foundation

SUSU funding round 3?

  • Antenna bags
    • HF beam
    • HF vertical
    • 2M yagi
  • Padlock for cage 9
  • Portable mast.
  • Any other sugestions

SUSU funding round 2

  • Licensing book orders
    • Those have arrived.

Stock of people who need to pay for club kit used

  • Should be a book with the money tin to see what is outstanding
  • 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)


Mast

  • Workshop progress
  • Update from SUSU / Estates and Facilities
  • Deferred due to lack of time

SUWS WordPress site

QSL Card Order

  • Confirm layout for back of card and dimensions
  • Darren will the place order with VistaPrint


Callsign list update

  • Anyone not added new callsign after December exams?

Outing report

  • Batteries were depleted. Oops.
  • It was cold. Good.
  • Biscuits and digestive biscuit sandwiches are delicious.
  • Only made a couple of contacts. We should have entered the contest...
  • Tried to use Morse's table, but they couldn't figure out how to assemble it.
  • Used the end-fed Zepp. Tried to use Henry's Pro whip, it didn't work. Would work quite well to set up a wire HF dipole between two trees. That would be cool.
  • Didn't have enough chairs, but had a bench.
  • We could do with a weight for throwing things into trees, or a drone ;)
  • NEED MALLET!!!!!!!!

Amateur Radio AOB

  • Anything?

Joint Agenda

This month's events

  • Two weeks' time is the AGM
  • Then it's easter, so people still here can just meet and not do much
  • Software hacking session.

Storage shenanigans

  • 54 Cupboard
  • 32 Cupboard
  • Cage 9
    • Arihant went down and the cage was a tip, moreso than usual. He posted it to group.
    • LiveSoc blamed unauthorised users using their kit
    • Tyler has changed code and told Cage 9 Facebook group
    • We want to change back to a padlock + key, as if LiveSoc's accusations are accurate, the code system simply isn't working.

Anyone need to be added to the mailing list?

AOB (Joint)

  • Science and engineering family day! 12th March
  • PiSSTV, HF station with end-fed Zepp or Vertical if we're feeling good and good weather
  • Lots of static displays
    • SOWN nodes
    • Dish
    • Books
    • Signs/banners
    • Cool antennas
  • VHF radios (one on KMINet, one on PiSSTV)
  • WebSDR laptop


AGM 18:50-19:40

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda

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