Meeting:2013/05/30

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2013/05/30 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Current Affairs

Repeater sites

Zepler WebSDR+Discone

Still waiting for ECS to respond

Explore the use of the top of the Physics building. helios to follow up.

WebSDR, globaltuner through uni firewall

ASTRA happy to run as a globaltuner if possible

Letter about FT-920

orchard may have a draft.

Allocated to the workshop.

Letter is from the Uni to G0BBB

Oakley Mast

Photos

Very long. Some surface corosion.

Where would we put it? Store it?

We decided we'll have it. Need to sort a date, and sort the issues listed above.

Power Boxes

Budget

Schmendrick to figure out how this could be designed.

Schmendrick was ill - Hasn't been done yet.

Schmendrick is forgetful -- Still hasn't been done yet.

Re-allocated to User:TylerWard Tyler Ward

Divided tool-box.

FT-920 Case - Photo

Worked very well at the New Forest outing.

Perhaps it could come further forward to make the knobs easier to get at.

Graeme to finish tidying it up.

More License Exams?

Contests

HF Contests

80m CC

20th June for SSB see calendar for other dates.

VHF Contests

18-19th May 144MHz May Contest

6-7th June VHF NFD

Partner up with which club?

Upcoming Events

Field days - Basingstoke/IVARC

IVARC is organising one and wants people.

Operating Day

Date: 2013-05-26

Time: Balloon launch at 1000.

Location: New Forest

Phil will be sending details via IRC and email.

Workshop specifically for AR kit. -- 2013-06-02

1. Take a look at the lead acid batteries.

   Building into power boxes?

   RAYNET Battery Box

   Batteries need testing. Sort out the bad ones.

   PowerPole Connectors

2. Slim jims? Some still under construction.
3. Dummy Loads

   Murray, Henry & Helios ==> Helios to send details to scorpia

4. Yagis
5. Schmendrick is interested in designing a CW HF rig.
6. Operating afterwards?

Doodle poll: here

Poll closed 2013-05-17 1900 BST

Result -- 2013-06-02

SOWN

19:00-20:00 SOWN Meeting (see agenda)

Joint Agenda

Club affiliation

Blue balloon - Graeme to feedback on what commitments they would require of us.

INVENTORY

Graeme: A job for the Secretary

Radio club and SOWN

CAVEAT: Some of the SOWN kit is owned by ECS

We will specify an owner field for all fields to stop SUSU doing evil.

Come up with a H&S policy

Graeme to fill in details here.