Meeting:2014/03/27

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-18:44 on 2014/03/27 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Science & Engineering Family Day: Saturday 22nd March

• G3KMI stand
• Radio orienteering
• PA system
• Tyler to email the mailing list to inquire about availability.

Licence Exams

• List of full exam dates here
• Next next full date: 2nd May -- talk to Henry -- Deadline 10th April
• Intermediate:
• Foundation:

Loaning kit

• Something like SOWN[at]HOME Node load agreement form needed so we have recourse if a member does not return a loaned piece of kit. -- Soft-assigned to Schmendrick

Shack

• Southampton Makerspace
  • Possibility of lending the Discone to the makerspace.
    • Set up WebSDR?
    • How much notice would we want to be able to give to get it back if we needed it?
      • 1 month seems reasonable. This would depend on how the antenna was sited.

People's radio goals for the year (inc. non radio goals)

• What do people want to do?
  • HF IP network
  • More operating
  • Graeme wants a very cold outing - Graeme to arrange weather
    • Bring a laptop so that members can get used to the logging software
  • Shack
  • Get more instructors ordained
  • Monthly net? (Experimental repeater)
    • 70cm experimental net. Do we want to give time for some people to get slimjims first?
• Fox hunt (no real foxes... don't hurt us)
• Fix some kit

Club Storage

• Zepler cupboard
• Increased occupancy of cage 9
  • Tyler filled in the SUSU storage survey

Corporate sponsorship

• SUSU has approved
• need to decide what items we would like
• First Newsletter -- Start writing it now, aim to have it in by end of Feb. Then one after Easter.
• [1]
  • Coordinated by El Presidente

• Doodle poll for workshop is here

Money from SUSU

• Money was for the educational development stuff.

Kit wishlist

• Anything to add to the kit wishlist

Joint Agenda

• AGM -- Next week. Check your emails.

• Bother the RSGB about data (Graeme)
  • [2]

• AOB

• Deal with email

• Funding round 3

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda