Bunfight

There are two Bunfights per year that SUWS attends - these are events during which freshers are invited to stands belonging to societies to see which ones they would like to join. It is an important event for recruitment of new members.

The first bunfight is the SUSU bunfight, on the Wednesday in Freshers' Week. It involves all SUSU societies. The second one is the FPSE bunfight, on the Thursday in Freshers' Week. It involves only FPSE societies.

What to do

• Bring tripod mast
• Put demos in safe place (esp. discone)
• Bring laptops with proper audio in/out
• SUWS shirts for all members present

What not to do

• Bring too many antennas

SUSU notes

What to do

• Bring chairs
• Bring whitetack for posters

What not to do

• Upset H&S people (going up ladders)
• Assume we'll have mains power

FPSE notes

What to do

• HF demo station nearby?

What we did in 2014

• Demonstrate HF rig
  • Data reception
• RPi + webcam, transmitting images on SSTV
  • Using VHF FM GPIO hax
  • Receive signal using FT-817
• Slideshow with contest pictures
• Laptop for email capture
• Static displays of other kit (see full list below)

What went well

• We had lots of email sign ups (96 captured)
• Bash script for email capture: simple but effective
• Packed lunches: saves fighting through the crowds
• Jubilee sports hall is cooler than Old sports hall
• Morse's big battery had more than enough capacity
• Morse's inverter was extremely helpful
• Stepladder was useful to put stuff on
• RPi SSTV demonstration was popular
• Some HF reception possible from Mountbatten coffee room
  • Don't want to transmit much, however, due to proximity of RF lab

Kit used

• Quantity of netbooks.
• Quantity of handhelds.

Morse

• Prowhip
• Big battery + fuses
• Inverter
• Powerpole box + cables

Graeme

• 2M yagi

Phil

• Assorted batteries
• 5V power adapter for RPi

Henry

• FT-817
• Prowhip + long coax

Murray

• RPi (with VHF FM SSTV demo)
• Stepladder

Club kit

• FT-920
• Discone, Mag Loop, 5GHz dish
• Old SOWN nodes