Meeting:2016/05/05

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2016/05/05 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

Amateur Radio

All practical work should have been completed at last weeks revision session or due to be signed off.
- Soldering Coaxial Connections
Next exams: Fri 6th May
- Applicants: ADVANCED: Arihant Kuba, Frederick Nash, Laurie Kirkcaldy, Josh Curry, Mark Bumstead. INTERMEDIATE: Thomas Kelly, David Young, Cori Haws. FOUNDATION: Mohit Gupta.
- People should be doing practice papers that can be found linked to on the exam syllabus pages on the wiki.
- Any questions for Henry?
Building 54 10th floor, classroom 10B. Due to start at 19:00 BUT turn up at 18:30. Advanced must start at 19:00. Can turn up as early as 18:00.

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)
Remove section after exams, but some people have not turned up for a while.

Workshop progress
Update from SUSU / Estates and Facilities
- Large setback, E&F have suddenly said no.
- Tyler is talking to Kerry.
  - No response so far

Phil has received an email from Mark 2E0ECN, their chairman, asking if we're interested in the following:

Can people upload any club photos taken within the past two years to the WordPress site
- Ask David Newman if you need an account.
Can we make another blog post? One post per-term idea?
- Murray will start writing

Didn't happen on common. Happened on the SUSU grass.
Didn't get two way contact.
- However did receive some very "interesting" SSTV.
Tested new kit
- New end-fed zepp. Could do with some tuning as SWR was high. Works well.
- New tripod mast using two support ropes connected as we did not have a mallet.
- Used tape to connect end-fed zepp to mast. This worked well. Could do with clamp to connect rope to.
Used IC7000 rig. Manual in outing box, will not fit in radio case.
- Outing box contains everything (other than large items) needed for an outing.
Tree climbing experience.

IC7000, two PL259 RF connectors on back. Modify the VHF connector to an N-type connection.
- Attempted to print out labels but they fall off. Performance upgrade benefit, and will tell difference between VHF and HF connection. Take a club vote. Is it worth the risk?

Exams going on...
Projects evening on the 12th for power pole distribution box.
- Other club projects and web-master handover.
Think about doing on the 19th.
26th meeting for those doing exams
Beer festival 2nd June. Traditional social for society. No meeting this week.

Correct locations of kit on wiki.
Discuss storage location of new items.
- End-fed Zepp in cupboard
- Tripod mast in cage
- Lock for the cage (split up to £17 three ways)

None of our own un-ringfenced money to be reserved for mast any more
Mast money should be spent on things on the mast funding application, but would also be useful for the club in the meantime (even if the mast doesn't go ahead)

committee (at) sown.org.uk
webmaster (at) suws.org.uk and (at) sown.org.uk
exams (at) suws.org.uk
contact (at) suws.org.uk
- Can we get people's email addresses who are on the committee.
Exam secretary and a few others to be added to the exams address, which is an account but will be turned into an alias.
Murray, Russell, Colin to be removed from the committee
People who need to be added: Cori, Tom, Freddie.

Any talks for after exams?
- Will there be enough people here for this to be worth while?