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Author Archives: David R Newman
End of Semester 1 (2017-18) Report
Talks During the first semester SUWS had three separate talks. David Newman gave a talk about how VPNs can be used to build distributed networks and the experience using these as part of the SOWN project. David Young (M0YAY) chaired a panel session about buying you first radio for new members. Finally, Tyler (M0UAV) gave… Read More »
HF Yagi Refurbishment
About five years ago, the club was generously donated a disused HF Yagi; specifically a Cushcraft A-3S tri-band beam designed for the 10, 15, and 20 metre Amateur Radio bands. This used to reside on a Scout Hut near Basingstoke, but sadly the licensed amateurs moved away and therefore the mast had to be decommissioned. Since… Read More »
SOWN Zepler Deployment
After nearly 2 years in the planning and development, the new SOWN Zepler has finally been deployed on the roof of Building 59 (a.k.a Zepler) to provide Wi-Fi coverage to the outside areas to the north of Highfield campus. The previous incarnation of SOWN Zepler had used a Soekris Net 4511 with a PCMCIA wireless card… Read More »
End of Term Report – Autumn 2015
This term has been very busy with Wireless Society organising a greater number and a wider range of events that ever before. Although we have been meaning to write post throughout the term, we seem to have been busy every week, that we never quite got round to it. So anyway, a bit more detail… Read More »