Meeting:2015/03/19

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2015/03/19 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Licence Exams

• Upcoming exams
  • David Henley will let Henry know shortly wrt candidates for an exam in May from IVARC.
  • Two people wanting to do an exam. May as well run them at the same time as IVARC's (so in May).

How to unbreak the members page

• daveruss has been looking into this

Outings

• Next outing date, location and plan
  • 15th March
  • Milford-on-Sea
  • Make a definitive list for things we need for outings.
  • Winter 2015 Outing
  • It's not quite cold enough but it'll have to do
  • Doodle poll results
    • http://doodle.com/2mzzz7q2zn3n35eg
  • Transport
    • Murray and Chris O have cars

• SERF 6th June

• Harwell in Didcot was a bit crap

Science and Engineering Family Day

• 14th March
• We've been invited
• Who can go?
  • Chris O, Tyler (in some form), Henry (probably), Arthur (maybe), probably not Chris M but maybe, Phil if need be, Russell probably, Andy Barrett-Sprot (maybe).
• Respond on the mailing list if you are also interested.

• Things to do
  • Usual radio operations
  • PiFM/SSTV DEMO IN A DALEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Graeme inquiring about IVARC mast.
  • Getting people to send greeting messages (to other society members)

SUSU Antenna Array

• Progress
  • Funding submitted, meeting happened, results pending.
• SUWS repaying members for items they have bought for the array
  • Invoices received from members (Henry, Tyler, Graeme?)
  • Invoices paid: Tyler
• What do we still need?
  • Antennas
  • Masts?
• We need to start planning the construction
• Contact with E&F
  • Tyler, Daveruss and Murray have met with E&F
  • Cherry picker
  • SUSU H&S should be kept in the loop
• SUSU facilities
  • SUSU Facilities email gone out (to facilities@susu.org )
  • No reply yet
  • We've spoken in person though and he has no objections
• Speaking/meeting with other societies/SUSU
  • No development yet
• Potential Shack in SUSU may cease to be bookable again and become an office.
  • Any further update beyond this is not happening yet and the fact we may be able to use it out of office hours anyway.
  • This is not happening any more
• Things to do:
  • Email E&F with regards to the weights of the parts, organise follow-up meeting wrt cost
  • Email SUSU H&S guy (Murray has address)
  • Add facebook group message about E&F meeting; general progress update
  • General meeting with societies who are interested

CubeSat

• Any more information / contact with CubeSat group
  • Nope
  • They're building the transmitter

Publicity

• Newsletter indefinitely put on hold because nobody can be arsed to finish it
• WE SHOULD START A BLOG!
• Facebook (EUGH!!!!!!!)
  • That is literally Daveruss's job

QSL Cards

• QSL card design submissions
  • Close date when we get funding
  • Apparently Graeme has a few stacks of 200, some of which contain typos, in location unknown.
• Received QSL cards
  • Scan so can be uploaded to the website
    • Murray has volunteered, needs to get the cards off Tyler
  • Also put in a physical album

Chilbolton Atmospheric Radio Observatory

• Mentioned by Quentin - could probably get a free visit/tour as a uni club.
  • Ping them an email to determine their attitude
• They still exist

WebSDR

• Getting direct port 80 at last :) (java support, global list entry, Pieter stops hating Phil, etc)
• Find out if repurposing have newer PCs available, USB bus is struggling on the current one.
• Current PC: Dell Optiplex, Core 2 Duo E8500 3.2GHz
• Being upgraded to an ex-ECS PC courtesy of Henry
  • That's happening this weekend
    • I don't think it happened

Joint Agenda

Outstanding membership fees (Darren)

• £10 for students
• £15 for staff/society alumni

SUSU

• Funding round 3
  • It's been submitted
  • Awaiting response

Mailing List and Wiki

• Mailing list additions (Dave N)
• New wiki accounts (Dave N)

Lifetime Members

• See Callsigns/Alumni page
  • We have quite a few people now mostly from the '90s
  • Dave has subtly hinted to Nigel that we would like the G8KMI callsign back despite not having a shack

Cupboard

• Keys: Tyler, Henry
• Do we now have a signout book for books/kit (Henry)
  • No
  • But we do have a piece of paper
• Additional books order (Henry/Darren)
  • Darren has approved of the concept, but expects an email with a list of books to be bought
    • Henry needs to do this
• Do we now have stickers for the books? (Darren)
  • No

SUSU H&S meeting

• Murray has been. Now we know not to jump off a building onto some rocks next to the sea.

AOB

Cage 9 has been tidied.

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda