Meeting:2016/03/03

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2016/03/03 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Licence exams

• Number of entrants --- 1
• Scheduling for practical work --- N/A
• Next exams: Fri 6th May, deadline: 22nd April.
  • Applicants: Arihant for Advanced, David Young for Intermediate, Freddie for Advanced, Mohit for Foundation

SUSU funding round 3?

• Antenna bags
  • HF beam
  • HF vertical
  • 2M yagi
• Padlock for cage 9
• Portable mast.
• Any other sugestions

SUSU funding round 2

• Licensing book orders
  • Those have arrived.

Stock of people who need to pay for club kit used

• 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)

Mast

• Workshop progress
• Update from SUSU / Estates and Facilities

• Deferred due to lack of time

SUWS WordPress site

• Can people upload any club photos taken within the past two years to the WordPress site
  • Ask David Newman if you need an account.

QSL Card Order

• Confirm layout for back of card and dimensions
• Darren will the place order with VistaPrint

Callsign list update

• Anyone not added new callsign after December exams?

Outing report

• Batteries were depleted. Oops.
• It was cold. Good.
• Biscuits and digestive biscuit sandwiches are delicious.
• Only made a couple of contacts. We should have entered the contest...
• Tried to use Morse's table, but they couldn't figure out how to assemble it.
• Used the end-fed Zepp. Tried to use Henry's Pro whip, it didn't work. Would work quite well to set up a wire HF dipole between two trees. That would be cool.
• Didn't have enough chairs, but had a bench.
• We could do with a weight for throwing things into trees, or a drone ;)
• NEED MALLET!!!!!!!!

Amateur Radio AOB

• Anything?

Joint Agenda

Storage shenanigans

• 54 Cupboard
  • There is now a sign up with Henry and Arihant's names with SUWS on it.
• 32 Cupboard
• Cage 9

AGM reminder

• 17th March 2016 at 18:45
• PLEASE consider being a committee member, because we will be losing a few next year.

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda