Meeting:2016/03/17

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2016/03/17 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?

• Been submitted now
• Antenna bags
  • HF beam
  • HF vertical
  • 2M yagi
• Padlock for cage 9
• Portable mast.

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
  • Large setback, E&F have suddenly said no.
  • Tyler is talking to Kerry.
• 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

This month's events

• Two weeks' time is the AGM
• Then it's easter, so people still here can just meet and not do much
• Software hacking session.

Storage shenanigans

• 54 Cupboard
• 32 Cupboard
• Cage 9
  • Arihant went down and the cage was a tip, moreso than usual. He posted it to group.
  • LiveSoc blamed unauthorised users using their kit
  • Tyler has changed code and told Cage 9 Facebook group
  • We want to change back to a padlock + key, as if LiveSoc's accusations are accurate, the code system simply isn't working.

AOB (Joint)

• Science and engineering family day! 12th March
• PiSSTV, HF station with end-fed Zepp or Vertical if we're feeling good and good weather
• Lots of static displays
  • SOWN nodes
  • Dish
  • Books
  • Signs/banners
  • Cool antennas
• VHF radios (one on KMINet, one on PiSSTV)
• WebSDR laptop

AGM 18:50-19:40

• AGM Agenda

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda