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- | ====== Ham Projects | + | Moved to [[radio: |
- | There are a number of projects in the pipeline relating to amateur radio; these will be updated as they progress. | ||
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- | ===== Lab HF access ===== | ||
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- | * We got a 40M inverted-V working, and it seems to tune alright 80-20. | ||
- | * There is space for routing coax down the lift shaft alongside the SDR stuff. Possibly. | ||
- | * Further research is being done on a boatanchor radio. CN may have enough spare cash after getting his HF rig to donate to the lab a FT101, but don't quote me on this. | ||
- | * **TK**: In terms of equipment for a more permanent and higher powered radio, Jaycee are getting a lot of stock in second hand and we can ask them to keep an eye out. See http:// | ||
- | * **TK**: I have an antenna tuner now which we could temporarily site on the roof (it’s battery powered). | ||
- | * **TK**: We could build a linked dipole or fan dipole – I’ve got some dipole centres for this. I also now have a 1:1 current balun that should reduce the coax shield pickup. | ||
- | * **TK**: I was considering a longwire antenna may be a good solution as it run up to the roof with the balun on the bottom and a ground connection where the lightning rod connects to ground. | ||
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- | * Once three of us have Advanced licences, this opens up the possibility of the Hacklab obtaining a Full (Club) licence. Fee for this is £20 (club licences last 5 years) and a callsign of the form MM0xxx will be assigned to the Hacklab. | ||
- | * This is not uncharted territory; see [[http:// | ||
- | * Clubs can then apply as a Registered Assessment centre and we would be able to administer exams/ | ||
- | * Cannot hold courses (but can hold exams) for u-18s unless DBS checks are done on all assessors. This probably won't be feasible primarily due to cost and/or privacy concerns. | ||
- | * TH: The requirement for DBS checks depends on the nature and amount of time spent in the role. RSGB will pay for checks for their members where required. | ||
- | * TH: I don't think it's worth considering assessment or examination options in the foreseeable future. We can consider providing training when we have enough of a community around our ARC, and when we have enough commitment from suitable license holders. We don't have facilities to run exams in our current premises. Best to send people to existing exam centres. | ||
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- | If you are willing to volunteer yourself for inclusion on a potential future Hacklab ARC application please add yourself below. | ||
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- | | Name | Callsign | | ||
- | |Tim K| MM0TKE | | ||
- | |Chris N| 2M0FFY (sitting Full < | ||
- | |Alex H| 2M0LBH (still to sit exam)| | ||
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- | ===== Weekly Net ===== | ||
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- | Provisional date for a trial net is Wed 18 February at 7pm on GB3FF, although a message will probably be punted to -discuss do see if anyone has a better suggestion. | ||
- | ===== "Radio Night" ===== | ||
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- | The 12/02 looked like a roaring success. The noise problems were more or less fixed, and Amir 4X6TT in Israel (a relatively rare station!) and Jan S52B in Slovenia were worked with 59s all round. | ||
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- | The next radio night, pending no objections, will be 26 February, with plans for having a play with ARDF. | ||
- | ===== Mini Maker Faire ===== | ||
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- | It may be too soon for this year but a full license holder could apply for a special event callsign and we could show the station to the public or use it for talk in (providing directions and help to those visiting). Setting up an ardf challenge within Summerhall on very low power would also be interesting. | ||
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- | ===== Other Projects ===== | ||
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- | * [[sdr|SDR]] | ||
- | * TX/RX APRS iGate (Raspberry Pi + DRA818V). | ||
- | * **CN**: TX does [[https:// | ||
- | * GB3ED is listed by ETCC as " | ||
- | * **CN**: further to the above, the Tait T800 repeater (which IIRC runs GB3FE at SDARC) is pretty cheap at £150 used; although cavity filters &| duplexer would be required and CTCSS/DCS support is extra... | ||
- | * Tim K has constructed a fairly efficient copper pipe Jpole using leftover materials at home. It would appreciate a VHF SWR meter or antenna analyser for tuning but got access to various local repeaters from home that weren' | ||
- | * Tim K would be keen to look into ARDF. CPSARC run two foxhunt a a year and with a full license allowing further unattended beacons a multi transmitter on foot challenge would be possible. Beacons and antennas make great construction projects and non hams can participate too as those taking part are only receiving the signal. | ||
- | * **CN**: I've wanted to do a foxhunt on the Meadows for a long time. I have an old Baofeng UV-B5 on which the RX doesn' | ||
- | * Elaborating on the above, [[http:// | ||
- | * Regarding IDing the fox, the usual choice seems to be the [[http:// |
hams/projects.txt · Last modified: 2019-06-03 18:13 by tim