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| '''HacDC Amateur Radio Group (W3HAC) - Regular meetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm
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| '''Next Meeting - Wednesday, Oct 26 @ 7:30 HacDC space.
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| Meeting - Wednesday, Oct 12
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| Topics:
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| building club membership, work on application for ARRL affiliation
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| Bill built a new Off Center Fed antenna for the Roof. Too wet on roof to install
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| Got our sound card interface working. QSO'd over PSK-31
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| Built a choke balun to reduce RF in the shack.
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| Got Nick's 10m unit fixed. Cut down CB antenna and tuned with Bill's miniVNA
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| show and tell - Martin showed off DM780 super waterfall display of simultaneous contacts
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| '''Links:'''
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| Your friendly local ARRL: info on everything radio -
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| [http://www.arrl.org/getting-your-technician-license license preparation, etc.] | |
| [http://www.arrl.org/finding-an-exam-session local test times] | |
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| Technician class Q & A's
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| [http://www.ncvec.org/downloads/Revised%20Element%202.Pdf Starts on page 7]
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| Handy information
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| [http://www.icomamerica.com/en/downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?Document=331 Nifty Band Plan Graphic]
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| [http://www.icomamerica.com/en/downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?Document=415 Gid square map]
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| [http://www.icomamerica.com/en/downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?Document=521 Ham Radio Lingo]
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| [http://www.icomamerica.com/en/downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?Document=524 World CQ DX Zone Map]
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| First Meeting - HacDC Amateur Radio Group (W3HAC) Wednesday September 28, 2011 7:30 PM
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| Agenda:
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| starting an amateur radio club
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| setting up a radio station/repeaters/digipeaters/antennas/lightning protection
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| affiliating with ARRL,
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| conducting FCC licensing classes
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| Spaceblimp
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| HAM CLUB (provisionally "HARC")
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| We met 19:30, Wed 28 Sept.
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| Founders:
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| Bill B
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| Nick B
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| Phil S
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| Steve
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| Martin R
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| Goals:
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| 01. Increasing HacDC membership
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| 02. Hardware building and using focus
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| 03. Licensing new HAMs
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| 04. Meeting regularly (2 Wednesdays per month (2nd and 4th))
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| Action Items:
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| 01. Bill (WA1IVD) will contact ARRL to start a liason for the group.
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| '''Detailed member interests/activities:'''
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| creating interest & education in amateur radio (getting HacDC members licensed)
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| equipment design, building, and tinkering (setting up HacDC station/repeater/web controlled)
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| APRS (antenna tracker, spaceblimp microcontroller tracker/digipeater)
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| spaceblimp/nanosat/cubesat (tracking, attitude control system, photography)
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| HF digital modes & beacon systems
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| spread spectrum
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| software defined radio
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| microwave/high power wifi
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| direction finding & fox hunting
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| emergency operations
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| '''Older Discussion:'''
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| I would like to start an amateur radio night. I'm thinking Wednesday nights, if there aren't (as yet unpublished) plans for that night. I hear Elliot's into it, and maybe others.
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| I'd like to set up a repeater here at the space. --(Celtikill)
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| I too think HacDC would be a great place for a repeater, an IRLP node, a weather station, and/or a zillion other fun things. P
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