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 I'm thinking Wednesday nights, if there aren't (as yet unpublished) plans for that night.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