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Meeting Records

2012-05-22T03:55:22Z

SteveB:

[[Category:Amateur_Radio]]

Wednesday, 9 May, 2012:

00. We enjoyed a presentation on the Nerves project,
which uses the BeagleBone ARM board and the Erlang
language for rapid prototyping and a framework glue.
High performance in a small, low power and inexpensive
package.

01. We amended and approved the proposed constitution
for HARC. This will be posted later, or available
for view in hardcopy.

02. We amended and approved bylaws. This will also either
be posted, or available for view in hardcopy.

03. We amended and approved the application for ARRL
affiliation, and added more names to the roster.
Also to be posted later, or available for view
in hardcopy.

04. We elected our first group of club officers:

President: Martin R.
Vice President: Lee C.
Treasurer: Nick B.
Secretary: Steve B.

05. Current member roster:

Bill B. Steve B. Nick B.
Lee C. Chris K. Bryce L.
Ben M. John P. Martin R.
Phil S.

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'''Meeting - Wednesday, Oct 12
T'''opics:
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

'''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.

Meeting Records

2012-05-22T03:54:09Z

SteveB:

[[Category:Amateur_Radio]]

Wednesday, 9 May, 2012:

00. We enjoyed a presentation on the Nerves project,
which uses the BeagleBone ARM board and the Erlang
language for rapid prototyping and a framework glue.
High performance in a small, low power and inexpensive
package.

01. We amended and approved the proposed constitution
for HARC. This will be posted later, or available
for view in hardcopy.

02. We amended and approved bylaws. This will also either
be posted, or available for view in hardcopy.

03. We amended and approved the application for ARRL
affiliation, and added more names to the roster.
Also to be posted later, or available for view
in hardcopy.

04. We elected our first group of club officers:

President: Martin R.
Vice President: Lee C.
Treasurer: Nick B.
Secretary: Steve B.

05. Current member roster:

Bill B. Steve B. Nick B.
Lee C. Chris K. Bryce L.
Ben M. John P. Martin R.
Phil R.

===========================================================

'''Meeting - Wednesday, Oct 12
T'''opics:
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

'''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.

Amateur radio

2011-09-29T01:20:38Z

SteveB:

'''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

'''Links:'''

Your friendly local ARRL: info on everything radio - has local test times, local ham fest info, etc.
http://www.arrl.org/

Technician class Q & A's (starts on page 7)
http://www.ncvec.org/downloads/Revised%20Element%202.Pdf

'''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. Put Radio Night on the calendar, blog about it, and see who shows up!

Going forward, try to make contact with some ham [[http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/clubsearch.phtml?zip=20010&selzip=Show+clubs+near+ZIP+location&dist=20 clubs]] in the area, to see about sharing equipment / expertise / members.

--[[User:Myself|Myself]] 23:38, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

[[Category:Proposed_Projects]]

When I first read this, I was thinking radio station, and was going to point out the local amateur radio station. And then I decided that I was going to point it out anyways - because I can see an interesting friendship developing over time. I can put HacDC in contact with people there if it is ever desired.
* [http://www.radiocpr.com/home.html RadioCPR]

David

Perhaps this page, or perhaps the entire hobby of amateur radio, fails to make clear the distinction between "the amateur radio service" (licensed under part 97 of the FCC rules), and "low-power broadcasting", which is something completely different. Hams can't broadcast. We transmit, but only for the purpose of communicating with other amateurs. We're prohibited from broadcasting to the general public. Music is forbidden on the amateur bands, for instance. We should also consider low-power broadcasting, but this page is about ham radio. [[User:Myself|Myself]] 20:29, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

For the sake of completeness, HacDC now has a club amateur radio callsign, and it is KB3TEA. If we were to set up a club repeater, or participate in a ham radio contest as a club, we would use that. -- Jay (club license trustee)

HAM CLUB (provisionally "HARC")
We met 19:30, Wed 28 Sept.

Interests:

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.

Amateur radio

2011-09-29T01:14:49Z

SteveB:

'''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

'''Links:'''

Your friendly local ARRL: info on everything radio - has local test times, local ham fest info, etc.
http://www.arrl.org/

Technician class Q & A's (starts on page 7)
http://www.ncvec.org/downloads/Revised%20Element%202.Pdf

'''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. Put Radio Night on the calendar, blog about it, and see who shows up!

Going forward, try to make contact with some ham [[http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/clubsearch.phtml?zip=20010&selzip=Show+clubs+near+ZIP+location&dist=20 clubs]] in the area, to see about sharing equipment / expertise / members.

--[[User:Myself|Myself]] 23:38, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

[[Category:Proposed_Projects]]

When I first read this, I was thinking radio station, and was going to point out the local amateur radio station. And then I decided that I was going to point it out anyways - because I can see an interesting friendship developing over time. I can put HacDC in contact with people there if it is ever desired.
* [http://www.radiocpr.com/home.html RadioCPR]

David

Perhaps this page, or perhaps the entire hobby of amateur radio, fails to make clear the distinction between "the amateur radio service" (licensed under part 97 of the FCC rules), and "low-power broadcasting", which is something completely different. Hams can't broadcast. We transmit, but only for the purpose of communicating with other amateurs. We're prohibited from broadcasting to the general public. Music is forbidden on the amateur bands, for instance. We should also consider low-power broadcasting, but this page is about ham radio. [[User:Myself|Myself]] 20:29, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

For the sake of completeness, HacDC now has a club amateur radio callsign, and it is KB3TEA. If we were to set up a club repeater, or participate in a ham radio contest as a club, we would use that. -- Jay (club license trustee)

HAM CLUB (provisionally "HARC" [H_acdc A_mateur R_adio C_lub])
- met 19:30, Wed 28 Sept. -

Interests:

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.