[DARARepeater] [Rfcarrier] B Road Thursday Evening

[Tom Holmes]

Thanks to everyone who stopped by last night to share their thoughts on the tools and
equipment that we should have at the clubhouse. The session went almost two hours, not
including the 'after the meeting' discussions. Special thanks to Greg, AB8RG, who took
much better notes than I could while trying to listen, think, and talk while typing stuff
into my phone.

 

Also, apologies to Charles as he also wanted to talk about the possible kits for the group
to build, and we never got to that discussion.

 

I think we had a great discussion and there were inputs from almost everyone there. That
indicates that this is an important project for DARA. 

 

As Planning Council is currently working on the budget for this year, we need to pretty
quickly have a basics laid out for them to consider, even if we have to implement the plan
in stages. Some decisions, such as what are the basic tools needed, and how many, can be
made without a lot of discussion. Others, regarding more expensive, complex, or limited
usage items will need to take a little longer but I hope to at least be able to give
Planning Council a general plan and a rough estimate of the cost to work with. That
doesn't mean that the specific choices will have been made, but we do have to provide
enough information to allow them to see how it fits into the budget.

 

Finally, I am not tackling this task alone. I have asked several people to work on this
committee so that there is more collective experience contributing to the decision making
process, as well as more people to share working on the details. This group currently
includes Steve Coy, K8UD, Joe Brassard, KA8C, Ed Collins, N8NUY, Nigel Gunn, W8IFF,
Advisor Charles Kiser, KD8JZR, and myself. I also have one more person in mind to ask to
participate but have not had a chance to speak with him yet.

 

If any of you who were not at the meeting have any thoughts, please pass them along to one
of the committee members or to me, as K0NEB did. If it turns out to be something we
already have on our list, then you are at least as smart as we are, and if it is something
we had not considered, then you are even smarter than we are. Either way, don't be
bashful.

 

That's all I have to report for now, but we will do our best to communicate our progress
to all of you as we go.

 

Thanks again!

 

Tom Holmes, N8ZM

Tipp City, OH

EM79

 

From: Rfcarrier [mailto:rfcarrier-bounces at w8bi.org] On Behalf Of Charles E Kaiser
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 9:53 AM
To: Thursday Night B Road Mail NEW
Cc: DARA Membership
Subject: [Rfcarrier] B Road Thursday Evening

 

"This Thursday, August 29, 2013, at 7 P.M."

Tom, N8ZM will be with us. He is in charge of suppling the planning council/board with a
list of test equipment and tools that will be needed in the classroom. So, please, be
thinking about what you would like to have in the classroom.

We will also talk about what kit(s) the group would like to build. 

Group Suggestions - things to build:

1.       Frequency Generator

2.       60 MHZ Frequency Counter

3.       Build your own Oscilloscope

4.       Digital (Digi) Interface kits (Computer sound card to Radio interface)

5.       APRS I-Gate

6.       Raspberry PI projects

7.       Mobile heads up display for D-STAR 

8.       Satellite projects (CubeSat , etc.)

9.       PIC Controller Projects

10.   Antenna Projects (Build Antennas; Satellite, J-Pole, Colinear, Walking Stick, 5/8
wave 70 cm and 2 m Antenna's, etc.)

11.   Power Supplies (Build from scratch and how to modify your Computer Power Supplies
for bench use)

12.   Software Defined Radios (SDR's) (modifying USB TV Dongles, build your own SDR kits,
etc.)

13.   Antenna Tuner (Build your own, theory of operation)

14.   HF Triplexer (June, 2010 QST) also good DIY HF beam article (Sept, 2002 QST)

15.   Alternative Power Systems (Solar, Wind, Alternative Fuels Generator (Propane,
Natural Gas, Alcohol, Wood Gasifier, Etc.) Proper conditioning of alternative power
systems (UPS's, power conditioners, Etc.), Energy Storage

16.   2 Meter pre amp kits

17.   Rig Runner Power Pole's

18.   DIY Rotors, Controllers, Satellite trackers, etc.

 

                                                        Everyone is invited!

 

"B" Road Thursday Evening 

DARA CLUB HOUSE:  6619 BELLEFONTAINE RD. HUBER HEIGHTS, OH.

Time: 7 p.m.

Charles - KD8JZR

kd8jzr at arrl.net

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