[DARARepeater] B Road Thursday Evening Projects

[Jeff Ullery]

TNG (Thursday Night Group):



We had a good group discussion last evening regarding "potential" DIY construction projects for the TNG. Attendees came up with some great suggestions which ranged from the easy to complete (one evening) projects to some which could prove rather challenging. I believe no matter what projects we choose to take on, fun will be had by all.



The group made a list of suggestions on the B-Road white board and I have copied those project items from the white board to this email for your review. The list is just a starting point from our discussion and by no means is intended to be all encompassing...



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 (George Ewing's contribution! J) Sorry George, just couldn't pass up the opportunity for a good laugh!

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.





If anyone has any additional ideas, please feel free to add them to the list and forward them to the group.



I know I had a great time exploring ideas with everyone, last evening, and can't wait to get started on our first group project.



73's



KD8SHF



"I apologize for this brief interruption to your regularly scheduled program and I now return you to the program which is already in progress!", Ahem.... rather I mean your leader Charles Kaiser.   - Charles, you were missed last evening and hope you'll be returning soon!





From: dararepeater-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dararepeater-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Charles E Kaiser
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 2:14 PM
To: Thursday Night B Road Mail NEW
Subject: [DARARepeater] B Road Thursday Evening



"This Thursday, March 7, 2013, at 7 P.M."

We will talk about what KIT'S we want to build or would like to build.

Also Joe, KA8C would like to remove some cat 5 wire in the ceiling.

"B" Road Thursday Evening

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

Time: 7 p.m.

Charles - KD8JZR

kd8jzr at arrl.net<mailto:kd8jzr at arrl.net>







List of topics and presenters, They are not in any particular order.

Crimp Coax Fitting - Glenn

Stacking Antenna, Spacing - Reuben

Antenna Analyzer - Steve Reed

Satellite Antenna -

Rotor Control Modification (Black Box) - Tom Schenck

SDR - Stan 1-31-2013 - Part 1 of 4

How to DX -

Lighting protection - proper grounding - Glenn 3-14-2013

Tour of Channel 16 tower - Fred Stone

D-Star - Al, Joe, Charles




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