A fun meeting tonight. Thanks everybody. This was a general chat meeting with no speaker. We talked about our projects and ideas.
Attending:
Jon M7KMW, Fred G1HCM, Michael G4XIX, Matt M0JNX, Grae G0WCZ and apologies from Andy M0VVA
We talked about:
- Studying for intermediate exam — and re-taking a mock full exam
- Good value wire for wire antennas (e.g. standard 2.5mm/7strand has lasted 5 years)
- Raspberry Pi set up as a shack security camera with motion detection, and the useful RSGB book “Raspberry Pi Explained”
- 65mph winds expected over the weekend
- Oscar 100 station improvements
- modifying 23cm ATV transceiver for digital TV
- Curtis keyer powerdown and analogue CW speed meter
- Lockdown Morse (youtube)
- RF power meter kit
- QCX and QCX plus
- 1954 Vibroplex standard bug
… and many other topics.