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One of the most excellent parts of our club is the shared 24 hour access to the shack - it offers good infrastructure and a variety of opportunities to improve as well. | One of the most excellent parts of our club is the shared 24 hour access to the shack - it offers good infrastructure and a variety of opportunities to improve as well. | ||
Anyone that wishes to utilise the shack and the equipment independently must: | |||
* Be a paying member of the London Hackspace | |||
* Have had an introduction and training on the equipment and infrastructure by another member of the radio club as well as being familiar with these guidelines | |||
* If transmitting, must be a licensed radio amateur recognised by Ofcom | |||
=== Operating in the Shack === | === Operating in the Shack === | ||
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* Radios, antennas, and appropriate feeders are connected and functioning properly (No horrible SWR, no disconnected antenna components, etc.) | * Radios, antennas, and appropriate feeders are connected and functioning properly (No horrible SWR, no disconnected antenna components, etc.) | ||
* Make sure that you start of on the lowest power setting to check SWR and to subsequently tune, not doing this can easily break the equipment | |||
* Radio is set to appropriate power outputs (e.g. Foundation up to 10w, Intermediate up to 50w, Full up to 400w) | * Radio is set to appropriate power outputs (e.g. Foundation up to 10w, Intermediate up to 50w, Full up to 400w) | ||
* You have ensured that your station is not in any danger from dangling cords | * You have ensured that your station is not in any danger from dangling cords | ||
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* Use your own callsign unless explicitly under the physical presence of a full licensee who is also authorised to operate by the licence keeper (currently [[User:Wyan|Wyan]] M0GXD) | * Use your own callsign unless explicitly under the physical presence of a full licensee who is also authorised to operate by the licence keeper (currently [[User:Wyan|Wyan]] M0GXD) | ||
* | * Enter all your QSOs in the (traditionally paper) logbook with the callsign you're using | ||
* Food/drink is fine, as long as you can ensure that you won't spill it into equipment and dispose of it properly | * Food/drink is fine, as long as you can ensure that you won't spill it into equipment and dispose of it properly | ||
* Follow general good practice for amateur radio operation (causing un-necessary QRM, swearing on air etc.) | |||
After operating: | After operating: | ||
