Group:Amateur Radio

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Amateur Radio
When 1st Saturday, from 14:00
Members
Inside our radio shack


The call sign of London Hackspace is M0HSL.

What is Amateur Radio, Why Do it

It's the original 'nerd' hobby- building and playing with all sorts of communication over the airwaves! For those that are curious, more info available here.

Amateur radio complements many other interest groups in the space by providing a basis for the electronic and communications technologies that allow us to effectively explore and create cool stuff.

Radio Society of Great Britain Club Affiliation

London Hackspace are an RSGB affiliated club. This means we can enter RSGB contests, get news coverage in RadCom and GB2RS easily and probably get some general promotion for the space, generally good things.

Meetings, Events & Radio Shack Availability

Meetings are monthly and normally held on the first Saturday, at 14:00.

The radio shack is available to members of the amateur radio club (and stewarded guests) 24 hours a day.

Study Courses & Exams

There are three levels of licensing in the United Kingdom: Foundation, Intermediate, and Full. The first licence content (classroom and practicals) is typically taught on a Saturday with the exam on the following Sunday. Intermediate courses usually take a bit longer as it includes more practical coursework (soldering, kit assembly, radio operation) and assessment. The final licence stage is often done through a combination of guided and self-study.

We are currently planning our courses for 2015. So far we have the following:

Our training team consists of:

  • tgreer - examination secretary
  • Kraptv - instructor, accredited assessor
  • JJ - instructor, accredited assessor
  • Ruben (wyan) - instructor, accredited assessor
  • Matt - instructor
  • Paul - instructor


One radio enthusiast's journey through all three licenses is here.

Contact

Projects and Goals for the Club

  • Activities Master Spreadsheet via Google Docs - contact another member for edit access
  • Hacktenna
  • Morse Code
  • Mast – 30M Mast Trailer
  • Encourage more active licensing of atypical amateur radio enthusiasts (younger demographics, women, minorities)
  • Build a complementary bridge between other group efforts
  • Antennas - Mount and install a variety of antennas on the shack (Rebuild the Yagi, install the 2 m Diamond antenna, rearrange cables in shack)
  • Participate as a club/team in some contests and possibly field activities like SOTA
  • Explore more digital HF modes
  • More Intermediate (second-level) licensing activities

Informative

Slightly out of date

Useful links

Rigs