Group:Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio
When	First Saturday of the Month, from 14:00
Members
Filbert Futureshape Padski Paul Ridpojken Tgreer Wiggler Wyan |} Inside our radio shack Welcome to the London Hackspace Radio Club, established in 2013. We're proud to be a part of the London Hackspace: the world's largest co-operative workshop (by membership). Recently awarded Radio Society of Great Britain National Club of the Year 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 conversations and self-study. One new radio enthusiast's testimonial of acquiring all three licenses at another club is here. We have the following courses so far for 2015: Foundation Course 7-8 March 2015 Intermediate Course 3 days across Jan-Feb-March 2015 Full Licence Self-Study Guidance & Subject-Matter Catch-Ups Our training team consists of: tgreer - examination secretary Kraptv - instructor, accredited assessor JJ - instructor, accredited assessor Wyan - instructor, accredited assessor MattP - instructor Paul - instructor Mentar - invigilator Mat Stace - invigilator, practicals assistant Ridpojken - practicals assistant ...and anyone we've forgotten please add yourself or consider volunteering in the future! Contact Mailing list Internet Relay Chat (IRC), #lhs-radio on chat.freenode.net (or via web browser). Twitter, @M0HSL Member's Callsigns – Hackspace members' callsigns 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) - it's a multicultural world, after all. Build a complementary bridge between other group efforts - encourage other regional radio clubs to link up with other hackspaces 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 - digital data as well as newer digital modes like FreeDV/Codec2 More Intermediate (second-level) licensing activities Club Wish List - an equipment wish-list for the club - please consider donating / loaning equipment to the space! Informative Repeaters that everyone can get to (even if it's RX only). Getting Started. So you've got your Foundation licence and callsign, what now? Slightly out of date London Hackspace Radio Club Useful links Transmission1 HamTests Ofcom WTR Ofcom Amateur Radio ukrepeaters RSGB Protective Multiple Earthing and the Radio Amateur Rigs Useful resource for the Baofeng/Pofung UV-5R and Miklor UV-5R (and derivatives) Documentation