Amateur Radio Exam at UKHAS Conference

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A few tickets are still available for the UKHAS conference at the University of Greenwich, London on Saturday 7 September 2013

The UK High Altitude Society UKHAS conference attracts those interested in learning about building and flying High Altitude Balloons or in tracking their 434 MHz signals.

The conference is open to all, you don’t have to have flown a High Altitude Balloon, you’ll probably get more out of it as a total beginner as there will be a huge wealth of experience in the room you can speak to.

There is an impressive lineup of speakers in addition to which there will be workshops, demonstrations along with assessments and exam for the amateur radio Foundation licence. Among the presentations will be one on Narrow Band TV by Phil Heron 2I0VIM.

Workshops

  • Balloon Q&A - James Coxon M6JCX
  • Pi - Dave Akerman M6RPI
  • Foundation Exam Preparation - Phillip Crump M0DNY
  • Knots! - Anthony Stirk M0UPU

Demonstrations

  • Balloon -> ISS APRS Setup - James Coxon M6JCX
  • Setting up Receiving Station - Anthony Stirk M0UPU

Tickets - http://ava.upuaut.net/store/index.php?route=product/category&path=74

 

3rd UK High Altitude Society Conference

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The UKHAS conference in London attracts those interested in learning about building and flying High Altitude Balloons or in tracking their 434 MHz signals

This year the conference takes place on Saturday 7 September 2013 and the venue will be the Greenwich University.

The conference is open to all, you don’t have to have flown a High Altitude Balloon, you’ll probably get more out of it as a total beginner as there will be a huge wealth of experience in the room you can speak to.

A lecture theatre and adjacent classroom are being hired so will have a lot more space than last time. Lunch will be included as before.

The day plan will be most likely lectures in the morning and then in the afternoon workshops, demos and more informal talks. Provisional talks include:

  • James Coxon M6JCX – Pico Balloons (3 years on)
  • Ed Moore M0TEK – How GPS works
  • John Graham-Cumming – Debugging HABs (Part 2)
  • Ara Kourchian – US Ballooning
  • Dave Akerman M6RPI – Pi in the sky + Afternoon workshop

Tickets will be £30 per person but we will offer a reduced price for students of £15, this enables the hire of the lecture theatre, classroom and also provides lunch. Tickets are on sale from HAB supplies - http://ava.upuaut.net/store/index.php?route=product/search&filter_name=ukhas

 

VK National Field Day

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The Australian annual WIA National Field Day takes place on the weekend of the 13th -14th April 2013.

This coincides this year with the IARU World Amateur Radio Day weekends (the IARU day falls on the 18th and it is suggested to celebrate this event the weekend before or after this date).

Details of the IARU W.A.R.D. - http://www.iaru.org/world-amateur-radio-day.html

Details of the WIA National Field Day -  http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/nfd/

Registrations are just starting to come in for the WIA NFD, whose aim is NOT a contest, rather a publicity event to introduce the hobby of Amateur Radio to the general public, to attract more people into the hobby.

The Central Coast Amateur Radio Club, on the Central Coast of New South Wales Australia, is leading the way with two stations (VK2WFD/Pand VK2EH/P) registered to be active on Sunday the 14th.

CCARC - http://www.ccarc.org.au

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