Projects

Balloon Payload

After a visit and presentation from AREG to SERG and following some Project Horus launches the club decided to design and construct a variety of items with the view of launching them. GPS modules were purchased by a number of club members.
John DJ gave a talk on a project that he did in his university years involving some matress cover as the balloon and an alarm clock and mouse trap for a timed release mechanism. While the end result was not as planned it has give the club some food for thought as to the possibilities for a modern attempt.

Solar Power for Repeater

With a need to relocate our 70cm repeater and some of the difficulties involved in arranging a power supply the club decided to look at installing a Solar power system to make the system completely autonomous. John DJ has modified his repeater controller to include voltage monitoring and the "tail" from the repeater tones change depending on the supply voltage.

Club Tower

Progress on the antennas at the club has been slow. Chris VK5MC has donated some hard-drawn copper that can be used for an open-wire fed HF antenna.
The club has been searching for a section of mast to use for the earth station antennas. The intention is to put up 2m and 70cm antennas suitable for working satellites. Ron AKJ has promised to provide a rotator and elevator for the system when the time comes.