ARC live demo

Plans for a live demo of Amateur Radio for UCF ARC recruitment

Demos to be performed

• promo demo
  • oscilloscope and a function generator
• Do we want to do a GOTA station?
  • Yes, this pretty much will be a GOTA station.
• interactive cw demo
  • a table or two with keys linked to each other and two operators to demonstate and guide people through a small conversation. getting people to do a little hands on action they might be drawn in

lists of famous hams

• http://users.tellurian.com/gjurrens/famous_hams.html
• http://www.ku4ay.net/famous.html
• http://www.qsl.net/w5www/famous.html
• http://www.hamradio-online.com/notable.html
• http://www.repeater.org/hams/famoushams.htm
• http://www.geocities.com/garyntricia/famous_hams.html

Advertising/public notice of demo event

Notice to CFF Around Campus column

• This column appears on the left side of the 1st inside page
• Contact: editor@ucfnews.com or FAX 407-447-4556
• deadlines
  • 5pm Tuesday for the Thursday Edition
  • 5pm Friday for the Monday Edition

Notice on OSI website

Contact info: E-mail: osi@mail.ucf.edu

Phone: (407) 823-6471

Send notice of event to other UCF clubs

• Possibly could be done by OSI to all UCF clubs
• Clubs to consider contacting directly
  • American Red Cross Club -- Contact: Amber Vance, amber_ucf@yahoo.com
  • Knights Battle Against Weather -- Contact: Craig Menkes, imcraig86@yahoo.com
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) -- Contact: Matthew Erickson, ucf@ieee.org
  • Robotics Club -- Contact: Gary Stein, gstein@ucf.edu
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) -- Contact: Diana Ovadia, d_ovadia2@yahoo.com
  • Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) -- Contact: Todd Romberger, rstones8@yahoo.com

flyers & info material at demo

• flyer content
• locations for flyers
  • Vending/Breakrooms
    • CC2 between computer labs
    • MAP 2nd floor
  • Labs
  • Classrooms/Departments
    • Communications
• info material @ demo site
  • What is Amateur Radio info sheet

Equipment

Also see Amateur Radio Emergency Jumpkit

• 90 Amp hour battery
• 2m/70cm radio (Alinco or icom 706 below)
• laptop -- echolink and/or prerecorded QSO's
• ICOM 706 MIIg or Kenwood TS2000
• Antenna and antenna mounting hardware (tower?)
• capasitive ground tripod /w outbacker Jr. or Hamsticks
• B&W Folded Dipole -- Do we know if it is functional? (probably)
• Outbacker and Ironhorse antenna / tripod combo
• antenna tuner (or analyzer if can't get a tuner)
• 802.11 Pig Tail
• Folding Table
• Chairs
• Tent and Frame from ASF

HF nets which can be monitored & contacted

• 14.300MHz Maritime Mobile Service Net (1200 - 2200 local time)
• 1.845MHz Florida Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (starts 1200 local time)
• 3.940MHz North Florida traffic net (0700 & 1930 local time)
• 3.950MHz Northern Florida ARES Net (2000 local time)
• 7.242MHz Florida Midday Traffic Net (1145 local time)
• 3.908MHz Florida Public Operations Net (1630 local time)
• 3.940MHz/7.242MHz Tropical Phone Traffic Net (1700 local time)

• 7.251 MHz South Coast Amateur Radio Service (South CARS)
  • 8am-10am, 12pm-2pm
  • website includes net audio samples
  • see also SCARS net procedures

• other Radio nets

RF Safety

• minimal safe distances from antennas for power & frequencies used
• grounding of radios
• grounding of non-balanced antennas