Vancouver Hack Space

• Ty will check to see if there are any access points to get on the roof
  • owner is okay with us putting an antenna up
  • we just need to sort it out
• we need to :
  • measure how much cable we need
  • how to get all our equipment up on to the roof
  • find/scrounge/buy a radio antenna base
  • get a mobile station for the space ( Farell has this )
  • get some sandbages and a pallet
• Eventually we're going to be re-arranging the space, we'll have our own space for a radio set up
• Ian is going to check with Keith tomorrow about coax cable ( we need 50-ohm shielded )
• probably a good opportunity to reach out to other clubs about where they source their stuff

• running our own net ( Wed @ 9pm )
  • what equipment to use?
  • probably going to use a local repeater
  • all the members of the arc should practice heading the net
  • main reason for doing our own net: practice, practice, practice!

• discuss unlicensed amateurs
  • Sean: going to download and use the exam generator
    • also going to use the question bank file to build a site
  • useful tools: hampuzzle, exhaminer
  • delta radio amateur club is charging $50 for their course
  • maybe we should run our own course
    • problem is that a course would end up teaching the exam, not actual radio fundamentals
  • will bring in some of the Vector books for unlicensed amateurs to learn
  • finding an examiner to help unlicensed amateurs write the exam once they're ready

• talking about getting a base station for VHS ARC

• everyone filled out a membership form?
  • linky: http://goo.gl/NeHgev

• locker now available for VHSARC

• setting up a mailing list for arc@hackspace.ca?
  • Sean will research software to run/manage our own mailing list