<div dir="ltr"><div>TL;DR: We did a lot of work on the shack. I really want us to put on an O-Days booth. Does anyone have ideas for Field Day-ish activities for O-Days?</div><div><br></div>Hey all!<div><br></div><div>Zeb, Jeff, and I did a little work this weekend up at the shack. Here's the skinny:</div>
<div><ul><li>The 80m dipole has been tied off again, but has not been tested with an HF rig.</li><li>The donated Kenwood(?) 2m/70cm rig is up and working. It has a detachable faceplate, which Zeb and Jeff have pretty neatly mounted above the computer on the right side of the room.</li>
<li>We got the desktop shelves in and further rearranged the shack to clear up some space. The walls are looking bare, though.</li><li>On Friday, Zeb got outgoing RF working on the igate, so if you want access to that contact him for information.</li>
<li>Zeb has been doing a <b>ton</b> of work uploading pictures and putting information on <a href="http://wiki.eng.auburn.edu/k4ry">the wiki</a>. If anyone has any time or knowledge about club affairs, history, or elmerish advice to share there, I'm sure he would appreciate it.<br>
</li></ul></div><div>That's all the news about what <i>has</i> happened, so now I have some questions about upcoming events.</div><div><br></div><div>Fall O-Days are September 2-5, with slots for either Tuesday/Wednesday or Thursday/Friday. I've created a time coordination survey to try to figure out if we have the ability to man a table for the event. The times we <i>need</i> people there are 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM for the two days we register for. I added in the hours before and after to see if we would have extra time to set up/break down. <a href="http://doodle.com/43xdnuu6t9hnsvy8#table">Here's the link</a>, just add your name and check the appropriate boxes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'd love to see us do some Field Day style activities during O-Days at some point this semester--there's one every week. I'm not sure what the best course of action would be here. Does anyone have any experience setting up Field Day antennas/power supplies and verifying emissions? Does anyone know what restrictions there are for doing so on campus? I'd love to set up a GOTA station with an HF rig if possible.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If anyone has any other interesting ideas for activities to get people in the door, let me know. Zeb and I put the finishing touches on one of his foxhunt antennas over the weekend, and we have heard a lot of good suggestions from Mike and Keith about other antennas to look into. A QRP station could also be very interesting--the two keyers I've seen up in the shack are really cool.</div>
<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Benjamin Dill</div><div>KK4WZF</div></div>