Hi!
If anyone is interested in HAM! It is a great way to learn about
antennas and technology. Not sure if it is open for the community, but
you can ask. I suspect they will be OK with it.
Mitar
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From: Michael Lustig <mlustig(a)eecs.berkeley.edu>
Subject: [eecs-announce] 2015 ham radio in EECS
To: eecs-announce(a)lists.eecs.berkeley.edu
<eecs-announce(a)lists.eecs.berkeley.edu>
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,
Topics:
1) Amateur Radio Exam on Campus
2) License Preparation Lectures on Campus
3) What is HAM and what is it good for
4) Ham-shack in Cory Hall + websdr server
1) Exam:
As part of a do-it-yourself, maker, I can build it trend the department
has been leading I am trying to revamp the amateur radio activity in the
department.
As such, I have organized a special exam session for an FCC Ham radio
operator license . The session will be on March 12th 7-10pm, Wozniac
Lounge, Soda Hall.
and is open for registration for students, staff, faculty. My students
in EE123: Digital Signal Processing and EE84 hands on ham radio will all
be taking the exam.
You will need to register to the exam by sending me an email.
Make sure the subject starts with [ham exam]. We will try to
accommodate all of those who are interested, but there's a chance it
will fill up. It will be first email first serve policy.
2) Preparation
Even though the exam is EASY for EECS/CS majors, in the next 4 weeks I
am going to give a series of lectures to prepare for it. The first one
is going to be this Tue, Feb 3rd 6:30-8pm Cory 521. The others will also
be on Tuesdays 6:30-8pm, same place.
3) Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) is a popular hobby and service in which
licensed Amateur Radio operators (hams) operate communications
equipment. Although Amateur Radio operators get involved for many
reasons, they all have in common a basic knowledge of radio technology
and operating principles, and pass an examination for the FCC license to
operate on radio frequencies known as the Amateur Bands.. These bands
are radio frequencies reserved by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) for use by ham radio operators.
The role of amateur radio has obviously changed with the presence of the
internet. Remarkably, amateur radio today offers unique opportunities
and capabilities due to its independence on commercial infrastructure.
For example, it is a legal ground for hands-on experimenting with
wireless communication technology and it allows communication in
emergencies and from remote areas.
What can you do as a HAM?
Talk to people (near and far)
Build stuff (amps, sdrs, antennas, receivers)
Emergency communications (emcom)
First person view (FPV) vehicles (drones) at much higher power of
communication for long distance
Hit satellites, moon, meteors, airplanes (with radio waves!
not
something else)
Digital communication with Automatic Positioning and Reporting System,
packet radio
Use Repeaters covering bay-area, California and the United States, mesh
networks
4) Activities in amateur radio at the University of California Radio
Club go back to 1914! According to the January 1923 issue of CALIFORNIA
ENGINEER, the amateur radio station was originally established in the
Mechanics Building in February of 1914. For 30 years or more the radio
station was located in Cory Hall up until the renovation of this
building in the 1980s. We now have a small radio shack on Cory 5th
floor. There's an HF and VHF/UHF antenna's on the roof with cables
leading to the shack. We have a simple HF radio as well as a web-sdr
server. All hams are welcome to get access.
Finally, Checkout our websdr at:
http://eids.eecs.berkeley.edu:8080/
which allows you to listen to the ham 2m VHF band online.
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KK6MRI
Michael Lustig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
506 Cory Hall, University of California, Berkeley CA, 94720
Office Tel: (510)643-9338
http://www.mlustig.com
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