ARC budget

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These are items the club could potentially spend money on. This is a wish list for future budgets...

Bills should be divided into

  • Necessary Maintenance
  • Travel
  • Program Expansion


Contents

[edit] Tailgate

  • Sign / Banner
  • Postage for sending out QSL contact cards

[edit] Educational and training materials

  • Is there a more current technician question pool book?

[edit] Promotional items

  • Banners
  • T-shirts

[edit] Office supplies

  • paper for fliers
  • dry erase markers

[edit] shack tools and supplies

  • Dremel
  • Tool kit (see UCF ARC tool kit inventory)
    • allen wrenches
    • Jewlers Screw Drivers
    • Set of bits
    • fine wire cutters
  • triangular file and /or rat tail file
  • Analog Calipers

[edit] consumables

  • connectors
    • LMR600 N Connectors clamp on x8-10
    • AES has PL259 panel mount for $2-$5 if we need them
  • wires (coax)
    • feed line for colinears (LMR600 or better?)
  • Waterproof Polyphasers
    • 2M x4
    • 70CM x4
  • ~500ft Windowed Ladderline

[edit] parts kit for projects

Maybe order a kit of generic parts from SGA for standard projects.

  • Resistor kit
  • capacitor kit
    • ceramic
    • electrolytic (not many)
  • 2n3904
  • 2n3906
  • 1n4148
  • bread boards
  • solder (radio shack?)
  • 5V regulator
  • 12V regulator

[edit] Radio Supplies

(prices updated June 2007)
* single band handheld radios

    • Icom T2H (discontinued) IC-V8 radios ($100)(2m)
  • multiband handheld radios
Brand Model Bands/Power DR/DW WBRX Wthr/Alrt MSRP Comments
Icom IC-91A/91AD 2M(5/.5),70CM(5/.5) DR Yes Yes 91AD has DSTAR board, 91A does not.
Icom IC-P7A 2M(1.5,.1),70CM(1,.1) No Yes Yes
Icom IC-T7H 2M(5/.5),70CM(5/.5) No No No
Icom IC-T90A 2M(5/.5),70CM(5/.5) No Yes Yes
Yaesu FT-60R 2M(5/2/.5),70CM(5/2/.5) No Partial Yes
Yaesu VX-2R 2M(1.5/.3),70CM(1/.3) DW Yes Yes
Yaesu VX-3R 2M(1.5/.3),70CM(1/.3) DW Yes Yes
Yaesu VX-6R 2M(5/2.5/1/.3), 1.25M(1.5/1/.5/.2), 70CM(5/2.5/1/.3) DW Yes Yes
Yaesu VX-7R 6M(.3), 2M(5/2.5/1/.05), 1.25M(5/2.5/1/.05), 70CM(5/2.5/1/.05) DR+DW partial yes / broken
Kenwood TH-D7A 2m,70cm, more partial? built in APRS, gps ready
  • Frequency Counter (use in microwave lab?)
  • Webcams - $50
  • AmateurTV cameras
  • APRS Supplies
    • GPS - $50
    • TNC (or rigblaster+soundcard+software) (Tinytrak $45)
  • Zap Checker wide band signal strength meter for direction finding

[edit] Conventions

  • UCF semi-annual tailgate
    • UCF spring Tailgate: second week of January 12, 2008
    • UCF summer tailgate: second week of June: June 14, 2008
  • Hamvention (Dayton, OH)
  • Defcon (Las Vegas, NV)
  • Hamcation (Orlando, free for 4? hours work)

[edit] Repeater

[edit] Field day / Hurricane

  • Portable radio tower (ebay)
  • Battery tender
  • other jumpkit items -- personal purchases

[edit] Safety Equipment

flagging tape

[edit] Antenna hardware

  • antenna mounting bracket [1]
  • assorted baluns for random wire dipoles?
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