Projects

WCARA members: Please select one or more of the following to work on this year. A Google Group, WCARA Projects, is now set up to discuss and collaborate with each other for a valuable exchange of ideas on the group project topics below. The end product for each topic will be a document set stored in the file cabinet containing the results of each project as well as a presentation/demonstration at a WCARA meeting. Please help out with these important and interesting projects.

Group Project Topics:

  • Digital Comm - HF VHF UHF (AX.25, G8BPQ, FLDIGI, PSK-31, FLARQ, NBEMS, HF ALE, D-Star, D-Rats, APRS, WinLink2000, etc)

  • Embedded Microcomputers for Amateur Radio Use (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Networked Servers for Digital Comm, etc)

  • WCARA Stationary Operating Boxes and New Locations

  • Water Buffalo

  • Personal Go Boxes and Go Kits

  • Morse Code History and Telegraphy

  • WCARA History

  • Fund Raising and Grant Requests

  • Weather Spotting

  • Emergency Operations Procedures

  • Safety During Events

    • WCARA Operating Events

  • Training

  • Operating Skills List

  • WCARA Member License Upgrade

January 2013