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Saturday 24 September  2011
National Amateur Radio Centre Gauteng
 

Registration at the NARC

Symposium at the Sentech Conference Centre

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08:30 Registration                          

09:00 Opening address

09:15  Amateur Radio Heritage

Speaker: Mark Zank, Vice President SARL

Celebrate Heritage day with us as Mark Zank explore the heritage of amateur radio

09:45  Panel discussion – "If South Africa gets an
           advanced amateur radio license, what should it
           look like and what qualifications would be
           required?"

Panellists:  Chairpersons of Gauteng Clubs  and Hans van de Groenendaal  (Panel Chairman) 

10:40  Refreshment break at the NARC

11:00   The new faces of SARL Hamnet

Speaker: Francois Botha

11:30   Introduction to Field Programmable Gate Array
            (FPGA)

The FPGA what is it and how does it work. A simple explanation of the FGPA, its advantages, were you can use it, how it is used in Amateur gear and what to do to get started using FPGA‘s.

Speaker: John Willescroft 
Listen to John's explanation   

12:15   Student Satellite projects at the Cape Peninsula
             University of Technology

Speaker: Matthew Sibanda

13:00  Light lunch at the NARC

Books
A number of books will be available for sale see www.amateurradio.org.za/books.htm for details . Only cash or pre-order  payment. If collected at the RTA  you save the postage

13:45  A Software Defined Radio for satellite reception
            The winning entry in the 2011 Innovation competition
             sponsored by Multisource

Speaker: Hannes Coetzee ZS6BZP

14:45  Rapid Deployment  of Amateur Radio in the field.
            (RADAR)

 Speaker: Eddie Leighton ZS6BNE  

15:30  The Amateur radio Frequency Spectrum
             Regulations and table of frequency allocations -             where are we?

Speaker: Hans van de Groenendaal

16:15  Wrap up and attendance prize draw

This soldering station soldering station by RS Components could be yours in the luck draw plus  many other prizes

Entrance Fee
The entrance fee includes refreshments and a light lunch and entry into the lucky draw.

Members  R60
Non Members R80 

Student attend free on production of a student card

Programme is subject to change