KWARC Survey for 2014/15

KWARC is operated by a volunteer executive, for and on behalf of the membership. In order that we might serve you better, or at least have a better idea how to serve you better, we would like to understand your favourite areas of this wide and varied hobby of ours. There is a big list below of many aspects of Amateur Radio. For each aspect, simply let us know if you would like KWARC to do LESS or MORE - easy! There are also frequent boxes where you can (optionally) add comments, EG if we have missed any related areas, or especially if you can help with this area (presentations, projects, answering questions from other members, etc).

We will collect the results and present them later in the year. Thanks for your time. Your feedback is important to us.

-- Nick VA3NNW, KWARC VP

First of all, please provide your callsign. If you don't have a callsign, please provide your name. If you'd rather remain anonymous, feel free to leave the box blank, BUT we won't know if you're a KWARC member, nor be able to answer any specific questions.

Call / Name
			Now for each aspect, simply let us know if you would like KWARC to do LESS or MORE:
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Public Service:
			• Emergency Comms
			• CANWARN
			• Waterloo Marathon
			• Rally / other race comms
			• Other public event comms
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Hamfests (attending)
			Our Hamfest, are you able to help?
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Historical topics and activities:
			• Vintage / Boat Anchors
			• ... Restoration
			• ... Operation
			• Visits to museums and ...
			• ... other places of Amateur Radio significance
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Antenna theory
			Antenna building
			Propagation, study of:
			• Prediction (software? other?)
			• Beacons
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Construction:
			• Kit-building (radios)
			• Kit-building (test equipment)
			• Homebrew from scratch (rigs)
			• Homebrew from scratch (test equipment)
			• Mods
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			QRP (low power, often homebrew, often tiny "altoids tin" radios)
			QRO (high power)
			Rag-Chewing
			Nets
			DXing:
			• QSLing, and Collecting QSLs
			• Awards
			• DXpeditions (see also SOTA/etc below)
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Mobile / Portable:
			• SOTA (Summits) and other "Things On The Air":
			• Lighthouses
			• (Historic) Ships
			• Castles / Stately Homes
			• Museums
			• Bridges
			• Maritime Mobile
			• Repeaters:
			• IRLP
			• Echolink
			• D-STAR
			• DMR
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Internet:
			• HamSphere
			• Other VoIP
			• DX Cluster
			• eQSL
			• Who's On The Air (WOTA)
			• Other online spotting / logging / QSLing
			• Remote operation of your rig
			Computer (see also Digital Modes):
			• Computer Assisted Tuning (CAT) and other software radio control
			• Computer Logging
			• SDR (Software Defined Radio)
			• DSP
			• Bandscopes
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Contesting:
			• Field Day
			• CW Contesting
			• HF Phone contesting
			• VHF Contesting
			• VHF Contest "roving"
			• Microwave Contesting
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Getting Licensed:
			• Basic study / course
			• Basic exam
			• "Get On The Air" help
			• Other "after the exam" training
			• Mentors / Elmers for Newcomers
			• Advanced study
			• Advanced exam
			• Examining!
			• Politics - RAC, ITU etc
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Modes:
			• CW (learning)
			• CW (tests)
			• CW (high-speed, HST)
			• AM
			• DSB (like AM but with suppressed carrier, or USB+LSB)
			• SSB Phone
			• FM
			• ATV
			• SSTV
			• Fax
			• Digital: (see also CW :-p )
			• RTTY
			• PSK/BPSK 31/63 etc
			• Packet (AX25):
			• TCP/IP, incl IPv6
			• DX Cluster
			• APRS - tracking
			• APRS - WX
			• APRS - other? (give details below))
			• WSPR
			• AMTOR
			• PACTOR
			• Clover
			• Hellschreiber and variants
			• MFSK
			• MT63 and variants
			• Throb
			• Other digital? (give details below)
			• Spread spectrum / Frequency-hopping
Any modes I missed?
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Space:
			• Near-space balloons
			• Satellite:
			• AMSAT
			• OSCAR
			• decoding WX satellite downlinks
			• ISS etc
			• EME "Moonbounce"
			• Auroral modes
			• Meteor trail / meteor scatter modes
			• Radio Astronomy
			• Space DX (Mars rovers, Voyager probes, etc)
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			Bands:
			• VLF
			• HF
			• VHF
			• UHF
			• Microwave
			• Optical
Any I missed?
Comments?
LESS	SAME	MORE
			DFing (ARDF) (EG from QTH)
			"Foxhunting" (mobile DFing "find the hidden transmitter")
			FRS, GMRS, CB (OK! OK! just kidding!)
			SWLing
			Scanning:
			• Police / Fire / Ambulance / CoastGuard / Safety
			• Aviation / ATC
			Radio control

Are there any more ways that you might be able to help the club, maybe with presentations, tutorials, elmering, net control, being a "subject matter expert" for any of the above areas, any other help, or advice?

When you are done, please remember to press this button to → ← your answers. Many thanks!

We hope your answers will help to shape the future of KWARC.

73! -- Nick VA3NNW