Saturday, Oct 20th, 11am-3pm and Sunday, Oct 21st, 11am-3pm - QPIRG, 3647 University Street, 2nd Floor
Building a Low-Wat Transmitter Sessions I and II
Learn the basics of soldering and electronics in this hands-on, weekend-long session where participants will collaborate to build a working 1-watt radio transmitter. Note: Space is limited. Please sign up for a 1-hour slot at QPIRG on Saturday morning.
Sunday, Oct 21st, 3-3:45pm - QPIRG, 3647 University Street, 2nd Floor
Antennas
Learn the technical principles behind radio transmission in this presentation that will explain what an antenna is, and how it works!
Speakers:
Marc Montanchez, CKUT
Marc Montanchez is CKUT's Technical and Production coordinator. Since 2002, he's been keeping the machines in CKUT's studios purring and assisting volunteers with all manner of sound operations while also doing things with knobs to produce sweet sounding ads and psa's. A certificate in Audio Production was awarded to Marc form the George Brown College in 1987 and also a BFA in 2000 from Concordia University where he studied musical composition under the tutelage of Allan Crossman. He has previously worked as an art handler and multi-media technician for Evelyn Aimis, A-Space, Galerie Skol, Sylvia Safdie, The Sadie Bronfman Centre for the Arts and the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery. Marc also worked as a live sound technician for various venues in Montreal and also at the Mariposa Folk festival. Marc has been in musical groups since the late 80's when he played guitar in hardcore groups and toured North America. Presently he plays and sings in a trance- inducing power-drone rock trio. In addition to his regular chores at CKUT, Marc hosts a regular circuit workshop with many station volunteers. Together they build electronic circuits that make sounds and on occasion have performed improvised pieces of dynamic oscillating waves and fluttering white noises.
James R. Hay, MARC
James R. Hay has been an active radio amateur since 1991, holding Basic
and Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio certificates. From 1984 to 1994
he held a Radiotelephone Operators General Certificate. He was active
in the Concordia University Amateur Radio Club from 1991, having managed
the packet radio stations and acting as station manager at the Loyola
Station. Presently he is President of the Montreal Amateur Radio Club
and a director of Radio Amateur du Quebec and has been teaching the
amateur radio course for the Montreal and Concordia University Amateur
Radio clubs for over ten years.
Vernon Erle Ikeda, MARC
Vernon Erle Ikeda has been an active radio amateur since 1991 and is a
former president and current treasurer of the Montreal Amateur Radio
Club. He has been active in the Concordia University Amateur Radio Club,
having worked with the packet radio station and managed the exchange of
QSL cards. He continues to teach the amateur radio course for which he
has handled the administration for over five years and actively taught
for over ten years.
