<h1 id="making-waves-day-1">Making Waves Day 1</h1>
<p><img src="eps/hpr4213/hpr4213/hpr-booth.jpg" alt="HPR Booth with banner" /></p>
<p>The Conference for Creative Use of the Radio Spectrum in Open
Systems, that brings users of the radio spectrum together. For over a
century, technology has made it possible to transfer more data, faster,
further. Today, wireless technology is everywhere and commonplace.
However, it remains a playground and a ground for innovation for many
communities. The spectrum24 conference provides an opportunity to
publicize projects and to allow the different communities that use the
spectrum to meet in person over a weekend.</p>
<h2 id="president-of-the-iaru-region-1">President of the IARU Region
1</h2>
<p>It's only right to start with
<a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/F4GKR">Sylvain Azarian F4GKR</a> the
president of the <a href="https://www.iaru-r1.org/">International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU) | Region 1</a></p>
<p>The IARU represents the interests of the Amateur Radio Service
worldwide to relevant international organisations, promoting the
interests of amateur radio and seeking to protect and enhance its
spectrum privileges.</p>
<p><img src="eps/hpr4213/hpr4213/IARU.png" alt="IARU Logo" /></p>
<h2
id="radioastronomy-activity-with-the-paris-radio-telescope-and-eme">Radioastronomy
activity with the Paris radio-telescope and EME</h2>
<p>Next we chat with
<a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/N5FXH">Fran&#xE7;ois-Xavier Hugo</a> and
<a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/F4IEY">Jules Benkemoun F4IEY</a> talking
about the Radiotelescope in the form of a 10m dish parabolic mesh disk
operated at the
<a href="https://radiotelescopelavillette.wordpress.com/radio-club-f4klo/">Club
RadioAmateur F4KLO</a>.</p>
<p><img src="eps/hpr4213/hpr4213/F4KLO.png" alt="Image of F4KLO dish" /></p>
<h2
id="setting-up-an-amateur-radio-station-at-a-technical-school">Setting
up an Amateur Radio Station at a Technical School</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/F4GOH">Anthony Le Cren - F4GOH</a>,
teaches electronics and computer technology at a Technical School and
tells us about the science projects they got up to. He also managed to
get a hour a week where he and his students set up an Amateur Radio
Station in the school. What can you do in a hour a week ? Turns out
quite a lot.</p>
<p>Have a look at his site
<a href="https://hamprojects.wordpress.com/">Projets radio</a> for more
information.</p>
<p><img src="eps/hpr4213/hpr4213/F4GOH.png" alt="Image of a baloon launch organised by F4GOH" /></p>
<h2 id="meshcom">Meshcom</h2>
<p>We chat with <a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/OE3MZC">Michael Zwingl
OE3MZC</a> who is president of the
<a href="https://icssw.org/en/">Institute of Citizen Science for Space
and Wireless Communication</a> about
<a href="https://icssw.org/en/meshcom/">MeshCom 4.0</a></p>
<p><img src="eps/hpr4213/hpr4213/Meshcom.jpg" alt="The Meshcom booth with small lora modules" /></p>
<p><quote> MeshCom is a project to exchange text messages via LORA radio
modules. The primary goal is to realize networked off-grid messaging
with low power and low cost hardware.</p>
<p>The technical approach is based on the use of LORA radio modules
which transmit messages, positions, measured values, telecontrol and
much more with low transmission power over long distances. MeshCom
modules can be combined to form a mesh network, but can also be
connected to a message network via MeshCom gateways, which are ideally
connected via HAMNET. This enables MeshCom radio networks, which are not
connected to each other via radio, to communicate with each other.
</quote></p>
<p><img src="eps/hpr4213/hpr4213/ken-meshcom.jpg" alt="A photo of the interview" /></p>
<h2 id="satdump">Satdump</h2>
<p>Although <a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/F4LAU">Alan Antoine
F4LAU</a> was unfortunately not able to attend in person, his shoes were
filled by <a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/IU1QPT">Jacopo Cassinis</a>,
and <a href="https://radiodb.pl/stacja/14508">Zbigniew Sztanga</a> who
chatted with us about
<a href="https://www.satdump.org/">SatDump</a>.</p>
<p><quote> SatDump is a general purpose satellite data processing
software. It is a one-stop-shop that provides all the necessary stages
to get from the satellite transmission to actual products </quote></p>
<p><img src="eps/hpr4213/hpr4213/SatDump.jpg" alt="Jacopo and Zbigniew about to give their presentation" /></p>
