Ham radio book project (was: Re: Ham Radio / GSoC project)
On 03/09/2016 10:03 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
I've advertised this on both the Debian and GNU Radio wikis, if anybody
is interested in collaborating on it or even if you can just help
advertise it or recommend a student please let me know.
Daniel, others ...
Your project might be interesting for my planned book on ham radio in
education. In fact, I am looking for research & scholarly projects
related to ham radio in educational environments, but would include
other aspects of ham radio. Provisional content is here:
- Introduction (broad definition, history of the amateur radio hobby,
personal experience within the same area, ...),
- Background (discussion of previous works - literature review, etc.),
- Discussion of hardware aspects:
- ham digital experience with older computers /Commodore 64, PC AT
i80286/,
- newer PC compatibles /various Intel and AMD platforms/,
- non-PC solutions such as industrial computers, RaspBerry Pi, ...
- discussion about amateur radio modems, antennas ...
- technical modifications in radio devices and computers,
- Discussion of software aspects:
- general view to the operating systems used by 'digital' amateur
radio enthusiasts,
- a preliminary study and discussion related to proprietary vs. open
software solutions (focus on Linux and packet radio software for Linux,
however MS Windows would be also covered),
- packet radio programs for email server administrators, as well as
for end-users (all operating system platforms),
- software for packet radio 'nodes' (i.e. radio relay systems), based
on PC computers and/or modem EPROMs, etc.),
- possibilities of gateway operations (VHF-HF, packet-pactor, etc.),
- Discussion of diverse locations for implementing amateur digital radio:
- home 'shacks' (personal radio facilities),
- informal/formal scholarly activities with 'ham radio' in computer
and/or electronics laboratories,
- possibilities of ham radio in workplaces, etc.,
- practical advices (positioning antennas, power supply, air
conditioning for computer rooms, various home-brew appliances such as
using old refrigerators for housing/protecting sensitive digital
equipment, ...),
- Influence of the amateur (digital) radio hobby to one's preferred
lifestyle and profession:
- examples of scholars, scientists, and researchers who started with
'ham radio' in their early career days,
- personal experience (motivated family background, early start with
'ham radio' some 25 years ago, starting and growing with academic
writing on that technical activity - magazine articles, conference
papers, book chapters, half-day tutorials, 1-2 day workshops; networking
with scholars and researchers during the technical events; exploring new
countries, cultures, educational systems, etc.),
- Review of today's prevalent ways in disseminating amateur radio
instructions:
- presence/absence in implementation of 'help' sections within the
packet software packages,
- (in)adequate 'expert' technical language as (not) suitable for
beginners and people who are not technically literate,
- mis(use) of informal descriptions followed by improper formatting in
documents /Eg. no formal style, such as APA-style, in presenting
information, visible overuse of street-jargon, etc.,
- Displaying experience with exchanging information related to amateur
radio theory and praxis in conferences, symposiums, seminars, recent
tutorials, workshops (incl. various aspects: technical, professional,
inter-cultural, etc),
- Amateur radio as a motivating factor for computing- and
engineering-related community to learn and explore new cultures, new
countries, various tourist aspects such as new people, flora and fauna,
food, drink, etc ... - thankfully to the 'ham radio' (that would include
personal experience with conferencing, as well as travel experience
provided by the other amateurs (such as travelling to/from contest
locations in remote and rural areas, research expeditions, etc.,
- Research and development: should include experience provided by
amateur radio groups and societies (mainly in western countries) that
have been exploring 'ham radio' alongside their teaching and learning
activities; a suggested project of AMUNET (the amateur radio university
network - a vision of the future networking between educational
institutions on local and global level; the influence and potential
results from astronauts on spaceships who practiced digital amateur
radio experiments and conducted correspondence with schools, etc.,
- Inclusion/Convergence with other technologies:
- Experimenting with various Linux/Unix applications, such as
librarian databases that might be accessed and browsed from the amateur
packet radio networks,
- 'Green technologies' - small wind or solar energy plants in
appropriate locations (one of my last visiting places was one of the
most Sun-covered area of India where relatively small solar panels could
provide enough electricity to power 'ham radio' relay stations),
- Experiments in 'the wild' (open field) such as weekend-amateurs who
might provide temporary radio-relay services from picnic locations in
the woods or seaside, or something similar,
- Potentials of amateur radio in unrelated research directions and
sciences (such as collecting weather related data from remote locations
like mountain tops, ideas of tracking wild animals /endangered species/
by using amateur radio digital devices, etc.),
- Ham radio in emergency situations (traffic accidents, monsoons,
floods, quakes, tsunamis, ...)
- Final discussions and conclusions,
- Acknowledgements,
- References,
- Additional literature list,
- Index words, glossary etc.,
- Appendices (program codes, configuration and parameter file examples,
additional figures that do not fit to the chapter text, etc).
I would appreciate if you could respond with comments on possible
scholarly ham radio topics & projects that *you* might contribute to the
book, including the projects you are/were/have been doing together with
local ham clubs, organizations and unions as well as with local schools.
Best regards, 73!
Misko, YT7MPB
--
tutorial instructor:
http://www.comcas.org/
http://sdiwc.net/conferences/icctim2015/
http://wocn2014.org/wtutorials.html
http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2014/iceee2014/tutorial/
http://www.juit.ac.in/ISPCC_2013/
http://www.buruniv.ac.in/ICCS-2013/index.html
http://www.sdiwc.net/thi/
http://www.sdiwc.net/kl/
http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2011
http://www.dirf.org/ndt2010
http://www.icact.org/
http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ICWMC08.html
http://www.wseas.org/conferences/2008/greece/education/
http://www.wseas.us/conferences/2009/rodos/education
http://eurocon2007.isep.pw.edu.pl/index.php?id=tutorials.php
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html
workshop / visiting lecturer:
IIITM Gwalior, India
SRM University, Chennai, India
Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India
GRIET, Hyderabad, India
NIT Surat, India
IIT, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur, India
BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
IIITM-K, Technopark, Trivandrum, India
BU, Bangkok, Thailand
IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
book chapter author:
Handbook of Research on Human Performance and Instructional Technology
ISBN: 978-1-60566-782-9; 678 pp; October 2009
Published under Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34814
Simulation in Computer Network Design and Modeling: Use and Analysis
ISBN: 978-1-46660-191-8; 582 pages; February 2012
Published by IGI Global, USA
http://www.igi-global.com/book/simulation-computer-network-design-modeling/58282
Wireless Networks and Security: Issues, Challenges and Research Trends
ISBN: 978-3-642-36168-5; 510 pages; February 2013
Published by Springer, Germany
http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/book/978-3-642-36168-5
Handbook of Research on Progressive Trends in Wireless Communications
and Networking
ISBN: 9781466651708; 592 pages; February 2014
Published by IGI Global, USA
http://www.igi-global.com/book/wireless-communications-networking/90600
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