SARL RTA to offer three new construction kits

The first SARL Radio Technology in Action symposium will be held in Durban on Saturday 29 May 2010 at the Durban Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

The programme offers exciting presentations and discussions. This year three construction kits will be available at the RTA. The kits are only available to persons attending the RTA but may be pre-ordered and paid for online or purchased and paid for at the actual event.

This year it is also possible to pre-book and pay the RTA registration fee online. The fee is R50 which includes light refreshments at lunch time and entry into the attendance draw. It will still be possible to book at the door.

Registration for the Durban RTA will open on Monday. Get the full load down on www.sarl.org.za and select RTA from there follow the links.

The three kits on offer are:

DSSS kit: 100 mW on 40 m band.
Two Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum transceivers built in open pcb fashion as a learning tool for DSSS. All sections of each transmitter and receiver are able to be explored and tested with simple gear found in the shack. CD containing assembly and operating instructions is supplied but no cables, cost R350.

TDR, Time Domain Reflectometry 1 GHz Sampling Scope.
Specifically designed for TDR work but can be used for other applications. It is a USB device that plugs into a Laptop or PC and runs a Windows program in the image of a normal scope. CD containing software, assembly, and operating instructions is supplied but no cables are supplied, cost R350.

DSP kit: Digital Signal Processing Speaker kit.
For use on speaker output of any device to reduce or eliminate noise. It is ideal for HF Receivers. Built in open pcb fashion and ideal as a DSP learning tool. CD containing assembly and operating instructions is supplied but no cable, cost R325.

This project is fully presented in a technical presentation at the RTA.