Sad but true (demise of Circuit Builders). Also, St. Paul Radio Club Breadfast Saturday.

[Orcena Lyle]

To:  Circuit Builders participants & others interested in building. 

From: Orcy, Coordinator.

 

It looks like Circuit Builders has reached the end of its life, at least in its current form.  "Our" lab in OSS Room 415 is no longer what it once was, and it will be remodeled this summer as a multipurpose room or some such.  John Thurow, NØVYX, has suggested checking out libraries to see if any have space we could use.  Tom Sturm, NØBGO (our liaison with UST), told me that there are makers' rooms in the Cities.  We could rent a room somewhere for Circuit Builders to use.  I'm not counting on returning to Room 415.

 

It's been a good ride.  People came and people went, but it was always fun. And we learned a lot.  Our most popular topic was Raspberry Pi.  Makers came out of the woodwork for that.  I didn't participate, deciding to familiarize my self with Arduino first.  Now that I have learned everything I want to learn about Arduino, I'm ready to work on Raspberry Pi.  Others may also be ineterested in that, or have projects of their own to work on.  Someone could propose a topic that multiple people might be interested in pursuing.  I'll check out a makers' room that Tom NØBGO mentioned, and look around to see what else is being done in the Twin Cities.

 

Thanks to Tom NØBGO for his support over the years for the Circuit Builders, and thanks to the University of St. Thomas and the UST Radio Club for the use of their facilities and equipment.  It has meant a lot to us 'geeks.'

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There is a SPRC club breakfast this Saturday, May 19th, at Denny's near the Midway.  Hope to see you there!

 

Orcy WØQT

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If you're looking for a new space you could try across the river at TC Maker. http://www.tcmaker.org/ They've got a bunch of electronics equipment and even an antenna mounted on the roof.