Carnegie Tech Radio Club Budget

FY2013 (July 1 2012 - June 30, 2013)

W3VC is the FCC assigned callsign of the Carnegie Tech Radio Club. The radio club is an organization of people interested in all the activities amateur radio has to offer. Our membership consists of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff of the CMU community. Among the club members there is a wide variety of interests such as public service events, satellite communications, DXing (talking to other amateurs around the world), computers and networks, amateur television, and emergency drills. Additionally, the club is actively involved in providing course status and emergency communications for all buggy free-rolls as well as on race day. We have meetings regularly on Thursday evenings at 8PM in the shack on the 4th floor of Hamerschlag Hall, please stop by and check us out.

JFC Rep: Joseph Burgess (jmburges)

Summary

Requested
Expenditures $1,900.00
Capital $3,500.00
Revenue ($150.00)
Final $1,750.00
Recommended
Expenditures $1,750.00
Capital $2,900.00
Revenue ($150.00)
Final $1,600.00
Final
Expenditures $1,750.00
Capital $2,900.00
Revenue ($150.00)
Debt ($0.00)
Rollover ($223.48)
Total Subsidy $1,600.00
FY13 Starting Balance $1,823.48

Income and Revenue

Object Code Requested Recommended Final Description
Membership and Dues (-) $150.00 $150.00 $150.00

Membership Dues - $10 per member per year

Sub-Total -$150.00 -$150.00 -$150.00

Equipment Repair

Object Code Requested Recommended Final Description
Equipment Repair (+) $200.00 $200.00 $200.00

HF (Short Wave) Radio Upkeep - A number of our base station type radios are quite old and need frequent repair.

Equipment Repair (+) $100.00 $100.00 $100.00

HT (Portable) Radio Upkeep - A number of our handheld radios used weekly for buggy races need to be repaired and maintained.

Sub-Total $300.00 $300.00 $300.00

Equipment Upgrades

Object Code Requested Recommended Final Description
Capital Expense Fund (+) $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00

NetSDR (Networked Software Defined Radio) - Device that will allow wideband monitoring of High Frequency bands locally and via the internet. This will allow amateur radio operators within our club and the community who do not have the proper equipment, to monitor the HF radio bands from their computer. http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/NetSDR.html

Capital Expense Fund (+) $900.00 $900.00 $900.00

Agilent 8924C Service Monitor - An extremely useful piece of radio test equipment that allows us to keep our radios tuned and allow us to detect failing equipment early to reduce repair costs, as well as, further our club's ability to assist members with homebrew projects.

Capital Expense Fund (+) $600.00 $0.00 $0.00

Davis Vantage Pro2 Weather Station - An internet connected weather monitoring station to be located at the top of Hamerschlag Hall to allow local monitoring of current weather conditions on campus. The weather data will be available in real time to the entire campus community.

Capital Expense Fund (+) $500.00 $500.00 $500.00

RF (Radio Frequency) Switch - A specially designed switch used for safely connecting radios to our antennas while maintaining necessary lightening protection and preventing connector wear.

Non-capital Equipment (+) $150.00 $150.00 $150.00

Brother PT2730 Label Maker - A label maker to replace our aged broken one. It will allow us to properly mark our extensive cable infrastructure and track loaned club equipment.

Non-capital Equipment (+) $125.00 $125.00 $125.00

Small Pelican Case - A case for our buggy radio equipment to be used each day of freerolls. This case will help protect our collection of HT radios from damage during transport to and from buggy.

Non-capital Equipment (+) $230.00 $230.00 $230.00

Connecting Hardware - Necessary to connect the RF switch to other radio equipment. This includes coaxial cable terminations, terminating tools, and RF grade cable.

Sub-Total $505.00 $505.00 $505.00

Uncategorized Items

Object Code Requested Recommended Final Description
Periodicals (+) $40.00 $40.00 $40.00

Subscription to "QST" the primary amateur radio monthly journal.

Periodicals (+) $25.00 $25.00 $25.00

Subscription to "QEX" a bimonthly amateur radio DIY/Experimenters journal.

Telephone External (+) $250.00 $250.00 $250.00

FCC (Federal Communications Commission) regulations requires that we maintain an external link to our repeater for control and emergency shutdown purposes.

Rental-Equipment (+) $350.00 $350.00 $350.00

Scaffolding for Buggy Race-day - The radio club is the official communications for race-day in the spring. The scaffolding provides us with a structure to provide good visibility of the course and ensure good radio coverage.

Rental-Facilities (+) $150.00 $0.00 $0.00

We maintain storage space at central receiving.

Refreshments (+) $150.00 $150.00 $150.00

Our club provides radio communications for buggy freerolls every weekend throughout the semester. We need to provide breakfast for the volunteers who come out at 6AM. This was previously purchased by a club member with personal money. Approximately 4 people 25 times a year.

Refreshments (+) $100.00 $100.00 $100.00

As an incentive to foster membership we would like to provide pizza to potential members once a semester during our new member meeting.

Office Supplies (+) $30.00 $30.00 $30.00

Ham radio log books, tablets for buggy radio logging, and writing utensils.

Sub-Total $1,095.00 $945.00 $945.00

By Object Code

Object Code Requested Recommended Final Description
Capital Expense Fund (+) $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 NetSDR (Networked Software Defined Radio) - Device that will allow wideband monitoring of High Frequency bands locally and via the internet. This will allow amateur radio operators within our club and the community who do not have the proper equipment, to monitor the HF radio bands from their computer. http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/NetSDR.html
Capital Expense Fund (+) $900.00 $900.00 $900.00 Agilent 8924C Service Monitor - An extremely useful piece of radio test equipment that allows us to keep our radios tuned and allow us to detect failing equipment early to reduce repair costs, as well as, further our club's ability to assist members with homebrew projects.
Capital Expense Fund (+) $600.00 $0.00 $0.00 Davis Vantage Pro2 Weather Station - An internet connected weather monitoring station to be located at the top of Hamerschlag Hall to allow local monitoring of current weather conditions on campus. The weather data will be available in real time to the entire campus community.
Capital Expense Fund (+) $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 RF (Radio Frequency) Switch - A specially designed switch used for safely connecting radios to our antennas while maintaining necessary lightening protection and preventing connector wear.
Equipment Repair (+) $200.00 $200.00 $200.00 HF (Short Wave) Radio Upkeep - A number of our base station type radios are quite old and need frequent repair.
Equipment Repair (+) $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 HT (Portable) Radio Upkeep - A number of our handheld radios used weekly for buggy races need to be repaired and maintained.
Membership and Dues (-) $150.00 $150.00 $150.00 Membership Dues - $10 per member per year
Non-capital Equipment (+) $150.00 $150.00 $150.00 Brother PT2730 Label Maker - A label maker to replace our aged broken one. It will allow us to properly mark our extensive cable infrastructure and track loaned club equipment.
Non-capital Equipment (+) $125.00 $125.00 $125.00 Small Pelican Case - A case for our buggy radio equipment to be used each day of freerolls. This case will help protect our collection of HT radios from damage during transport to and from buggy.
Non-capital Equipment (+) $230.00 $230.00 $230.00 Connecting Hardware - Necessary to connect the RF switch to other radio equipment. This includes coaxial cable terminations, terminating tools, and RF grade cable.
Office Supplies (+) $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 Ham radio log books, tablets for buggy radio logging, and writing utensils.
Periodicals (+) $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 Subscription to "QST" the primary amateur radio monthly journal.
Periodicals (+) $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 Subscription to "QEX" a bimonthly amateur radio DIY/Experimenters journal.
Refreshments (+) $150.00 $150.00 $150.00 Our club provides radio communications for buggy freerolls every weekend throughout the semester. We need to provide breakfast for the volunteers who come out at 6AM. This was previously purchased by a club member with personal money. Approximately 4 people 25 times a year.
Refreshments (+) $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 As an incentive to foster membership we would like to provide pizza to potential members once a semester during our new member meeting.
Rental-Equipment (+) $350.00 $350.00 $350.00 Scaffolding for Buggy Race-day - The radio club is the official communications for race-day in the spring. The scaffolding provides us with a structure to provide good visibility of the course and ensure good radio coverage.
Rental-Facilities (+) $150.00 $0.00 $0.00 We maintain storage space at central receiving.
Telephone External (+) $250.00 $250.00 $250.00 FCC (Federal Communications Commission) regulations requires that we maintain an external link to our repeater for control and emergency shutdown purposes.

By Ocode

Requested
Capital Expense Fund $3,500.00
Equipment Repair $300.00
Membership and Dues $150.00
Non-capital Equipment $505.00
Office Supplies $30.00
Periodicals $65.00
Refreshments $250.00
Rental-Equipment $350.00
Rental-Facilities $150.00
Telephone External $250.00
Recommended
Capital Expense Fund $2,900.00
Equipment Repair $300.00
Membership and Dues $150.00
Non-capital Equipment $505.00
Office Supplies $30.00
Periodicals $65.00
Refreshments $250.00
Rental-Equipment $350.00
Rental-Facilities $0.00
Telephone External $250.00
Final
Capital Expense Fund $2,900.00
Equipment Repair $300.00
Membership and Dues $150.00
Non-capital Equipment $505.00
Office Supplies $30.00
Periodicals $65.00
Refreshments $250.00
Rental-Equipment $350.00
Rental-Facilities $0.00
Telephone External $250.00

Summary

Requested
Expenditures $1,900.00
Capital $3,500.00
Revenue ($150.00)
Final $1,750.00
Recommended
Expenditures $1,750.00
Capital $2,900.00
Revenue ($150.00)
Final $1,600.00
Final
Expenditures $1,750.00
Capital $2,900.00
Revenue ($150.00)
Debt ($0.00)
Rollover ($223.48)
Total Subsidy $1,600.00
FY13 Starting Balance $1,823.48