ICTP - URSI SCHOOL ON DIGITAL AND MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS USING TERRESTRIAL AND SATELLITE RADIO LINKS 12th February - 2nd March 2001 , Trieste (Italy)
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	Laboratory Diary: monday 19th february

                   Laboratory Diary: monday 19th february
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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:48:20 +0100 (MET)
Prepared by: Odhiambo Dorothy Winfred <odhiambo@ictp.trieste.it>



LABORATORY DIARY FOR 19/2/01

The day started with the laboratory work overview given by S.M.Radicella.
A nice intro which highlighted the importance of having hands on
experience with an almost reallife scenario.
The fact that the whole group will be divided into smaller teams and the
stress on teamwork is important.

It is also exciting that the project will involve setting up a local area
network as this is a real situation that many of us are faced with back
home.

 The Introduction to radio technologies session,given by Carlo is another
nice one especially since he has presented a variety of HF,UHF and VHF
radios.Having those radios in class is a good idea since it gives a good
impression of the sizes and various connections.
Participants are also interested in operating frequencies,speeds ranges
and manufacturers of the various radios.Although Carlo calls it a
"marketing session",it is very nice to talk about evolution of Technology
when you can actually see the equipment you are referring to.

After going through the timetable for the rest of the two weeks,a vote is
taken by participants to find out the major areas of interest.The result
is as follows

TOPIC             HIGH INTEREST               NO INTEREST

SPREAD SPECTRUM       23                        2
MICROWAVE             15                        7
PACKET RADIO          19                        3
REMOTE DATA AQ.       20                        0
G.P.S                 19                        4
NET. MON.             24                        1

Given these poll results,it is decided not to cover MICROWAVE but to have
a little each of the rest.

Participants express interest in two other areas mainly: NETWORK CABLING
& TOPOLOGY AND LINUX INSTALLATION.Carlo promises to cover these.

The afternoon session starts with another "marketing session" as Carlo is
now used to calling them.It is a nice intro to operating systems in
general and to Linux in specific.Maybe the general parts about operating
systems would have been omitted to give room for the exercises for which
we are later to run out of time.

For those who have never used Linux,I guess it is a long afternoon trying
to keep up with the many commands and the environments of operation.

Only two people are willing to continue after five o'clock and we have to
close the day without completing the exercise on Linux.


This is the first laboratory day as I see it.

Dorothy

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