Every school that wants a serious instrument runs into the same five problems in the same order: the money, the site, the interference, the governance, and the awkward question of who owns the results.
This is a practical account of working through them — what a site survey actually involves, what the interference floor near a populated coastline looks like, and how to write a capital bid that survives contact with a finance committee.
It is aimed at the people who have to approve these things as much as the people who want to build them.
What people leave with
- A realistic cost and timeline for a research-grade school instrument
- What a site survey and interference assessment involve
- How to structure ownership of student-generated data before it becomes a problem
What the room needs
- Projector or large screen
- Audio for recorded signals
- Ten minutes for questions
Where it sits
This talk is ringed. The others are links.