Eric’s presentation Almost every ham radio station can benefit from a separate receiving antenna (or several!) While reciprocity applies to both receiving and transmitting antennas, the priorities are different. Effective receiving antennas are optimized for best signal to noise ratio, not necessarily the greatest gain. There are countless interesting means of building high signal to noise ratio receiving antennas and we will explore some of […]
Our Tonight@8 live webinar series continues on Monday 3 April with a presentation called “Sheep Worrier: A High Altitude Balloon Flight & Recovery System” by Heather Nickalls, M0HMO. Heather will cover an introduction to flying HABs (High Altitude Balloons), the radio systems involved, some science experiments she did on her flights, the recovery system developed […]
Many congratulations to Andy Warren, M0KGZ, who became the first candidate to pass the Direct to Full licence exam, which was available from late January 2023. Andy first discovered radio aged 11, and subsequently went into a career in the design and manufacture of electronic equipment. On retirement, he got back into radio and discovered […]
The RSGB is looking to recruit an RSGB Member to the voluntary position of Company Secretary. The position plays a key role in the Society’s governance and provides vital support in the running of Board meetings and the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Deadline for applications is Monday, 24 April 2023. You can find out more […]
The RSGB is looking to recruit an RSGB Member to the voluntary position of Company Secretary. The position plays a key role in the Society’s governance and provides vital support in the running of Board meetings and the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Deadline for applications is Monday 24 April. If you feel you have the necessary skills […]
Applications are open to be part of the RSGB team going to the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) summer camp in Hungary. The event will take place from 5 to 12 August 2023. This is a chance in a lifetime for young RSGB Members to represent their country and national society. You could be a […]
Mike’s presentation Node-RED is a visual programming language that is very powerful but surprisingly easy to use. The language has matured over recent years and has the potential to be a valuable tool for radio amateurs. In this talk, Mike will provide an introduction to Node-RED programming techniques. He will conclude with a live demonstration […]
The presentation Jack and Al collaborated to build the T41-EP, a 7 band, 20W, CW/SSB SDR transceiver and this presentation is chiefly about how they developed the high performance CW decoder. Jack and Al co-authored the Software Defined Radio Transceiver (2022) and Microcontroller Projects for Amateur Radio (2019) books and numerous articles and presentations. They are also […]
We have released two more 2022 Convention presentations for radio amateurs to enjoy. In “Antennas for an effective contest station” Lee Volante, M0MTN reviews many of the options available to the HF contester when making antenna choices. He considers how antenna type, height, location and available resources have to be balanced with the type of contest […]
Heather’s presentation In this talk she will cover an introduction to flying HABs (High Altitude Balloons), the radio systems involved, some science experiments she did on their flights, the recovery system she developed to help find the payload when it lands and, of course, lots of pictures from “almost” the edge of space. About Heather […]
