Reading and District Amateur Radio Club and Burnham Beeches Radio Club are planning for the McMichael Rally to go ahead on Sunday, 11 July from 9.30am. The venue is Reading Rugby Football Club. This will be a fully outdoor event and subject to the COVID-19 regs at the time. Details at mcmichaelrally.org.uk. Hastings Electronics and […]
South Bristol Amateur Radio Club has a club net on Sundays on GB3WR from 7.30pm. Andy, G7KNA, 0783 869 5471. Thornbury and South Gloucestershire ARC has a daily net on GB3ZB from 10.30am. Wednesday sees a Zoom meeting from 8pm. On Friday, there’s a net on 145.450MHz from 8pm. For details, email secretary@tsgarc.uk. On Sundays, […]
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm every Sunday. There’s a 2m FM open net from 8pm every Tuesday and Thursday via GB3FG. On Wednesdays, there’s an FM or Fusion net from 7.30pm via GB3CM, which may still be operating at low power. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. Newport […]
The RSGB’s National Radio Centre (NRC) will reopen on Friday 28 May 2021 and be open each day, other than Wednesdays, until further notice. The RSGB is delighted to support Bletchley Park as it welcomes visitors again. Visitor and volunteer safety is our priority. Whilst the radio room will be open for the demonstration of […]
We are pleased to announce the May 2021 edition of RadCom Basics is now available at rsgb.org/radcom-basics. With the long-awaited easing of lockdown, we’ve made this is a bumper edition. Check out the topics covered by new and familiar contributors—whether you’re new to the hobby, or returning and looking to brush up on the basics, […]
In this edition… Welcome to the latest edition by Lee, G4EJB, Editor In this edition—help with the basics—overcoming problems we can all find ourselves with, practical ways to test and more help with construction; and a brief look at the very successful NHS and RSGB Get on the Air to Care campaign, the media coverage […]
The RSGB Awards Manager has reviewed the current 50MHz awards offered by the Society and concluded that the existing 50MHz 2-Way Countries and 50MHz DX Countries awards are significantly duplicating each other. This has come about because, originally, the DX Countries award was for cross-band operation in the days when few countries had a 50MHz […]
These are a selection of the letters received on the topic of EMF that were used as a basis for the Q & A article in the June 2021 RadCom. EMF Richard Benton, G4WKW Most radio amateurs will have received their email from Ofcom, as I did on 3rd March. At the time of writing, I […]
The latest issue of RadCom Plus is now available online It contains a wide range of features: Driving relays over a network An Automation system for the WSPRLite Sporadic-E – where we are now? piWebCAT: a CAT software system for transceiver control Developing a Wireless Temperature Sensor
To read this edition, tap or click the cover image Contents 3 Driving relays over a network Bob Cowdery, G3UKB 8 An Automation system for the WSPRLite Bob Cowdery, G3UKB 13 Sporadic E – where we are now? Jim Bacon, G3YLA 26 piWebCAT: a CAT software system for transceiver control Ian Sumner, G3VPX 30 Developing […]
