The biographical film about Sir Ran Fiennes’ life, Explorer, has a fair number of clips of HF radio operations with his late wife, Ginny, and Laurence, GM4DMA now KL7L included. HF communications were a mainstay of many of their expeditions from the early 70s to the 2000s. The trailer for the film has a short […]
Last week was almost a repeat performance of the previous week. We had very disturbed geomagnetic conditions on Tuesday, with the Kp index hitting five. But then other days, like Wednesday, when conditions were much more settled. The solar flux index declined from its high of 176 last Saturday to 133 on Thursday. The Sun’s […]
The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 7:30pm every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Go to the website for the meeting link. Ham Radio Network has An Evening with… online on Monday. Go to the website for the link. Amateurs in […]
The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 7:30pm every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Go to the website for the meeting link. Ham Radio Network has An Evening with… online on Monday. Go to the website for the link. Bury Radio […]
The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 7:30pm every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Go to the website for the meeting link. Ham Radio Network has An Evening with… online on Monday. Go to the website for the link. On Tuesday […]
We are pleased to announce the team of young RSGB Members who will be representing the UK at next month’s YOTA camp in Croatia. Hosted by Croatian Amateur Radio Association (HRS), the event will be held in Karlovac, not far from the capital city of Zagreb, between 6 and 13 August. Meet Dan, M0WUT; Peter, M0SWN; […]
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new Direct to Full examination syllabus. Enrolments for the Direct to Full examinations will open in January 2023, six months after the publication of the new syllabus. More information about the changes and the full syllabus can be found at: rsgb.org/direct-to-full
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Essex Ham have made available training material related to the Syllabus v1.5 changes which take effect soon
The new v1.5 syllabus kicks in from September 1 this year.
The group have now released updated slides for Modules 4 (Feeders & Antennas) and Module 6 (Licence Conditions).
For the last few months, the online course has included a video on how to complete an EMF assessment – that is now made available to tutors.
Also available are some sample mock questions and a one-page PDF guide for newcomers covering EMF.
If any of this material is of use, it’s freely available to any club or tutor –
https://www.esssexham.co.uk/train/emf-tutor-resources
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA, USA) has issued the first call for proposals for its Ouija programme, which aims to use sensors on “near-Earth satellites” (VLEOs) to gain new insights into the propagation of HF (shortwave) radio waves …
