The sixth and final video in our ‘Useful practical skills for new licensees’ series focuses on CAT (computer-aided transceiver) control which allows your computer to control your radio – for example by changing the frequency. It can also link in with your logging software. Rob, M0VFC teaches Dave, M7WUT how to create a CAT interface. […]
Ofcom has just published its specific advice to radio amateurs about the new EMF Licence condition. What you need to know as an amateur radio user The FAQ-type document attempts to address common questions that Ofcom (and the RSGB) have seen radio amateurs ask since the original announcement on 1 March. It contains some worked […]
Gerald J Burke, known as Jerry, was co-author of the Numerical Electromagnetics Code / Method of Moments (NEC/MoM) antenna simulation software, passed away on 14 February 2021 after a battle with cancer. Working with A Poggio, Jerry wrote the NEC software for the US Navy in 1981 while working at Lawrence Livermore Labs. Version 2 […]
We’ve just released the fifth video in our ‘Useful practical skills for new licensees’ series. It focuses on creating an audio interface and Jenny, M6JUT learns how to connect her transceiver to her computer so she can make a data mode QSO. You can see this and the earlier videos on the RSGB website. We’re […]
The fourth video in our ‘Useful practical skills for new licensees’ series focuses on tuning a dipole with a NanoVNA. Lee, M7MUT has made his own aerial and Rob, M0VFC shows him how to use a NanoVNA to cut it to the correct length for use on 20 metres. We’re providing these video resources to […]
UPDATE 16.35 09/03/2021 There is now restored connectivity on the fibre connection and access to HQ resources, but we are waiting to learn more about the issue and whether the situation has fully stabilized before closing the incident. If you’re an email user trying to access Outlook Web App, that is now currently available. ———————————————– […]
The third video in our ‘Useful practical skills for new licensees’ series shows Rob, M0VFC teaching Lee, M7MUT how to solder a PL-259 plug onto a length of coax, ready to attach to an antenna. We’re providing these video resources to link with British Science Week and as part of our ‘Get on the air […]
The third video in our ‘Useful practical skills for new licensees’ series shows Rob, M0VFC teaching Lee, M7MUT how to solder a PL-259 plug onto a length of coax, ready to attach to an antenna. We’re providing these video resources to link with British Science Week and as part of our ‘Get on the air […]
Gavin’s presentation Have you ever thought about making more QSOs over a longer range on VHF? This talk will give you the background on how to achieve that through bouncing your signal off meteor trails. During the talk Gavin will show you how and why Meteor Scatter communications work: what software you should use, how […]
Today we’re releasing the first two videos in our new series. Fifteen-year-old Henry-James Robinson, M7HJR entered the 2020 RSGB Construction Competition with two Slim Jim antennas. In the first video he explains how he made them, why he chose to construct them and what he has made since. In our second video we move onto […]
