Also in GB2RS this week…

| March 1, 2019

Two new videos of 2018 RSGB Convention lectures are now on the RSGB website. Sam Jewell, G4DDK speaks about the Iceni, a high performance 70cm transverter for the constructor, and James Patterson, M1DST gives an introduction to 3D printing for the radio amateur. Go to rsgb.org/videos to watch these two very interesting talks—and many others too.

Stations taking part in the St Patrick Award will be on the air from noon on 16 March 2019 to noon on 18 March 2019. This year a new digital award has been added, covering such modes as FT8, DMR, D-Star, JT656 and Echolink, etc. To claim it you must have made 20 contacts with a registered St Patricks Day station. For more information go to stpatrickaward.webs.com.

The provisional results for the last IARU Region 1 145MHz Contest have been published. In the Multi Operator 145MHz section G8P was placed third, operating from JO01QD, and G8T was placed 9th, operating from JO01KJ. Full results at iaru-r1.org.

Cwmbran and District ARS now have a new local SSTV repeater. Classed as a ‘regenerative node’, it will relay/repeat a received image. MB7TR is situated in Cwmbran and maintained by Peter, MW0RPB. It operates on 144.500MHz using FM and outputs in the Martin1 SSTV mode. To get it to repeat your transmitted image, which incidentally can be transmitted in any SSTV mode, on 144.500MHz in FM, you transmit your CW ident, then a 1750Hz tone burst for around one to two seconds and key off. Finally you listen and wait for MB7TR to reply with its CW ident and this signifies it is ready so you can transmit your SSTV image. Those using the repeater wish to thank Peter for all his work on this.

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