Archive for October, 2014

Ofcom-RSGB Forum – 9 October 2014

| October 22, 2014
Ofcom-RSGB Forum – 9 October 2014

Summary of matters discussed at the Ofcom-RSGB Forum meeting held on 9 October 2014. International Space Station (ISS) Ofcom confirmed that the callsign GB1SS will be made available for issue to UK astronauts who wish to operate from the ISS. The RSGB agreed to co-ordinate applications at the appropriate times. Licence Review Ofcom reported that […]

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Instructors’ Newsletter October 2014

| October 22, 2014
Instructors’ Newsletter October 2014

The RSGB is pleased to announce the October 2014 edition of the Instructors’ Newsletter is now available to download from the Society’s website. Download Instructors’ Newsletter October 2014 edition (6-page/170KB PDF) In this edition— 2014-16 Advanced Exam Schedule Distributing examination papers and OM sheets Mobile, portable and suffixes Trust and responsibility Requests for readers Train […]

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RadCom November 2014, Vol. 90, No. 11

| October 22, 2014
RadCom November 2014, Vol. 90, No. 11

THIS EDITION IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE ONLINE We apologise for any disappointment This edition is currently being converted to our HTML5 online viewer, which will bring enhanced readability, download speed and picture quality Errata – SMD project photo Unfortunately, Photo 3 was accidentally missed from the Simple SMD Project article (page 40) – please see here. […]

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AM operation night

| October 21, 2014

Operators are invited to join a night of AM operation on 25 October from 21.30UTC on 3.6kHz to mark the return to GMT. The event is being organised by the Association of Amateur Radio Amplitude Modulation Builders and Collectors—website in French. English speaking stations are always very welcome, or you can try out your schoolboy […]

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PAT project Photo 3, November 2014

| October 20, 2014
PAT project Photo 3, November 2014

Due to an oversight, Photo 3 was omitted from this article, for which we apologise. The photo, showing the location of two SMA sockets added to the back of the author’s FT-897, is shown here. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.  

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Propagation Studies Committee meeting, 18 October 2014

| October 18, 2014

Follow the link below to read the minutes of this meeting. Propagation Studies Committee Meeting, 18 October 2014 (7-page/125KB PDF)

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