Archive for August, 2015
Alan Boswell, G3NOQ, 5 August 2015
Alan Boswell, G3NOQ was one of the RSGB’s most respected Members. Until his death on 5th August 2015 he was an active member of the RadCom technical panel. He had particular skill in vetting articles on antenna matters. I knew Alan well from our joint involvement with the IEE (now the IET), where we met at […]
Robert (Bob) Shaw, G3VRD, 17 August 2015
Robert (Bob) Shaw, G3VRD, sadly became a silent key in the early hours of Monday 17th August, aged 80 years. He was an honorary life member of Lincoln Shortwave Club where he had enjoyed continuous membership since 1974 (41 years). He had undertaken many key position in the club and at various times had been […]
New 70cm beacon on the air
The Leicestershire Repeater Group is pleased to announce that the new UHF beacon, GB3LEU, became operational on Sunday, 9 August at 1225UTC. It is near Markfield, Leicestershire, IO92IQ and transmits on 432.490MHz. It identifies in Morse as well as JT65. Reports and comments are very welcome to the Beacon Keeper, Geoff, G3TQF, via www.leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk. The […]
Join in the Construction Competition
The RSGB annual Construction Competition closes at the end of September so now is a good time to think about your entry. Have you made something for you local club’s construction competition that could be entered? There are four classes: Junior, Beginner, Craftsman and Designer. Even team entries are allowed for a group build club […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
As more and more communications equipment designs have adopted digital signal processing techniques, the US company Rockwell Collins has announced that it will stop manufacturing its renowned mechanical filters. It did not provide a specific date. In a mechanical filter, input and output transducers convert the electrical signal to and from resonant mechanical vibrations. Rockwell […]
GB2RS News Script for 16 August 2015
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