Archive for 2020
RadCom Basics April 2020, No. 16
We are pleased to announce a new edition of RadCom Basics is available In this edition— Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor The NCDXF International Beacon Project Home construction – why bother? Getting on the Air – an easy way To read this edition, go to rsgb.org/radcom-basics. RadCom Basics is […]
RadCom Basics February 2020, No. 15
In this edition… Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor In this edition, having fun with the hobby—tea and 1kV don’t mix—and are you making full use of the RSGB? I take another look at the RSGB Members Handbook and find the EMC section comes in very useful! An introduction to […]
Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, 7th March 2020
Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, became a silent key on 7 March 2020. Walter was a true Old Timer, whose professional and hobby involvement with radio extended over many decades – indeed, a whole working life, and then on into retirement. Walter was an RAF navigator from 1948 to 1957, mainly on transport aircraft in the UK, but also […]
Marc Litchman, G0TOC, 29 March 2020
Marc Litchman, G0TOC passed away on the evening of Sunday 29 March 2020. Marc had been in poor health for several months and didn’t recover from a major operation after a lengthy period in Intensive Care at St Bart’s Hospital, London. Joining Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) in 1995, Marc had many […]
Denby Dale ARC
When the Denby Dale amateur radio club was faced with having to cancel our regular meetings our immediate response was to organise a club net on 2m. This was well attended. I proposed that we should try to organise meetings online (as well as our regular radio nets) so that we could invite speakers to […]
Spalding DARS
The decision to temporarily suspended actual meetings made us evaluate how we stay in touch with the membership during a period of lockdown and social distancing. Our club meets every week and it is important and morally right that we consider not only each other’s safety, but also their mental wellbeing. To this end we […]
