Archive for December, 2022
RadCom Plus, Vol. 7, No. 1
To read this edition, tap or click the cover image Contents 1 On the response of an active dipole antenna Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL and Glenn Elmore, N6GN 8 Icom IC-705 aerial switch and automatic antenna tuning unit Bob Harris, G4APV 14 Operating on the 30THz band – Part 2 Barry Chambers, G8AGN 25 A portable […]
Three Convention presentations to be released
The RSGB is releasing three more 2022 Convention videos between Christmas and New Year to give radio amateurs some great content to watch during the festive season. Dr Colin Forsyth from UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory gives a fascinating presentation about Space Weather, whilst Prof Norman Billingham, M0EBI talks about plastics for the radio amateur. […]
RSGB NRC volunteer gains Intermediate licence
Before I passed my Foundation licence, I thought amateur radio was all about making contacts on air, rather than understanding and experimenting with wireless communications or getting computers to talk to computers over a radio link. I’m Phil. I was M7ANW, am now 2E0IFI and I’m just getting started in amateur radio. My QTH is […]
RESOLVED – RSGB email system issue
UPDATE – 19/12/2022 09:40 The majority of RSGB email accounts affected by last week’s mail routing issue should now be working as expected. To mitigate the issue, all accounts confirmed as active have now been migrated to Office 365. Please read the advice below before you access your email again – If you already use […]
GB2RS News Script for 18 December 2022
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 18 December 2022 (20-page/470KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link
Train the Trainers courses
After a forced break during the COVID-19 pandemic, the RSGB will be restarting Train the Trainers courses in the spring of 2023. It is hoped that three courses will be run across the country. The team would like to run the courses where demand is greatest, rather than arrange three courses where there is no […]