Archive for November, 2024
Reminder: exam shutdown over the festive season
Do not forget that if you want to take an exam online at home, the last date you can do that this year is Friday 20 December. Exams will resume on Monday 6 January 2025 and the booking system will be available over the festive season so you can book exams for January onwards. Book […]
RadCom Basics, November 2024, Edition 43
We are pleased to announce the November 2023 edition of RadCom Basics is now available for RSGB Members to read and download on the RSGB website. Using repeaters We look at how to access repeaters, the benefits of using repeaters, and operating practice when using them In this edition… 4 How to get on 40 […]
RadCom Basics, September 2024, Edition 42
Home construction methods: Part 1 Great tips and advice on how to approach kit building and tips on how to master soldering In this edition… 4 An off-centre fed vertical for the 10m band How to use a 9:1 UNUN for making a mono-band vertical for the 10m band, as an off-centre fed antenna 10 […]
4 November 2024 – Listening to the Enemy by Mike Griffiths
Apologies for the issue below – a setting is wrong and this video will be available again soon! The presentation Many know that during WWII radio amateurs were drafted into the military specifically for their radio skills. But what was their experience like as they started to work for MI6 and the mysterious Radio Security […]
The past and the future: Convention presentations
The RSGB continues to share some great presentations from its recent annual Convention. The two this week look back to the important history of amateur radio and contrast that with how amateur radio might be influenced by modern technology. Don Beattie, G3BJ discussed the very different amateur radio environment of 1924, and the history and […]
Tonight @ 8: HF antennas
The final RSGB Tonight@8 webinar of 2024 is on Monday, 2 December. The presentation by Tim Hier, G5TM will focus on the various HF antennas available for portable operating. He will also look at how to use very basic modelling software to ascertain the choices you have at your disposal. Tim’s ethos when working portable […]
