Tonight @ 8 – archive main list by year
2 December 2024 – Basic modelling and antennas for portable HF by Tim Hier, G5TM
NEXT ON TONIGHT @ 8… ? The presentation This presentation will focus on the various HF antennas available for portable operating and how to use very basic modelling software to ascertain the choices we have at our disposal. Topics include balancing the convenience of multi-band systems with some trade-off in performance; a look at using […]
4 November – 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 […]
7 October – Aircraft Scatter, the Hitch-Hikers Guide by Ian White, GM3SEK
The presentation Aircraft scatter is about bouncing our VHF/UHF radio signals off high-flying aircraft; hitching a ride with someone else’s plane to extend our everyday working range out to 700-800km. This sounds rather technical, but aircraft scatter is actually very easy; here in north-west Europe there are so many planes in the sky that aircraft […]
2 September – Meteor Beacon Project update by Brian Coleman, G4NNS
The presentation The first phase of this project was completed in May 2022 when the UK meteor beacon GB3MBA went on the air from the Sherwood Observatory of the Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society, enabling studies of meteor events over the UK using simple equipment and making possible a range of STEM projects featuring radio […]
8 July – QMX+ Multimode 160-6m transceiver kit design and features by Hans Summers, G0UPL
The presentation Overview of the QMX+ transceiver and the path taken to get here High level technical description of QMX+ and its SDR architecture Detailed design discussion of several unusual, unique or innovative sections of QMX+ Future planned developments for QMX+ About Hans Hans graduated with a Physics BSc in 1993. He left his 22 year career […]
3 June 2024 – Making amateur radio accessible
The presentation In this webinar we’ll be looking at how amateur radio can be accessible and enjoyable, even if you have sight, hearing or mobility difficulties. We’ve invited three radio amateurs to explain how they have adapted their equipment, written software or used extra support from the RSGB or other radio amateurs to enable them […]
