Tonight @ 8 – archive main list by year
7 July 2025 – My radio journey with UKBOTA by Tony Hodge, M0TNI and Jason Dale, 2E0JIV
The presentation Tony Hodge, M0TNI and Jason Dale, 2E0JIV discuss their journey into amateur radio, what they enjoy about it, and how they got involved in UK Bunkers on the Air (UKBOTA). About the presenters Tony Hodge, M0TNI Following his retirement, Tony wanted to try listening to nearby airfields, both commercial and military. After some […]
2 June 2025 – Morse code by Eric Arkinstall, M0KZB and team
The presentation June’s Tonight@8 will feature a panel of Morse experts. The RSGB’s Morse Test Coordinator, Eric Arkinstall, M0KZB, will lead the webinar and will be joined by RSGB District 13 Representative Michael Topple, GM5AUG, among others. The presentation will begin with an introduction to Samuel Morse, Morse code and its merits. It will then cover topics […]
12 May 2025 – HamSCI: Space Weather We Can Do Together! by Dr Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF and Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL
The presentation Since the 2017 Solar Eclipse QSO Party, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI), has been bringing together amateur radio operators and professional space scientists to develop new and innovative ways to study space weather and its impacts on the ionosphere and radio propagation. In this presentation, Nathaniel will show results from the […]
7 April 2025 – 40m on a glue stick by Nick Wood, M0NTV
The presentation April’s Tonight@8 features Nick Wood, M0NTV with his presentation 40m On A Glue Stick: A Homebrew, All-analogue, All-discrete Direct Conversion Receiver. Nick shows you how to use a regular glue stick housing in a rather novel way to form the basis of a variable tuning inductor in a homemade 40m receiver. After a […]
3 March 2025 – Antipodean Antenna Adventures by Bob Bower, GM4DLG
The presentation Bob’s one-man DXpedition to ZL, ZL7, VK9L, VK9N and VK7, which took place in January to March 2024, is currently being serialised in RadCom. The first part was published in the February issue, with parts two and three to follow in March and April. This Tonight@8 presentation complements these, and will include additional […]
3 February 2025 – Basic fault finding and basic electronics by Lee Aldridge, G4EJB
The presentation Lee will look at the prerequisites of construction, as well as the pros and cons about different types of construction. Following this he will look at what to do when you’ve built a project but it doesn’t work, including method, understanding some simple circuits and basic use of a DMM, your expectations, and […]
