RadCom October 2013, Vol. 89, No. 10

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Contents RadCom October 2013

News and Reports

• 6 RSGB Matters
  Including Club of the Year information, staff changes at HQ, QSL Matters, New Joiners and RSGB Half Year Results
• 11 News
  All the amateur radio news
• 12 Centenary News
  Latest news on the continuing RSGB Centenary celebrations
• 80 Around Your Region
  Clubs news and planned events around the country

Reviews

• 26 SOTA Review
  SOTAbeams aerials, log books and battery monitors reviewed by Mike Richards, G4WNC
• 39 Book Review
  Giles Read, G1MFG looks at Morse Code for Radio Amateurs and Six & Four – billed as “the complete guide to 50 & 70MHz amateur radio”

Technical Features

• 18 Homebrew
  UHF amplifier techniques for the homebrew 70cm transverter project by Eamon Skelton, EI9GQ
• 36 Data
  Andy Talbot, G4JNT looks at self-organising networks and licence-exempt UHF data
• 44 EMC
  Dr David Lauder, G0SNO sums up the first hundred years of EMC plus wireless energy transfer and interference from LED lights
• 70 Design Notes
  More on RF power measurement, LNBs and a look at transverters with Andy Talbot, G4JNT
• 72 Start Here/Moving On
  A change of name for the column as John Welsh, G0NVZ continues his look at the basics of dipoles

Features

• 14 Commonwealth Contest in Kigali
  Nick Henwood, G3RWF/9X0NH describes the first amateur station to take part in the contest from Rwanda since it became a member of the Commonwealth
• 22 RSGB Convention
  Everything you need to know about the Centenary Convention on 11-13 October by Dave Wilson, M0OBW
• 30 National Hamfest
  Lining up our best show ever at the biggest rally of the year
• 32 G100RSGB
  Clubs show how much fun they’ve been having with the RSGB Centenary special event station
• 40 Getting Started in Tropo
  Jim Bacon, G3YLA explains how this weather-dependent mode can have dramatic effects at VHF and above

Regulars

• 87 Advertisers index
• 66 Antennas, Peter Dodd, G3LDO
• 63 GHz, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO
• 58 HF, Don Field, G3XTT
• 16 IOTA , Martin Atherton, G3ZAY
• 56 LF, Dave Pick, G3YXM
• 78 Propagation, Gwyn Williams, G4KFH
• 55 QRP, Rev George Dobbs, G3RJV
• 88 Members’ Ads, Rallies and Events, Silent Keys and Special Event stations
• 74 Sport Radio, Steve White, G3ZVW
• 92 The Last Word
• 60 VHF/UHF, Richard Staples, G4HGI

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