RadCom December 2013, Vol. 89, No. 12
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Contents RadCom December 2013
News and Reports
- 6 RSGB Matters
Including Christmas greetings from the President, new unified Emercomms organisation, Presidential, Board and Regional Manager vacancies, Centenary Construction Competition results, QSL matters, congratulations and newcomers. - 10 News
All the amateur radio news - 12 Centenary News
Latest news of the RSGB Centenary celebrations - 56 RadCom 2013 Index
- 82 Around Your Region
Clubs news and planned events around the country
Members’ Special Offer
Features
- 40 XROYG On the Air
John Warburton, G4IRN describes the recent CW DXpedition to Easter Island - 77 G100RSGB
More tales of how clubs have been enjoying the RSGB Centenary Callsign
Reviews
- 14 Yaesu FT-252E 2m handheld
Yaesu tackles cheap imports on their own terms whilst maintaining customer support levels writes Giles Read, G1MFG - 23 Zeus ZS-1 HF SDR transceiver
Mike Richards, G4WNC is impressed by this fully digitised SDR transceiver with general coverage
reception - 60 Innovantennas 20/15/10 DESpole
A three-band rotatable dipole with dropped vertical sections to reduce the turning circle reviewed by Steve Nichols, G0KYA - 77 Book Review
Giles Read, G1MFG gives the low down on the third edition of LF Today and is fascinated by Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers
Technical Features
- 16 Moving On
John Welsh, G0NVZ looks at capacitive and inductive aerial loading - 18 Homebrew
Finishing off the UHF transverter and starting a new sub-4MHz transceiver with Eamon Skelton, EI9GQz - 30 Operating on 472kHz
LF guru Mike Dennison, G3XDV explores the delights of our newest frequency allocation - 36 Design Notes
Are PIN diodes the ideal RF switch, asks Andy Talbot, G4JNT - 42 Shortening, Shortening
Ron Mount, G7DOE explains why the ‘ideal’ dipole length isn’t really right - 44 DVB-T Stick as SDR
You can start playing with software defined radio from VHF to microwaves for under £10 explains Clive Ousbey, G0CHO
92 Data
Andy Talbot, G4JNT responds to his bumper postbag
58 EMC
More on ADSL/VDSL unwanted emissions by Dr David Lauder, G0SNO
Regulars
- 91 Advertisers index
- 34 Antennas, Peter Dodd, G3LDO
- 70 GHz, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO
- 64 HF, Martin Atherton, G3ZAY
- 56 LF, Dave Pick, G3YXM
- 95 Propagation, Gwyn Williams, G4KFH
- 27 QRP, Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV
- 93 Members’ Ads, Rallies and Events, Silent Keys and Special Event stations
- 74 Sport Radio, Steve White, G3ZVW
- 96 The Last Word
- 68 VHF/UHF, Richard Staples, G4HGI
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