RadCom January 2024, Vol. 100, No. 1

Celebrating the 100th volume of the Society’s journal

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Regulars

Advertisers’ index 85
Antennas, Tim Hier, G5TM 18
ATV, Dave Crump, G8GKQ 44
Contest Calendar, Ian Pawson, G0FCT 59
Contesting, Chris Tran, GM3WOJ 68
GHz bands, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO 64
HF, Daimon Tilley, G4USI 60
Members’ ads 86
Propagation: Predictions, Gwyn Williams, G4FKH 88
Propagation: MUF and a November storm, Peter DeNeef, AE7PD 26
Rallies and events 87
The Last Word 89
VHF/UHF, James Stevens, M0JCQ 66

Features

100 Volumes, Elaine Richards, G4LFM 28
St Peter-In-Thanet CE Junior School’s ARISS contact, John Hislop, G7OHO 40
The world at their fingertips: Part 1, John Petters, G3YPZ 22

Reviews

Best of 2023’s books 49
Icom ID-50E handheld transceiver, Tim Kirby, GW4VXE 34

News and reports

Around Your Region – Club events calendar 76
Around Your Region – Events roundup 80
British Inland Waterways on the Air, Lyndsay Latimer, M6YMB 50
Jamboree on the Air 2023 74
New products 16
News 14
RSGB Matters 6
Special Interest Groups News 15
UK Bunkers on the Air, Carl Ratcliffe, M0ICR 30

Technical features

A simple 6m antenna, David Price, G4BIX 58
An improved, yet simple, direction-finding loop, Ian Miles, G0CNN 70
De-bounce switches, Steven Bennett, M0YYT 48
Design Notes, Andy Talbot, G4JNT 36
What actually goes on inside a digital filter? Filtrate 54

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