{"id":18656,"date":"2017-11-04T20:57:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=18656"},"modified":"2024-06-17T15:43:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:43:52","slug":"uk-microwave-group-ukug","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/clubs\/special-interest-groups\/uk-microwave-group-ukug\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Microwave Group (UKuG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microwavers.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16982\" title=\"UK Microwave Group - UKuG\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2017\/02\/UK_Microwave_Group-82x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2017\/02\/UK_Microwave_Group-82x150.gif 82w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2017\/02\/UK_Microwave_Group-163x300.gif 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microwavers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Microwave Group<\/a> (UKuG) is the representative group for all radio amateurs interested in the microwave spectrum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its newsletter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scatterpoint.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Scatterpoint<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is published online for members about 10 times each year.<\/p>\n<p>It offers access to a volunteer technical support team consisting of experienced microwavers in most parts of the UK, with good test equipment, loan equipment and a free &#8216;chipbank&#8217; components service to its members.<\/p>\n<p>UKuG also organises contests on all licensed bands in the microwave region, provides operating awards, and keeps listings of records and &#8216;firsts&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The group has a number of online facilities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microwavers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>microwavers.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wiki: \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.microwavers.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wiki.microwavers.org.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Twitter: \u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKGHz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twitter.com\/UKGHz<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Youtube:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/UKMicrowaveGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>youtube.com\/c\/UKMicrowaveGroup<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Newsletter: \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scatterpoint.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scatterpoint.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A sister site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconspot.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>beaconspot.uk<\/strong><\/a> created and run by UKuG member G8APZ continues<br \/>\nto be very popular with DXers from VHF upwards for beacon reports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Microwave Group (UKuG) is the representative group for all radio amateurs interested in the microwave spectrum. Its newsletter Scatterpoint is published online for members about 10 times each year. It offers access to a volunteer technical support team consisting of experienced microwavers in most parts of the UK, with good test equipment, loan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9633,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18656","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18656\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}