{"id":13306,"date":"2015-09-18T11:01:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T11:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=13306"},"modified":"2022-05-19T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:46:06","slug":"radcom-october-2015-vol-91-no-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/publications\/radcom\/2015\/09\/18\/radcom-october-2015-vol-91-no-10\/","title":{"rendered":"RadCom October 2015, Vol. 91, No. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>THIS EDITION IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE ONLINE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>We apologise for any disappointment<\/h4>\n<h4>This edition is currently being converted to our HTML5 online viewer, which will bring enhanced readability, download speed and picture quality<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"#5585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6156 alignright\" title=\"Click the cover to read RadCom online\" src=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/images\/radcom\/covers\/2015\/October-2015.png\" alt=\"Cover image: Operating MC0RYC during Project DX15.\" width=\"200\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>News and Reports<\/h2>\n<p><strong>6 RSGB Matters<\/strong><br \/>\nYOTA Month, <em>RadCom Plus<\/em> news, Construction Competition, President\u2019s review of contesting, book updates for new licence questions in exams, recognising and encouraging volunteers, QSL matters, half year commentary 2015, congratulations and welcome<br \/>\n<strong>11 News<\/strong><br \/>\nAll the amateur radio news<br \/>\n<strong>14 New Products<\/strong><br \/>\nExciting new products we\u2019ve heard about this month<br \/>\n<strong>82 Around Your Region<\/strong><br \/>\nClub news and planned events around the country<\/p>\n<h2>Read this edition online<\/h2>\n<p>You will need your RSGB Membership Services login, follow the link below or click the cover image to your right.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#5585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadCom October 2015, Vol. 91, No. 10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<p><strong>32 RSGB Convention, 9-11 October<\/strong><br \/>\nElaine Richards, G4LFM looks forward to this month\u2019s flagship event<br \/>\n<strong>36 Project DX15<\/strong><br \/>\nRSGB Youth Coordinator Mike Jones, 2EOMLJ describes the RSGB Youth DXpedition to the Brecon Beacons in July<br \/>\n<strong>40 Hamfest<\/strong><br \/>\nA look at the 2015 Hamfest by Elaine Richards, G4LFM including news of some very special offers<\/p>\n<h2>Reviews<\/h2>\n<p><strong>57 Watson VAA-1<\/strong><br \/>\nSteve Nichols, G0KYA looks at this very capable little antenna analyser<br \/>\n<strong>61 Book review<\/strong><br \/>\nThe RSGB <em>Operating Manual<\/em> 8th edition and ARRL\u2019s <em>Portable Antenna Classics<\/em> examined by Giles Read, G1MFG<\/p>\n<h2>Technical Features<\/h2>\n<p><strong>16 Homebrew<\/strong><br \/>\nEamon Skelton, EI9GQ develops the PIC software for the Pinguino PIC board to control the 10m transceiver project<br \/>\n<strong>20 Morse code tutor<\/strong><br \/>\nA little something to make learning easier by Martin D. Waller, G0PJO<br \/>\n<strong>22 From sidebands to splatter<\/strong><br \/>\nAndrew Churchley, G4EAQ takes a look at how excessive bandwidth signals occur and makes a suggestion on how they may be quantified<br \/>\n<strong>26 160 and 630m inverted-L for suburbia<\/strong><br \/>\nYou don\u2019t have to own a giant garden to get active on the low bands, explains Dr David \u2018Doc\u2019 Wescombe-Down, VK5BUG<br \/>\n<strong>42 Design Notes<\/strong><br \/>\nA bumper column from Andy Talbot, G4JNT looking at making your own PCBs for through-hole and surface mount technologies<br \/>\n<strong>46 EMC<\/strong><br \/>\nMore about ferrites, plus building your own RF current transformer by Dr David Lauder, G0SNO<br \/>\n<strong>48 Moving On<\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Welsh, G0NVZ starts looking at the importance of a good earth at the lower frequencies<br \/>\n<strong>56 Data<\/strong><br \/>\nA look at WSJT payloads with Andy Talbot, G4JNT<\/p>\n<h2>Regulars<\/h2>\n<p>91 Advertisers&#8217; index<br \/>\n30 Antennas, Peter Dodd, G3LDO<br \/>\n70 GHz, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO<br \/>\n64 HF, Martin Atherton, G3ZAY<br \/>\n62 LF, Dave Pick, G3YXM<br \/>\n81 Propagation, Gwyn Williams, G4KFH<br \/>\n55 QRP, Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV<br \/>\n92 Members\u2019 ads, rallies and events, Silent Keys and special event stations<br \/>\n76 Sport radio, Steve White, G3ZVW<br \/>\n96 The Last Word<br \/>\n66 VHF\/UHF, Richard Staples, G4HGI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS EDITION IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE ONLINE We apologise for any disappointment This edition is currently being converted to our HTML5 online viewer, which will bring enhanced readability, download speed and picture quality News and Reports 6 RSGB Matters YOTA Month, RadCom Plus news, Construction Competition, President\u2019s review of contesting, book updates for new licence questions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,30,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-radcom","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}