{"id":13731,"date":"2015-11-16T12:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T12:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=13731"},"modified":"2022-05-19T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:45:23","slug":"radcom-december-2015-vol-91-no-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/publications\/radcom\/2015\/11\/16\/radcom-december-2015-vol-91-no-12\/","title":{"rendered":"RadCom December 2015, Vol. 91, No. 12"},"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=\"#5597\" 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\/December-2015.png\" alt=\"Cover image: Season\u2019s Greetings from the RSGB. Image by Kevin Williams, M6CYB.\" width=\"200\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>News and Reports<\/h2>\n<p><strong>6 RSGB Matters<\/strong><br \/>\nInspiring clubs, subscriptions unchanged, Construction Competition winners, G5RP and ROTAB trophy winners, Ofcom licence guidance, recognising and encouraging volunteers, QSL matters, IYL convention, congratulations and welcome.<\/p>\n<p><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>20 Jamboree on the Air<\/strong><br \/>\nReports from some of the clubs involved with this worldwide Scouting event<br \/>\n<strong>31 YOTA Italy 2015<\/strong><br \/>\nA team of young Members meet other IARU Region 1 young amateurs in Italy<br \/>\n<strong>66 Index 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>89 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=\"#5597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadCom December 2015, Vol. 91, No. 12<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<p><strong>59 Radio operation on a cruise ship<\/strong><br \/>\nCharles Brookson, G4GBA tells of taking his Elecraft K3 on a cruise<\/p>\n<h2>Reviews<\/h2>\n<p><strong>30 Moonraker MT-270M<\/strong><br \/>\nGiles Read, G1MFG is impressed this tiny dual band 2m\/70cm FM mobile<br \/>\n<strong>40 Book review<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo for the shack and a couple to think about as Christmas presents<br \/>\n<strong>45 TenTec 506 Rebel<\/strong><br \/>\nDominic Baines, M1KTA looks at the open source Arduino based CW QRP transceiver<br \/>\n<strong>48 sunSDR2 PRO<\/strong><br \/>\nA sophisticated HF to VHF transceiver is put through its paces by Mike Richards, G4WNC<br \/>\n<strong>60 bhi Compact In-Line Noise Eliminating Module<\/strong><br \/>\nRay Kelly, G3ZRK looks at latest from bhi<\/p>\n<h2>Technical Features<\/h2>\n<p><strong>16 Homebrew<\/strong><br \/>\nEamon Skelton, EI9GQ discusses home construction techniques<br \/>\n<strong>24 High efficiency magnetic loop antennas<\/strong><br \/>\nKen Hough, M0KOH takes a practical look at these antennas<br \/>\n<strong>34 Design Notes<\/strong><br \/>\nCoherent receivers at LF are discussed by Andy Talbot, G4JNT<br \/>\n<strong>38 Antennas<\/strong><br \/>\nPeter Dodd, G3LDO writes his last column after 13 years<br \/>\n<strong>42 Chaos on the HF bands<\/strong><br \/>\nSteve Nichols, G0KYA explains coronal holes and coronal mass ejections<br \/>\n<strong>44 Moving On<\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Welsh, G0NVZ finishes his series with a look at Q codes.<br \/>\n<strong>62 EMC<\/strong><br \/>\nA bicycle wheel loop antenna for EMC measurements from 10-30MHz by Dr David Lauder, G0SNO<\/p>\n<h2>Regulars<\/h2>\n<p>99 Advertisers\u2019 index<br \/>\n36 Data, Andy Talbot, G4JNT<br \/>\n77 GHz, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO<br \/>\n72 HF, Martin Atherton, G3ZAY<br \/>\n70 LF, Dave Pick, G3YXM<br \/>\n86 Propagation, Gwyn Williams, G4KFH<br \/>\n33 QRP, Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV<br \/>\n100 Members\u2019 Ads, rallies and events, Silent Keys and special event stations<br \/>\n80 Sport Radio, Steve White, G3ZVW<br \/>\n104 The Last Word<br \/>\n74 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 Inspiring clubs, subscriptions unchanged, Construction Competition winners, G5RP and ROTAB trophy winners, Ofcom licence guidance, recognising and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-radcom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13731","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=13731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}