{"id":17356,"date":"2017-04-24T12:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=17356"},"modified":"2022-05-19T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:36:44","slug":"radcom-may-2017-vol-93-no-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/publications\/radcom\/2017\/04\/24\/radcom-may-2017-vol-93-no-5\/","title":{"rendered":"RadCom May 2017, Vol. 93, No. 5"},"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=\"#5684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6156 alignright\" title=\"Click cover to read online edition\" src=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/images\/radcom\/covers\/2017\/May-2017.png\" alt=\"Cover image: A selection of handhelds to try operating in the 2m UKFM contests. Photo courtesy Kevin Williams, M6CYB.\" width=\"198\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><strong>Handheld operation\u2014trying your hand in the new 2m FM activity contests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>News and Reports<\/h2>\n<p>Around Your Region \u2013 Club events calendar 83<br \/>\nAround Your Region \u2013 Events roundup 86<br \/>\nClub of the Year \u2013 1st place Small Club winners 91<br \/>\nCommittee reports 43<br \/>\nNew products 14<br \/>\nNews 12<br \/>\nRSGB Matters 6<br \/>\nIslands on the Air update, Roger Balister, G3KMA 62<br \/>\nYOTA 2017, meet the team 16<\/p>\n<h2>Online edition<\/h2>\n<p>Membership Services login required, follow the link below or click the cover image.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#5684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadCom May 2017, Vol. 93, No. 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Regulars<\/h2>\n<p>Advertisers\u2019 index 93<br \/>\nAntennas, Mike Parkin, G0JMI 28<br \/>\nATV, Dave Crump, G8GKQ 32<br \/>\nGHz bands, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO 60<br \/>\nHF, Martin Atherton, G3ZAY 54<br \/>\nMembers\u2019 ads 94<br \/>\nPropagation, Gwyn Williams, G4KFH 82<br \/>\nRallies and events 95<br \/>\nSport radio, Steve White, G3ZVW 64<br \/>\nThe last word 97<br \/>\nVHF\/UHF, Richard Staples, G4HGI 58<\/p>\n<h2>Reviews<\/h2>\n<p>Book review, Giles Read, G1MFG 65<\/p>\n<h2>Technical Features<\/h2>\n<p>Acronyms and abbreviations 90<br \/>\nDesign notes, Andy Talbot, G4JNT 46<br \/>\nHomebrew, Eamon Skelton, EI9GQ 18<br \/>\nMultiband inverted V antennas, the downsides, Dr Brian Austin, G0GSF 72<br \/>\nMultimeter breakout box, Geoff Theasby, G8BMI 44<br \/>\nRejecting broadcast station interference, Dr Bob Whelan, G3PJT 68<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<p>Arkwright youngsters get a taste of amateur radio 66<br \/>\nAutumn dates for your diary 53<br \/>\nGB0WN for British Science Week, Adam Hicks, M6OLT 48<br \/>\nSOS Radio Week 42<br \/>\nTaking part in the 1.8MHz WAB contest, Ian Moth, G4MBD 40<br \/>\nTrying your hand in the new 2m FM Activity Contests 24<\/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 Handheld operation\u2014trying your hand in the new 2m FM activity contests. News and Reports Around Your Region \u2013 Club events calendar 83 Around [&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-17356","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\/17356","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=17356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}