{"id":24122,"date":"2020-01-24T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=24122"},"modified":"2022-05-17T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:05:00","slug":"radcom-february-2020-vol-96-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/publications\/radcom\/2020\/01\/24\/radcom-february-2020-vol-96-no-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RadCom February 2020, Vol. 96, No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgbmembers.services\/login?id=5841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6156 alignright\" title=\"To read this edition, tap or click here\" src=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/images\/radcom\/covers\/2020\/February-2020.png\" alt=\"Cover image: QO-100 satellite ground station antenna at Bochum observatory. Courtesy of AMSAT-DL President Peter, DB2OS. Design by Kevin Williams, M6CYB.\" width=\"198\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><strong>Calling OSCAR Phase 4\u2014Kuhne\u2019s top-class QO-100 up- and downconverters reviewed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To read this edition, tap or click cover image <\/strong><\/em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21653\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2019\/01\/key-icon.png\" alt=\"Membership Services login required to access this resource\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>News and Reports<\/h3>\n<p>Around Your Region \u2013 Club events calendar 84<br \/>\nAround Your Region \u2013 Events roundup 88<br \/>\nNew products 14<br \/>\nNews 11<br \/>\nRSGB 2020 band plan 28<br \/>\nRSGB Honour Roll 22<br \/>\nRSGB Matters 6<br \/>\nSpecial Interest Groups News 16<\/p>\n<h3>Regulars<\/h3>\n<p>Advertisers\u2019 index 93<br \/>\nAntennas, Mike Parkin, G0JMI 18<br \/>\nContesting, Steve White, G3ZVW 83<br \/>\nGHz bands, Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO 77<br \/>\nHF, Martin Atherton, G3ZAY 72<br \/>\nLF, Dave Pick, G3YXM 70<br \/>\nMembers\u2019 ads 94<br \/>\nPropagation, Gwyn Williams, G4FKH 96<br \/>\nRallies and events 95<br \/>\nSilent Keys 95<br \/>\nThe Last Word 97<br \/>\nVHF\/UHF, Simon Hawley, GM8ZKU 74<\/p>\n<h3>Reviews<\/h3>\n<p>Book review, Giles Read, G1MFG and Mike Parkin, G0JMI 53<br \/>\nKuhne 2400MHz upconverter and 10GHz downconverter,<br \/>\nJohn C. Worsnop, G4BAO 38<br \/>\nXiegu G90 HF multi-mode transceiver, Steve White, G3ZVW 60<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Bushvalley ARC profile 17<br \/>\nFT4: Try data contesting with a difference, Nick Totterdell, G4FAL 25<br \/>\nSOTA G\/LD weekend, Mark Wickens, M0NOM 44<\/p>\n<h3>Technical Features<\/h3>\n<p>Data, Andy Talbot, G4JNT 37<br \/>\nDesign notes, Andy Talbot, G4JNT 46<br \/>\nDouble-double magnetic loop,<br \/>\nJack Purdum, W8TEE and Al Peter, AC8GY 64<br \/>\nEMC, Dr David Lauder, G0SNO 54<br \/>\nNavigating the Smith Chart, Michael J. Toia, K3MT 80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling OSCAR Phase 4\u2014Kuhne\u2019s top-class QO-100 up- and downconverters reviewed To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports Around Your Region \u2013 Club events calendar 84 Around Your Region \u2013 Events roundup 88 New products 14 News 11 RSGB 2020 band plan 28 RSGB Honour Roll 22 RSGB Matters 6 Special [&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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-radcom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24122","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=24122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}