{"id":24716,"date":"2020-04-16T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=24716"},"modified":"2021-05-21T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T10:20:31","slug":"radcom-basics-february-2020-no-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/publications\/radcom-basics\/2020\/04\/16\/radcom-basics-february-2020-no-15\/","title":{"rendered":"RadCom Basics February 2020, No. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2020\/02\/radcom-basics-no15-february-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2020\/02\/radcom-basics-no15-february-2020.png 600w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2020\/02\/radcom-basics-no15-february-2020-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2020\/02\/radcom-basics-no15-february-2020-150x120.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15933 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2016\/03\/key-icon.png\" alt=\"Key icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>In this edition&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/members\/resources\/?id=5848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIn this edition, having fun with the hobby\u2014tea and 1kV don\u2019t mix\u2014and are you making full use of the RSGB? I take another look at the RSGB Members Handbook and find the EMC section comes in very useful!<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/members\/resources\/?id=5849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An introduction to 6m<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe six metre band (50MHz) has a very loyal following around the world. But why?<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/members\/resources\/?id=5850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radio rallies<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are new to the hobby, you may have seen Rallies and Events in RadCom or found the listings on the RSGB website and wondered what are these all about?<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/members\/resources\/?id=5851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The counterpoise<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nYou may have come across the terms <em>ground plane<\/em> or <em>radials<\/em>, but might not have heard the word <em>counterpoise<\/em>\u2014nevertheless, a counterpoise can be a useful weapon in our antenna armoury\u2014so let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/members\/resources\/?id=5852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Index of RadCom Basics articles: editions 1 to 15<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nTo help you find recent articles in RadCom Basics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>About RadCom Basics<\/h3>\n<p><em>RadCom Basics<\/em> is a bi-monthly digital publication for RSGB Members new to amateur radio that explores key aspects of amateur radio in a straightforward and accessible way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition&#8230; Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor In this edition, having fun with the hobby\u2014tea and 1kV don\u2019t mix\u2014and are you making full use of the RSGB? I take another look at the RSGB Members Handbook and find the EMC section comes in very useful! An introduction to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radcom-basics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24716","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=24716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}