{"id":31171,"date":"2023-03-15T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=31171"},"modified":"2023-07-05T11:55:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T10:55:02","slug":"6-march-microwave-contesting-by-barry-lewis-g4sjh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/tonight-at-eight-archive\/2023\/03\/15\/6-march-microwave-contesting-by-barry-lewis-g4sjh\/","title":{"rendered":"6 March 2023 &#8211; Microwave Contesting by Barry Lewis, G4SJH"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-SOPfCpvcsk?start=201\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Barry&#8217;s presentation<\/h4>\n<p>Barry Lewis, G4SJH, RSGB Microwave Manager, will talk about taking part in microwave and millimetre wave band contests at 23cm and above.<\/p>\n<p>The frequency bands, organised contest activity sessions, special rules and equipment aspects will be covered.<\/p>\n<p>Although similar to contesting in the VHF and UHF bands, some aspects bring additional challenges and these will be discussed along with the awards and trophies that can be won.<\/p>\n<h4>About Barry<\/h4>\n<p>Barry is the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/honorary-officers\/microwave-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB&#8217;s Microwave Manager<\/strong><\/a>. He is also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaru.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IARU<\/strong><\/a> WRC23 AI9.1b Lead.<\/p>\n<h4>Find out more<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/technical\/microwaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB microwave information and video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microwavers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK Microwave Group<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; includes UK contest calendar and beacon information<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microwaves101.com\/encyclopedias\/microwave-amateur-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>US-focused but helpful information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dj5ar.de\/?page_id=2502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Information on European activity (all bands not just microwave<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icomuk.co.uk\/IC-905-Availability\/2\/3408\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ICOM IC 905 information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbshop.org\/acatalog\/Microwave-Know-How-498.html#SID=11\">Microwave Know How<\/a><\/strong>, edited by Andy Barter, G8ATD<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbshop.org\/acatalog\/International-Microwave-Handbook---2nd-Edition-388.html#SID=11\">International Microwave Handbook (2nd edition)<\/a><\/strong>, edited by Andy Barter, G8ATD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbshop.org\/acatalog\/Microwave-projects-2-198.html#SID=11\"><strong>Microwave Projects 2<\/strong><\/a>, by Andy Barter, G8ATD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry&#8217;s presentation Barry Lewis, G4SJH, RSGB Microwave Manager, will talk about taking part in microwave and millimetre wave band contests at 23cm and above. The frequency bands, organised contest activity sessions, special rules and equipment aspects will be covered. Although similar to contesting in the VHF and UHF bands, some aspects bring additional challenges and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tonight-at-eight-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31171","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\/20358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}