{"id":32642,"date":"2023-07-27T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=32642"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T12:31:09","slug":"radcom-basics-may-2023-edition-34-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/publications\/radcom-basics-html5\/2023\/07\/27\/radcom-basics-may-2023-edition-34-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RadCom Basics, May 2023, Edition 34"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgbmembers.services\/login?id=6016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32271 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/05\/Edition-34-Final-26.05.23_cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/05\/Edition-34-Final-26.05.23_cover.png 500w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/05\/Edition-34-Final-26.05.23_cover-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/05\/Edition-34-Final-26.05.23_cover-106x150.png 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Using FT8 and the Reverse Beacons to gauge HF propagation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>James Stevens, M0JCQ has put together a step-by-step guide to help you use the Reverse Beacon Network to gauge band conditions and his results speak for themselves\u2014have a go yourself!<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>In this edition&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>12 Repairing circuit board tracks \u2013 Part 1<\/strong><br \/>\nHere are a couple of ways to repair circuit board tracks that Lee, G4EJB has used on numerous occasions, even breaking some tracks to illustrate how simple repairs can be made<\/li>\n<li><strong>20 A simple indoor antenna for 160m<\/strong><br \/>\nThe idea of having a 160m vertical in the loft may sound incredible, but here\u2019s a design by Roger Lapthorn, G3XBM that he has used for many years with some respectable WSPR results<\/li>\n<li><strong>Basic fault-finding \u2013 Part 5<\/strong><br \/>\nLee, G4EJB revisits the DC amplifier to show an example of a fault that could catch you out. Then the DC amplifier is developed into an audio amplifier and how to fault-find with very basic test equipment or even less<\/li>\n<li><strong>34 The doublet antenna<\/strong><br \/>\nA warm welcome to Tim Hier, G5TM who provides a very detailed and practical insight into the under-estimated doublet antenna for the HF bands.<\/li>\n<li><strong>26 Having fun on the 10m band<\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing on from James Stevens, M0JCQ\u2019s excellent 10m antenna article, here are the results\u2014James shares his success story<\/li>\n<li><strong>41 Index of RadCom Basics articles, editions 1 to 34<\/strong><br \/>\nProvides you with an up-to-date reference to all <em>RadCom Basics<\/em> articles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Download<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgbmembers.services\/login?id=6017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Radcom Basics May 2023, Edition 34<\/strong><\/a> (45-page\/8MB PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using FT8 and the Reverse Beacons to gauge HF propagation James Stevens, M0JCQ has put together a step-by-step guide to help you use the Reverse Beacon Network to gauge band conditions and his results speak for themselves\u2014have a go yourself! In this edition&#8230; 12 Repairing circuit board tracks \u2013 Part 1 Here are a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radcom-basics-html5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32642","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=32642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}