{"id":35856,"date":"2024-11-22T21:40:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=35856"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:41:13","slug":"the-past-and-the-future-rsgb-releases-more-convention-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2024\/11\/22\/the-past-and-the-future-rsgb-releases-more-convention-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"The past and the future: Convention presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The RSGB continues to share some great presentations from its recent <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>annual Convention<\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The two this week look back to the important history of amateur radio and contrast that with how amateur radio might be influenced by modern technology. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-presidents\/rsgb-life-vice-presidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Don Beattie, G3BJ<\/strong><\/a> discussed the very different amateur radio environment of 1924, and the history and events of that momentous month,\u00a0<\/span>and the history and events of October that year when the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb2nz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> first two-way trans-global radio communication<\/strong><\/a> between the UK and New Zealand took place. This centenary celebration is just one of a range of activities that have included <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/radcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RadCom<\/strong> <\/a>articles and a <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/rsgb-notices\/2024\/10\/24\/re-enactment-of-goyder-bell-contact-as-part-of-centenary-celebrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>re-enactment of the contact at Mill Hill School<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In his presentation on using AI to write simple amateur radio applications, RSGB <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Board<\/strong> <\/a>Chair Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX considers how using AI software can improve productivity and bring the ability to write effective software within the reach of more people. This presentation is being released separately as part of the RSGB\u2019s focus on encouraging coding and programming activities amongst the amateur radio community. You can find a range of coding resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/coding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">To watch both the presentations, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thersgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> and choose the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLmtHS6LSBybY8kX9XDB4htm5hh8afJTXg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB 2024 Convention\u2019 playlist<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB continues to share some great presentations from its recent annual Convention. The two this week look back to the important history of amateur radio and contrast that with how amateur radio might be influenced by modern technology. Don Beattie, G3BJ discussed the very different amateur radio environment of 1924, and the history and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35856","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\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35862,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35856\/revisions\/35862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}