{"id":43299,"date":"2026-02-01T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=43299"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:18:53","slug":"2-february-2026-using-the-rsgbs-online-hf-propagation-tools-with-steve-nichols-g0kya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/tonight-at-eight-archive\/2026\/02\/01\/2-february-2026-using-the-rsgbs-online-hf-propagation-tools-with-steve-nichols-g0kya\/","title":{"rendered":"2 February 2026 &#8211; Using the RSGB\u2019s online HF propagation tools with Steve Nichols, G0KYA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The presentation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Just a few years ago, you needed a PC and a dedicated program to produce propagation predictions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Now everything you need is online. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Steve Nichols, G0KYA <\/span>shows you how to tailor your predictions to suit your particular station, including selecting the right mode, power, noise levels, antennas, and exact location.<\/p>\n<p>He also looks at the history of propagation prediction programs.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About the presenter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Steve, G0KYA is the Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/propagation-studies-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB Propagation Studies Committee<\/strong><\/a>, with an interest in HF and the ionosphere.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote the RSGB book <em>Radio Propagation Explained<\/em>, prepares the<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/gb2rs\/propagation-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> weekly propagation segment for GB2RS<\/strong><\/a>, and is a regular speaker\u00a0at RSGB conventions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Watch live<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Tonight@8<\/em>\u00a0webinars are live-streamed on our<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/7RyvlwDKerQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/live\/rsgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special BATC channel<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0allowing you to watch the presentations and ask questions online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presentation Just a few years ago, you needed a PC and a dedicated program to produce propagation predictions. Now everything you need is online. Steve Nichols, G0KYA shows you how to tailor your predictions to suit your particular station, including selecting the right mode, power, noise levels, antennas, and exact location. He also looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43299","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\/43299","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=43299"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47108,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43299\/revisions\/47108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}