{"id":46010,"date":"2026-03-13T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=46010"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:54:19","slug":"13-april-building-a-remote-station-by-john-warburton-g4irn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/tonight-at-eight-archive\/2026\/03\/13\/13-april-building-a-remote-station-by-john-warburton-g4irn\/","title":{"rendered":"8 June &#8211; Building a remote station by John Warburton, G4IRN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The presentation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">John, G4IRN moved to rural Shropshire in 2020, where conservation area restrictions led him to develop a fully remote HF contest and DX station. His presentation outlines the search for a suitable site and the key technical and operational lessons gained from several years of remote operation over internet and 4G links.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About the presenter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">John Warburton, G4IRN, entered amateur radio in 1979 after passing the exam and <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/morse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Morse<\/strong> <\/a>test while still at school\u2014an experience that sparked a lifelong passion for HF operating, particularly on CW. After an early career in air traffic engineering, John completed a degree in Computer Science and went on to work as a freelance IT consultant for much of his professional life. Now retired in Shropshire, he focuses on HF DXing and contesting, and will be one of the competitors at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrtc2026.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WRTC<\/strong> <\/a>when it is hosted in the UK later this year. John is a member of RSGB, CDXC, GMDX, CW Ops, FOC, Three A&#8217;s Contest Group, Echelford Amateur Radio Society and Salop Amateur Radio Society.<\/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\/u0RmCO3on88\" 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 John, G4IRN moved to rural Shropshire in 2020, where conservation area restrictions led him to develop a fully remote HF contest and DX station. His presentation outlines the search for a suitable site and the key technical and operational lessons gained from several years of remote operation over internet and 4G links. About [&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-46010","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\/46010","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=46010"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46492,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46010\/revisions\/46492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}