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RadCom (Radio Communication) is sent free every month to Corporate Members of the Radio Society of Great Britain. It has the largest amateur radio readership in the UK and is respected throughout the World.

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6          RSGB Matters
Peter Kirby brings us up to date on Society news

8          News
All the amateur radio news

11        Club news

12        Radio Communications Foundation
More on exam conduct from Alan Betts, G0HIQ

Sport Radio

46        SSB Field Day 2007
The full results of this club portable event by Alan Hydes, G3XSV

50        IOTA contest report
Don Field, G3XTT reports on last year’s record-breaking RSGB contest

61        Sport Radio Roundup
Sixteen pages of contest results from Tim Kirby, G4VXE

90        Sport Radio
The regular look at the sport radio scene by Tim Kirby, G4VXE

Construction

20        Homebrew
Eamon Skelton, EI9GQ, builds some simple test equipment

98        Project decals
Chris Pearson, M0JRQ, helps you give projects that professional touch

Reviews

14        Kuhne Electronics MKU10 G3 10GHz transverter
GHz Bands columnist Sam Jewell, G4DDK, puts this new 3cm transverter through its paces

40        Outbacker Joey
Steve White, G3ZVW looks at this highly portable HF-VHF antenna

78        RigExpert AA200 Antenna Analyser
Chris Lorek, G4HCL checks out this handheld LF-VHF measuring device

88        Morphy Richards 27024
DRM for the domestic environment, writes Giles Read, G1MFG

70        Book review

Features

26        Getting started in CQ-100
Not-quite-radio via a virtual ionosphere – all is explained by Roger Dowling, G3NKH

60        Science Week
We take a look at how amateurs helped make Science Week special

82        Cave radio
Radio doesn’t go through solid rock, right? Not quite so, explains Mike Bedford, G4AEE, in the first half of a two-part article

Regulars

18        Antennas, Peter Dodd, G3LDO
30        Portable, Richard Newstead, G3CWI
32        HF, Don Field, G3XTT
34        VHF/UHF, Norman Fitch, G3FPK
38        GHz Bands, Sam Jewell, G4DDK
42        SDR, Steve Ireland, VK6VZ and Phil Harman, VK6APH
59        ATV, Trevor Brown, G8CJS
87        Whatever Next, Steve White, G3ZVW
94        In Practice, Ian White, GM3SEK
100      Club Calendar
102      Propagation, Gwyn Williams, G4KFH, Helplines
104      Members Ads, Silent Keys, Rallies & Events, GB Calls and Congratulations
108      The Last Word

 

 


 


NOTICES TO RADCOM READERS

Copyright Radio Society of Great Britain, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Radio Society of Great Britain.

Errors and Omissions

Whilst the Radio Society of Great Britain (the publisher) takes all reasonable care in the production of RadCom, we can accept no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies or omissions contained within the magazine or any subsequent loss arising from any use thereof. Reliance placed on the contents of RadCom is at the reader's own risk. We urge any reader to take all precautions appropriate to avoid any loss or damage to equipment and ensure the personal safety of themselves and others when using material contained in RadCom. It should be also noted that patent or copyright protection may exist in relation to any items within this magazine. The RSGB does not accept any responsibility for failing to identify any such patents, copyright or any other protection.

Readers are also reminded that the use of radio transmission and reception equipment (including scanning) is subject to licensing and the erection of external aerials may be subject to local authority planning regulations.

Advertisements

Although RSGB staff and the staff of Danby Advertising (its Advertising Agent) take reasonable precautions to protect the interests of readers by ensuring as far as practicable that advertisements in the pages of RadCom are bona fide, the magazine and its publisher, the RSGB, cannot accept any undertaking in respect of claims made by advertisers, whether these advertisements are printed as part of the magazine, or are in the form of inserts. Under no circumstances will the magazine accept liability for non-receipt of goods ordered, late delivery, or faults in manufacture. Legal remedies are available in respect of some of these circumstances, and readers who have complaints should address them to the advertiser or should consult a local Trading Standards Office, a Citizens' Advice Bureau, or their own solicitors. The publishers make no representation, express or implied, that equipment advertised conforms with any legal requirements of the Electro Magnetic Compatibility Regulations 1992. Readers should note that prices advertised may not be accurate due to currency exchange rate fluctuatons, or tax changes.


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