The RSGB is getting ready for National Coding Week

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The RSGB is getting ready for National Coding Week which begins on the 16th of September. This national event is in its 11th year and encourages people of all ages to try coding, or programming as it is also called. During the next few days, the RSGB’s Outreach Team will release two new coding activities for you to try on your own, with members of your local club, or at a school or other youth group.

These are in addition to the seven activities the Society shared last year. This is a great opportunity to see how coding can link with your usual amateur radio activities, or for you to try something new. If you are planning an activity or an event, or would like some support, please email the RSGB National Coding Week Coordinator Nigel Thrower, G3YSW via ncw@rsgb.org.uk You can find the coding activities on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/coding

More information - https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/gb2rs-news-scripts/2024/08/30/gb2rs-news-script-for-1-september-2024/

Children's Museum Provides A Spectrum Of Experience

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Children's Museum Provides A Spectrum Of Experience

You may not think of the electromagnetic spectrum as a museum exhibit, but one amateur radio club in Indiana put it on display - and showed it in action - at the Terre Haute Children's Museum recently.

Laurel Tincher, program manager of the Terre Haute Children's Museum, called QRZ, in a manner of speaking and the Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association answered that call. She invited the club to present a day of ham-related activities to showcase the kinds of things amateur radio can do. According to club president Kevin Berlen, K9HX, 100 or so visitors on Saturday the 24th August got that opportunity. They participated in a radio-related scavenger hunt and enjoyed activities that taught them a little more about Morse Code. As the hams made QSOs on SSB using a remote-controlled HF station, the youngsters got a better understanding of what HF propagation can do.

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Transistor Promises Faster, More Energy-Efficient Operation

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A new type of transistor is in the works inside a US campus laboratory. It is resilient and super-fast but, for now, it is still a work in progress.

A new transistor in development inside a Massachusetts laboratory is said to be extremely tough and resilient and offer super-fast switching, while meeting - or even exceeding - industry standards.

Researchers at MIT first announced the transistor's development in 2021 when they published the results of their study which explored the use of an ultra-thin ferroelectric material made from boron nitride. At that time the report was carried in the journal, Science, researchers wrote only of the possibilities.

Now it is a reality. Working inside the laboratory, the scientists created that faster, more energy-efficient transistor and they claim that even after 100 billion switches, there are no signs of degradation. Researchers told Popular Mechanics magazine that, for electronic devices such as computers, this eliminates the need for selective storage on a chip. Scientists also say that boron nitride has another advantage: it remains stable over long periods of time because its polarization can be reversed when there is an electric field.

The next reality - actually manufacturing it - could be a lot tougher. Scientists acknowledged that despite the great gains in this development, they still don't have a way to mass produce it.

More Report - https://www.sciencealert.com/radical-new-super-tough-transistor-could-revolutionize-electronics