RSGB Examinations Standards Committee Report Published

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The RSGB Examinations Standards Committee has published its 2021 annual report which covers activities in 2020.

Despite the challenges of Covid, the Committee was quick to approve and support proposals for changes to the exam system, such as approving online remote invigilation and the suspension of practical assessments. This allowed people to continue to take exams and get involved in amateur radio during lockdown.

The total number of exams administered by the RSGB Examinations Department in 2020 increased by 41.9 percent compared to the previous year.

RSGB Examinations Standards Committee Report - https://thersgb.org/publications/committees/esc/2021/211203_esc_annual_report%202021.pdf

Moon bouncing and radar imaging with LoRa

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Moon bouncing and radar imaging with LoRa

The LoRa radio protocol is well known to hardware hackers because of its Long Range (hence the name) but also its extremely low power use, making it a go-to for battery powered devices with tiny antennae. But what if the power wasn’t low, and the antenna not tiny? You might just bounce a LoRa message off the moon. But that’s not all.

The team that pulled off the LoRa Moonbounce consisted of folks from the European Space Agency, Lacuna Space, and the CA Muller Radio Astronomy Station Foundation which operates the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope. The Dwingeloo Radio Telescope is no stranger to Amateur Radio experiments, but this one was unique.

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Videos of G-QRP Convention talks now available

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The G-QRP club has made available the videos of the talks given at this year's G-QRP Convention

The videos are:

  • Charlie, ZL2CTM, talking about his approach to RF Construction

  • Tony, G4WIF, sharing his experiences of building and using RF Test Equipment:

  • Farhan, VU2ESE, talking about his latest BITX transceiver for 2m

  • Steve, G0KYA, sharing his experiences of building and using the End Fed Half Wave antenna:

  • Pete, N6QW, talking about building a valve (tube) transmitter in the 21st century

  • John, M0JAV, sharing the latest information and answering questions about EMF Assessments:

  • Steve, G0FUW, talking about getting started with surface mount devices

  • Michael, G0POT, sharing his experiences of operating from hill tops

  • Roy, W7EL, talking about antenna modelling using EZNEC

  • Anthony, K8ZT, sharing his experiences of operating with QRP

  • Alan, W2AEW, talking about a range of RF test equipment

  • Bonus Session, Operating Panel with Peter, G3XJS and Carl, GW0VSW

Watch the videos on the club's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/GQRPClub/videos