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Choose a month ... November 2008 December 2008

About RadCom
The Radio Society of Great Britain Members' magazine is sent
free every month to 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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6RSGB Matters
Colin Thomas, G3PSM, looks back
as his first
year as RSGB President—and we hear from his
‘better’
half too.

8IARU Region 1 Conference
A summary of
conference matters and how they affect
UK radio amateurs.

12News
All the amateur radio news including
club news.

20RSGB Public Service
Public Service and
RAYNET in 2008.

66Icom IC-7200
Peter Hart, G3SJX looks at this new HF &
50MHz transceiver.

74W2IYH audio processors
An audio equaliser, audio processor and
interface box come under the scrutiny of Edward Rule, G3FEW.

77Book Review
The best books from the RSGB in 2008.

29Competition
Three VX-8 triple band handhelds
up for grabs thanks to the generosity of Yaesu UK.

42HF NFD Report
Quin Collier, G3WRR reports on
this year’s contest. The number of entries was up but conditions were poor
and scores down on last year.

60QSL Bureau
Richard Limebear, G3RWL, gives an
insight into his days working for the RSGB QSL bureau.

78MW5W – 5/9 CQ Zone 14
Chris Colclough, G1VDP
describes how a group of like-minded amateurs went about putting on a
contest station in Wales.

803DA0 DXpedition
David Hutchinson, GI3FUM
talks about getting the first Swaziland JOTA station on the air.

38Short Circuits
A PIC-powered precision pointer for your
rotator.

44Understanding propagation
Eighty metres is band of the month.

51Homebrew
Homebrew transceivers can work well, writes
Eamon Skelton, EI9GQ

57Measuring speech intelligibility
Mike Bedford, G4AEE, supports the
Modified
Rhyme Test.

64In Practice
In the first of a two-part article Ian White,
GM3SEK, looks at safety when building HV PSUs.

34

Antennas

Peter Dodd, G3LDO

71

ATV

Trevor Brown, G8CJS

84

Club Calendar,
helplines

26

GHz Bands

Sam Jewell, G4DDK

22

HF

Don Field, G3XTT

88

Members Ads, Silent Keys, Rallies & Events, GB
Calls & Congratulations

21

Portable

Richard Newstead, G3CWI

72

Sport Radio

Tim Kirby, G4VXE

92

The Last Word

24

VHF/UHF

Norman Fitch, G3FPK

32

Whatever Next

Steve White, G3ZVW

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