CW History – Canadian Pacific Morse Code
While on holiday in Canada a few years ago, we visited the Revelstoke Railway Museum in Revelstoke, British Colombia. (It’s a great museum where you can...
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Path profiles from Google Earth
Sometimes its really useful to see if there is high ground blocking the path to another amateur. You can do this easily and for free using...
Uri, G0BBB, awarded for Services to DX Picnickers
The BBRC Committee recently decided to give a special Lifetime Achievement Award to Uri, G0BBB, for Service to DX Picnickers. Uri has generously hosted BBRC DX...
Easy moonbounce
OK I’ll be honest. This is the result of a couple of days playing around seeing if I could pick up signals bouncing off the moon....
Detecting meteors with 2m ssb gear
You can easily detect meteors with a 2m SSB rig (or an SDR) that will tune down to 143.049 MHz USB and ideally have a 2m...
NanoVNA – the £30 handheld 900 MHz VNA
Update Nov 2019 £47 – NanoVNA’s are now available on Ebay for as little as £29.75!! At this price they don’t include SMA cables but you...
SSTV with a mag mount
Gabor, M0LPZ, recently had success receiving HF SSTV signals when /p using his FT817 and a Sirio ex-CB mag mount antenna. The antenna has been cut...
Avoid QRM – go camping
Editors note – This article is based on an email from John, G0GCL, who finds he can work better DX by operating /p. He’s often joined...
Add BBRC & contests to Google calendar
Want the club meetings and/or the RSGB UKAC/FMAC VHF & HF contests on your Android device? Did you know you can add them to your Google calendar?Here’s how to do so in a...
That’ll Never Work
I thought it might be interesting to share an experience from the recent trip to Cornwall which illustrated rather well that it’s always worth giving an...
