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		RadCom back issues 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. Members’ Area When you see click to read article in PDF. 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       Subscribe to RadCom Buy back issues, binders and CD-ROMs Advertise in RadCom

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