Author Archive: Marcus Hazel-McGown

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WX station technical difficulties

Author: 17/02/2016 0 Comments

The Weather station is currently down, due to repairs after storm damage. I will seek to rectify this asap.

Weather

RSGB Region One Manager

Author: 15/02/2016 0 Comments

Well it looks like I got in unopposed http://rsgb.org/main/blog/uncategorized/2016/02/15/elections-2016-unopposed-nominations/

RSGB

The PL259 Plug

Author: 12/02/2016 0 Comments

The original PL259 had a thread of 7/16″ (24 turns per inch) and the insulator between hot and earth was MBR (Mica filled Bakelite) it was invented by a chap called E Clark Quakenbush of Amphenol. This connector was designed…
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When is a BNC not a BNC connector

Author: 12/02/2016 0 Comments

There are many believers that BNC stands for British Naval Connector. This is not True in the slightest- BNC stands for Bayonet Neill–Concelman the inventor, it is a quick connect/disconnect Radio frequency connector of either 50Ω or 75Ω and are…
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Site updates

Author: 21/01/2016 0 Comments

Added a page on 70MHz Yagi (long boom) and Antenna Baying and stacking. Also updated the Nav and edited some pages within the training section

Updates

TS2000X more issues

Author: 07/01/2016 0 Comments

The COM port and Remote head port where not working, seems that the first port of call is the MAX202 converter chip giving power to both

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Happy 2016

Author: 01/01/2016 0 Comments

Well another year gone, and a new one begun, I’ve started the year the way I want it to continue with the Radio on and a horde of QSO’s first one of the year goes to MM3WJZ who was being…
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