{"id":2552,"date":"2016-10-13T03:36:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T03:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2016-10-14T19:03:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T19:03:18","slug":"rsgb-convention-2016-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=2552","title":{"rendered":"RSGB Convention 2016 update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Camb-hams<\/a>Myself G0RVM and Peter 2E0UAR attended the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes this year. \u00a0We left Bristol around 15:30hrs but got stuck in jam after jam. \u00a0Towards the end of the journey ‘here comes another set of blue lights’ was becoming a bit of a joke! \u00a0Fortunately we did arrive before the buffet dinner finished. \u00a0It was a close thing tho as there where only a few\u00a0slices of pudding pie left \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

This was my first Convention and I must congratulate the RSGB for such a great event. \u00a0The accommodation was good, the food and conference facilities excellent. \u00a0It was educational to hear talks on a variety of subjects from speakers deeply knowledgeable in their subject. \u00a0Access was free to those under 21yrs too – a great way of incentivising attendance by younger radio amateurs. \u00a0Thank you RSGB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the rooms hosting five parallel lecture streams there was a room with stands by Icom, Kenwood, the RSGB and of course, Martin Lynch who were the prime\u00a0sponsor. \u00a0 \u00a0Outside this room was a rather large trailer tower with HF antennas providing live signals for\u00a0the exhibitors.<\/p>\n

\"Kenwood<\/a>Proudly parked outside the front of the conference centre was Flossie<\/a>, the mobile radio van of Camb-hams<\/a>. \u00a0Protruding through its roof\u00a0was a Clark pneumatic mast with rotary HF dipole. \u00a0The van looked excellent and a great way to get a portable setup to a distant location, setup and on-air with minimum fuss. \u00a0As I have a pneumatic mast also it was good to swap experiences, finding we shared some of the challenges associated to these masts.<\/p>\n

Some of my favourite talks over the weekend were:<\/p>\n

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