M0PIE

The word was that Yaesu was to release a sophisticated version of the FT-817, beloved of the QRP community. But the expected release date came and went and eventually the replacement came in two forms, a low power FTX-1 Field with a 100W add-on, making it the FTX-1 Optima. At our April meeting last night Richard, G3UGF, explained the reason behind the birth of the SDR radio and its twin PA, assessing their features and performance in an excellent illustrated talk, delivered with insight and...

We are very grateful to Mark, M7IXY, for his talk to the club covering the history of Huddersfield hospital radio and how he became involved many years ago. He showed many photos of celebrity visitors to the station and provided plenty of technical details, including how they used fixed lines from the post office to transmit to various locations and how they have now migrated to an online service. At one time one very popular segment was the live broadcast from the local football stadium,...

At our monthly meeting last night, David, M0RIU, set out to persuade us of the merits of the Linux computer operating system. He's clearly a big fan, but he didn't have to try too hard to sell its capabilities in his lively and entertaining presentation. It emerged that: Linux is considered better than Windows for stability, security, privacy, and performance. It’s open-source and free. It runs almost any software that Windows can. It can be installed on old computers. It's flexible and...