Over the last week or so the RSGB have been releasing a series of videos showing and explaining simple practical tasks that can be undertaken by anyone whether new or old to the hobby.
Aimed at the newly licensed who have come into the hobby through the remote invigilation exam system and might not, due to COVID restrictions, have had the opportunity to consult with other radio hams the content will probably show something new even to old hands at the hobby
There are 6 videos in the series covering:
- A “Slim Jim” antenna constructed from 450Ω ladder line
- Constructing a simple Balun
- Soldering a PL-259 plug to coax feeder
- Tuning a centre fed half wave dipole antenna using a NanoVNA
- Building a simple audio Interface for digi modes
- Building a simple CAT (Computer Aided Transceiver) Interface
These are all relatively short and straight-forward videos that can be viewed individually or as a playlist, a link to the playlist and the individual videos is given below:
- Link to the RSGB YouTube Useful Practical Skills Playlist
Links to the individual videos:
- Slim Jim antenna (7:10)
- Simple balun (7:49)
- Soldering a PL-259 (9:57)
- Tuning a dipole using a NanoVNA (12:28)
- Audio interface (21:12)
- CAT control (21:21)
As you can see the series is about 1 hour 20 minutes in total but the longest individual video is only just over 20 minutes so a couple would fit nicely into a lunch break!
