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RSGB 'Tonight @ 8' Webinars
A reminder to all that the RSGB webinar series on a whole range of radio-related topics continues. Each episode will also be made available to re-watch on YouTube soon after it has been streamed live.
Not wishing to be unkind to Heather, but the last presentation she did for the RSGB on GNU Radio Companion was a complete shambles (mainly, it has to be said, due to software issues) so I hope this one goes a lot better. I'll be watching for sure. I'm a complete noob when it comes to Arduino programming, and I'm currently working my way through various YouTube courses and tutorials, so I really do hope it's useful.
Now, how do I turn this bloomin' LED off? 
digitalWrite(ledPin,HIGH);How to get started in software construction and where it can lead you, by Heather Lomond M0HMO
All you need to get started in software construction is a personal computer (Windows, Linux, Mac – they’ll all do), some spare time and, if you want to make a ‘thing’ then some loose change.
There are three easy and virtually free routes into writing your own programs: develop applications that run on your PC using the free Qt environment; write programs to run on one of the Arduino boards (£3 from China plus a USB cable) using the free Arduino application; or go for the middle ground with a Raspberry PI (around £40) and a wi-fi connection.
Heather will take you through the setup for each of these and show you just how easy it is to go from flashing an LED through developing an ATV receiver to producing a fully-featured windows PC application such as her Mapper entry in the RSGB construction competition.
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Goodbye 2021 with your depressing Omicron variant and your foreign travel restrictions, and hello to 2022, where I can confidently predict that things will be a lot better unless something else bad happens.
Something good that is definitely happening this Friday evening is a talk on the life and times of Guglielmo Marconi - the inventor of radio and joint Nobel Prize winner for Physics in 1909. Not just a brilliant scientist, but also successful entrepreneur and businessman. Friday will see part one of this enlightening presentation which will be delivered in three half-hour instalments over three club nights, with time allocated for Q&As after each one.
Please join us either in person at the hall, or on Zoom, where we will hopefully be able to stream the event live and subsequently upload it to our YouTube channel.
Phil has put a lot of work into this, so please support the event if you can.
Happy new year!
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Congratulations
Terry, G0SWS of Mablethorpe fame announced that he became engaged to Hilary on Christmas Day!
As your President and on behalf of all MSARS members and friends I wish Hilary and Terry a long and happy life together.
Some wonderful news to brighten up the New Year!
Ken G3WYN
President, MSARS
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The MSARS lunchtime net will again move to the 15m band for tomorrow (Friday) at 13:30 - but this time the frequency will be 21.345 MHz +/- QRM.
If this works out well, then the net will switch to operating on that frequency for all of next week to allow a more assiduous examination of the improving band conditions.
Update
Ken has confirmed the move to 21.345 for next week. Beyond that, we'll have to see.
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Had a phone call this afternoon from Franco Nardone IV3BMV who you might remember has visited us at Cyprus Hall a few times when he comes over to visit his Grandchildren. He's here in Burgess Hill till the New Year. Franco regularly listens for our lunchtime nets but the propagation does not allow him to join in. I have worked him once or twice on 40m CW after making a sked with him.
He also reads our website and keeps up to date with what MSARS are doing (so should you all). He sends his best wishes to all MSARS members for a Relaxing Christmas and a Peaceful and Healthy New Year.
Grazie Franco e un felice Natale a te e alla tua famiglia da MSARS.
Ken G3WYN
