RSGB National Convention 2016
Thanks to all those who came along to the lecture and workshops yesterday at Kents Hill. I found the day very worthwhile and interesting, and it was good to meet you all. I can only apologise for delays caused later in the day while I had to nip off to collect awards!
Within the next few days I will be posting a new page on this site supporting the E Field Active Antenna Probe (at the moment I am finalising some of the documentation), and I’ll also post the slides from yesterdays presentation at http://g4hup.com/Biblio.htm You can also find the slides and information from previous years presentations on SMD in this location.
![Participants busy at the morning workshop](http://huprf.com/huprf/wp-content/uploads/Wkshp-1.jpg)
![..and another group in the afternoon session](http://huprf.com/huprf/wp-content/uploads/Wkshp-3.jpg)
hupRF has been invited to return and hold some more workshops on SMD practice. There will be three workshop sessions during the day, after a talk in the first time-slot.
The talk will start at 09:45 lasting until 10:30. The first practical workshop will be from 11:00 (just after coffee) until 12:15. After lunch, there will be two more workshop sessions, from 13:45 till 14:45 and 15:00 till 16:00. Please use the form below to identify which session you would prefer to attend. Booking is strongly recommended to make sure that you have a place at a time that suits you.
There will be a new project for the SMD construction activity this year – an Active Antenna. This small unit will allow you to receive signals across the MF & HF range using your SDR or a conventional receiver. As with all Active Antennas, it is an Rx only device – it is NOT suitable for transmit!
![This is what you will build in the workshop sessions](http://huprf.com/huprf/wp-content/uploads/EFP3_sm.jpg)
![And this is what it looks like with the hardware kit (Probe enclosure not shown)](http://huprf.com/huprf/wp-content/uploads/EFP_2.jpg)
The Project has two parts – the Active Antenna itself, and the DC power feed circuit to provide the 12V to power the antenna.