{"id":1372,"date":"2025-04-03T06:49:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliangamble.com\/blog\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:53:49","slug":"wed-2-april-national-radio-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliangamble.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/03\/wed-2-april-national-radio-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed 2 April – National Radio Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I step outside I see the bins queued up. Recycling (in this council) appears to be partitioned into cardboard\/paper separated from cans and bottles, in addition to green waste and regular waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a kind of celebration of ham and amateur radio over the last 100 years – in a way that is educational about how radio works. They relate the theme of radio to how mobile phones have 5 different radio transmitters in them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


They link this to Bletchley Park by talking about WWII volunteers who listened to Morse code that was unusual, first within the UK and then overseas.\u00a0(My speculation is that ‘unusual’ morse code is that not in English, or coded, or just unfamiliar.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are morse code transmitters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They talk about thermionic\u00a0 valve manufacturing in the UK as a successful enterprise. The replaced by transistors the business declined and transitioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a detailed description of how radio works with interactive exhibits.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They talk about the future of radio, in smart radio to make best use of limited bandwidth, nano medicine in taking smart pills that communicate externally and wearable technology in AI to project the virtual world in a way we can experience with our fingertips.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Then there is an amateur radio section. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They have a geosynchronous satellite over Africa to broadcast television that this facility has the ability to broadcast off on a radio ham frequency band . The OSCAR-100. It was launched in 2018.\u00a0 It was paid for by the Sultan of Jordan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way out you see a type-writer that generates Morse code on strips (and broadcasts them).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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