Ofcom has released its final decisions following its consultation on the amateur radio licensing framework last year. You can read more on the Ofcom website: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2024/amateur-radio-more-freedom-to-innovate We will continue to release information and support for radio amateurs as we all adapt to these licence changes.
The presentation Steve’s presentation will provide: A brief history of the HAARP program RF systems Designs Construction of the facility Examples of Operations at the HAARP site About the presenter Steve was the full-time HAARP Chief Designer and Chief Engineer for 18 years, and he is now the part-time HAARP Chief Engineer. Watch live Tonight@8 […]
The Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) met four times during January. It has released these key messages from those meetings: Syllabus v1.5 has been re-written in Word format to allow a comparison with v1.6 Feedback from Ian White, GM3SEK was received about the EMF questions. This was discussed, most of his recommendations were agreed […]
A busy year has seen several online RSGB Spectrum Forum meetings. Two meetings held in January considered the Ofcom notice period for ‘representations’ and areas where band plan adjustments would be needed, as well as more regular items such as annual group reports. The RSGB website now has these details online. The RSGB’s reply to Ofcom […]
The theme of British Science Week this year is Time. Both time and the closely related concept of frequency, are of vital importance to radio communications. The RSGB has announced a new challenge for British Science Week linked to this theme. The challenge has categories for every age group and the winner of each group […]
Following its meeting in January 2024, the RSGB Board has shared these key messages from that meeting: Board noted that 2,232 candidates had taken exams in 2023: 1,500 at Foundation, 416 at Intermediate, 289 at Full and 27 at Direct-to-Full level. The Society also issued 78 Foundation candidate numbers for successful cadet exam passes. The number […]
The outcome of the 2024 Board and Regional Team election process has been announced by the RSGB Company Secretary and Elections Officer, Stephen Purser, GW4SHF. These results come into force at the RSGB 2024 AGM and, until that time, the current Regional Representatives remain in their roles. The announcement also contains news of the Nominated […]
As previously announced, the amateur radio licence examinations will need to change to reflect the changes to the licence conditions announced by Ofcom. The scale of the licence changes will have a significant impact on Section 1 of the syllabus (licensing) and a small impact on Section 7 (operating). Ofcom is currently reviewing representations and […]
RSGB Region 5 covers the West Midlands area of England, from Staffordshire to the Welsh borders and down to Gloucestershire. The RSGB is looking for three volunteers to take up the roles of DR52 (Central and East Birmingham), DR53 (Shropshire, North Worcestershire and West Birmingham) and DR54 (Gloucestershire, Hereford and South Worcestershire). If you live […]
The RSGB’s next Tonight @ 8 live webinar is on Monday, 5 February 2024. Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL will present Propagation at HF: What Can we Learn Using Digital Modes WSPR and FST4W? Gwyn is an associate member of the RSGB Propagation Studies Committee and will present some new and exciting research. You can watch and ask […]
