The presentation Since the 2017 Solar Eclipse QSO Party, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI), has been bringing together amateur radio operators and professional space scientists to develop new and innovative ways to study space weather and its impacts on the ionosphere and radio propagation. In this presentation, we show results from the 2023 […]
Girlguiding groups will be celebrating World Thinking Day on the Air this weekend so listen out for them and encourage the young operators. To highlight the opportunities for young people to get involved in amateur radio activities, this week the RSGB has published two new videos that celebrate the fantastic ISS contact and STEM day […]
Despite continuing challenges nationally and across the world during 2024, the amateur radio community stayed strong and the RSGB supported it. The RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB wrote his annual feature A Year in Numbers for the March 2025 RadCom and shared some great things to celebrate, in which RSGB HQ staff often led […]
Following its meeting in January, the RSGB Board has shared these key messages: 2024 Membership: At the end of 2024 the total number of RSGB members stood at 20,401 which is a nett fall of 153 members or 0.74% in the year. However membership is slightly higher than it was in 2014. As the budget assumption […]
We are delighted to announce details of the amateur radio activity that the RSGB has provided for the British Science Week 2025 Community Pack. The RSGB Outreach Team, working with the RSGB Comms Team, submitted two activities on this year’s theme of ‘Change and adapt’ and one was chosen for the BSW Community Pack. Created […]
We don’t have any vacancies at the moment but we will be advertising some roles soon, so keep an eye on our comms channels and on this page!
The presentation Lee will look at the prerequisites of construction, as well as the pros and cons about different types of construction. Following this he will look at what to do when you’ve built a project but it doesn’t work, including method, understanding some simple circuits and basic use of a DMM, your expectations, and […]
The RSGB 2025 elections process has begun, and nominations are open for a range of volunteer roles. The RSGB’s President John McCullagh, GI4BWM will reach the end of his second year as President at the AGM and so will stand down. There are also two Elected Board Director vacancies. The Board is looking for people […]
Following its meeting in November, the RSGB Board has shared these key messages: Exams – work to revise the question bank continues. The online question challenge portal is in testing OAS – details of four cases dealt with by OAS were reported Trophies – the Trophy presentations at the Convention had gone well. The issue of […]
The presentation This presentation is all about the RSGB’s GB2RS news service that celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025. Over 100 volunteers broadcast the RSGB news every Sunday across the amateur bands, using a variety of modes. There’s a look back at the pioneering days of the early broadcasts, before coming right up to date […]
