Author: Communications Manager

Follow the link below to read the minutes of this meeting. Nominations Committee Meetings held on 3, 14 and 17 May 2023 (1-page/51KB PDF)  

The Nominations Committee met recently and recommended to the Board that Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX be offered for endorsement under Article 33c as a Nominated Director at the 2024 AGM to serve until the 2026 AGM. Stewart had of course already been co-opted to the Board as Chair at the post-AGM Board meeting on 15 […]

As part of ongoing development of the RSGB’s Club Finder service, the Society has launched a searchable map that shows affiliated contest clubs and groups. If you’d like to get involved in a group, you can use the map to search locally and more widely. Depending on the club entry you will be able to […]

The Society is looking for a volunteer to join the RSGB Emerging Technology Coordinating Committee (ETCC), to act as Regional Representative for the central England region. The function of the ETCC is to assist radio amateurs seeking an NoV to operate repeaters, gateways or beacons within the UK. The successful applicant will have broad experience […]

1-7 June 2023 is Volunteers’ Week. This year we’re highlighting our volunteers and what they do in words, photos and a video! Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Society and we want to thank everyone who gives their time and expertise to support the RSGB, and amateur radio, across such a wide range of roles. […]

Three weekends have been identified for some RSGB Beaconnect loop experiments: On 3-4 June 2023 there will be some regional loops and nets On the 10-11 June 2023 there will be an England-only loop and net, based round the activators who have registered for Beaconnect callsigns so far, but the Society would welcome new activators […]

The amateur radio club (M0OHA) at Ormiston Horizon Academy has been running for over five years. Current members in Year 8 and 9 have been working towards taking their Foundation licence exam in July 2023. Here they are getting to grips with block diagrams!  

The amateur radio club at Sandringham School was one of those who hosted the GB22YOTA call sign during December’s YOTA Month. Licensed students operated five separate stations, with other students helping with set up and check logging. Station 1 was a traditional HF station, running a K3 and KPA500 amplifier on SSB 80m to 10m. […]

After the sad loss of Bob Wilkinson, G3VVT, the RSGB’s Emerging Technology Co-ordinating Committee (ETCC) is looking for a volunteer to act as Regional Representative for the North of England region. The function of ETCC is to assist amateurs seeking to operate repeaters, gateways or beacons within the United Kingdom. Under the new licence rules, […]

On Monday, 5 June 2023, Mike Richards, G4WNC will be giving the live presentation Node-RED for Radio Amateurs. Node-RED is a visual programming language that is very powerful but surprisingly easy to use. The language has matured over recent years and has the potential to be a valuable tool for radio amateurs. In this talk, […]