We are having an extra Tonight@8 presentation this month so be sure to join us on Monday, 27 September. Voice repeaters have been with us in UK for almost 50 years a lot has changed in that time. We all are aware of repeaters but how many of us have considered what’s involved in getting […]
We have launched a new award to encourage people to use their new handheld and the substantial bandwidth we have at VHF and UHF, as well as— Do more radio-to-radio activity without the assistance of repeaters and internet gateways Be a bridge to other award programmes run by the RSGB (such as the 4-2-70 and […]
Last week RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB was invited to speak online to Stockport Radio Society members. His presentation explained the framework of the RSGB, looked back at the challenges and successes of 2020, and also highlighted the need to support the thousands of new licensees who have joined in the last year. He […]
This week, the RSGB passed the fantastic milestone of 4,000 candidates passing their Foundation licence via remote invigilation. During 2020 the Society implemented remote invigilation in stages for all three licence levels, to enable people to become involved with amateur radio and progress despite the pandemic. The RSGB is delighted that 1,241 candidates have since […]
The Society has just launched a video trailer for this year’s online Convention. It gives a whistle-stop tour of the programme that delighted 3,500 radio amateurs from 24 countries on the day last year, and a taste of what to expect from this year’s event. It is just one minute long so take a […]
The early 1920s saw the dawn of international amateur radio. A series of significant milestones led, over some five years, from no amateur transmission ever having been heard on another continent, to intercontinental two-way communications becoming commonplace. The RSGB will commemorate these historic events by encouraging everyone to get on the air to make QSOs – […]
RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair Murray, G6JYB attended the IARU Region-3 Conference Zoom Prep Meeting on 29 August. It is the first time that the RSGB has been represented at a Region-3 (Asia-Pacific) event in many years and provided useful background for the Region-1 Workshop to be held later in October. Overall there were 61 participants […]
Harjeeth Singh, M7MOH is nine years old and lives in Peterborough. He passed his Foundation licence exam at the end of June 2021. He explains how he became interested in amateur radio: “The first time I found out about electromagnetic waves was from a comic book about an Indian scientist called Jagadis Chandra Bose who […]
Robin, G8VVY was licensed in 1979 and has been a VHF aficionado since those early days as a class B licensee. Although restricted to the bands 2m and higher he was always striving for dx. In the 1980s this meant working into places like Poland, what is now the Czech Republic and former East Germany, […]
We would like to welcome three members to the Regional Team or to new posts within that team: We are delighted that Ron White, G6LTT has been co-opted as Regional Representative 9 until the RSGB 2022 AGM Martin Hallard, G1TYV takes up the role of District Representative 52 (Central and East Birmingham) Leigh Preece, M5GWH […]
