In light of the red and amber weather warnings issued by the Met Office across the UK, Bletchley Park will be closed on Friday 18 February. You will also not be able to visit the RSGB National Radio Centre whilst Bletchley Park is closed. Bletchley Park hopes to open again on Saturday 19 February but […]
The RSGB’s Examinations Standards Committee and Exams and Syllabus Review Group have released the latest version of the Syllabus: Syllabus 2019 version 1.5 New regulations from Ofcom require all UK radio amateurs to comply with the international guidelines for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF). The updated syllabus includes learning points relating to these new […]
We have launched a new set of web pages to draw together the RSGB’s activities for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. More activities are planned and we’ll be adding details to this web section over the coming weeks. To find the information all in one place, head over to www.rsgb.org/jubilee
The Examinations Standards Committee (ESC) and the Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) have published initial results of the Direct to Full survey today as well as information regarding next steps. You can see the update on the Direct to Full Consultation web page on our website.
The results of the nomination process for the 2022 RSGB Board and Regional Team Elections are now on the AGM web page. We will share further details in the April RadCom.
We have just published the Notice of Variation that will enable radio amateurs licensed by Ofcom to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen by using the special RSL ‘Q’. This NoV is available for use throughout June 2022 but you can apply for it now.
We welcome new District Representatives in three regions: In Region 1 Harry Mcdonald, GM1VFR will cover District 12 (Glasgow, Central and Lanarkshire) In Region 3 Iain Nicholson, M0MZR will cover District 32 (Lancashire), Keith Sale, M0JYP will cover District 33 (Greater Manchester) and Les Brown, M0LPB will cover District 34 (Cheshire) In Region 11, Callum […]
The RSGB would like to thank Rob Evered, G2RE and Emily Groves, M7MLE for their volunteering on behalf of the Society. Rob volunteered as the Youth Champion and Emily was Chair of the Legacy Committee. She has stood down due to her greatly increased personal workload associated with her charitable activities.
Following a request by the RSGB, Ofcom has indicated that stations wishing to retain their usual Regional Secondary Locator to identify their DXCC entity may use the suffix /70 to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It is also permitted to use the /70 suffix with the GQ/MQ/2Q prefix if desired. We would like to thank […]
The RSGB has released the latest RadCom Plus edition this week. We’d like to thank all of the contributors: High loss RF sampler taps Thomas Alldread, VA7TA Operating on the 30THz band – Part 1 Barry Chambers, G8AGN Long delay echoes A.K. Goodacre, VE3HX Experiments with DIY remote operations Bob Cowdery, G3UKB
