Andrew has been licenced since 1993 and an RSGB member since 1993. He first became interested in amateur radio as a youngster through his Dad, who bought him an FT690 Mk2 when he gained his licence. That rig gave him the DX’ing bug on 6 metres and he says that he is still a 6-metre […]
Keith is an amateur who has been there and bought the t-shirt in terms of all the various aspects of the hobby. He has tinkered with the integration of radio and computers since the early days of the Acorn Atom and BBC computer, playing with packet radio nodes. His involvement with digimodes goes back to […]
Austin, M0MNE has a very appropriate call sign for a mariner (Merchant Navy Engineer)! Austin first became interested in radio through hearing short wave broadcast stations. Even as a young teenager he was exhibiting the experimenter’s curiosity of a radio amateur, stringing up different lengths of wire in the garden to improve reception. Teenage and […]
Following the update from Ofcom to its guidance “What you need to know as an Amateur Radio user” we have updated the RSGB calculator to version rsgb10a. You can find this on the EMF pages of the website Please treat this as a beta release and report any problems to m0jav@rsgb.org.uk Changes The main changes […]
Radio amateur Victoria Stamps from Sark has given a fascinating interview to Claire Cathcart on BBC Radio Guernsey. Victoria talked about amateur radio today, in the past and why it still appeals to millions of people across the world. The interview starts at 03:17:34
Terry Robinson, GM3WUX recently recorded a podcast with Forth Valley Sensory Centre. He talks about his love of amateur radio, how being blind hasn’t prevented him getting fully involved and how CW has become his main mode of communication on the bands.
The guidance document What you need to know as an amateur radio user has been updated, as has the Ofcom EMF calculator. The guide provides an overview of what you need to do to comply with Ofcom’s EMF licence condition Links to all of the documents and calculators can be found on our website This […]
To mark Volunteers’ Week 2021, RSGB President Stewart Bryant, G3YSX has recorded a short video clip to thank all RSGB volunteers for the work that they have done to support the amateur radio community during the last year Tap or click image below to play the video in YouTube. He also highlights just a few […]
Otley Amateur Radio Society welcomed back its members on Tuesday 18 May. Club members met for the time being in the field outside the club house where they were lucky with the weather. Their meeting made a number of the local papers.
The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park re-opened today in line with the lifting of lockdown restrictions. Lee Dowling from Watford was the first visitor of the day. Lee uses webSDR receivers and enjoys amateur cryptology. Andrew and Marguerite Selby from Kings Langley were the second people to arrive and soon there was a […]
