Our ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ charity auction is live now on eBay Roy Bailey, G0VFS won the Lockdown Category in the RSGB’s annual Construction Competition and has donated this beautifully-engineered VirusPerpleXed Bug CW Key for the auction. It was created during the first lockdown period of self-isolation and he says that, “It seemed […]
Would you like to volunteer for the RSGB? We’re looking for one Board Director and three Regional Representatives in Regions 2, 6 and 12. Our President Dave Wilson, M0OBW will also retire at the AGM and we need to elect someone to continue the excellent work that he has undertaken for the last three years. […]
The presentation: Amateur radio construction – what to do, how to do it and why you should try it Despite what many people think, building your own radio equipment is still a very popular aspect of amateur radio. In fact there has never been a better time to do this with readily accessible building blocks […]
We’re delighted that this year’s Amateur Radio Newsline’s International Newsmaker of the Year Award has been presented to the ‘Get on the Air to Care’ project operated jointly by the Radio Society of Great Britain and the UK’s National Health Service. The idea was conceived by Paul Devlin, G1SMP who is a member of the […]
TX Factor Episode 27 has just been released – the only professionally-produced TV show dedicated to amateur radio. In an interview filmed in September, the RSGB’s General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB explains how the Society’s positive response to the lockdown helped to boost awareness and growth of amateur radio in the UK. He also stresses […]
We’re delighted to be running an NHS charity auction as part of our GOTA4C campaign. Roy Bailey, G0VFS, who is an active member of Trowbridge and District Amateur Radio Club, won the Lockdown Category in the RSGB’s Annual Construction competition. He offered to donate his beautifully-engineered VirusPerpleXed Bug CW Key to raise money for NHS […]
As we approach this unusual Christmas, many radio amateurs will be warming up soldering irons and installing new development environments on computers – getting ready for projects they plan to tackle over the long winter break. The RSGB’s new GOTA4C construction competition is open to projects that have been carried out during the autumn 2020 […]
Antrim and District Amateur Radio Society plan to run a 2 metre FM net each evening from 19 December 2020 to 9 January 2021 between 1900 to 2000 hours. Listen out on or about 145.475, and they will be using the club call sign MN0GFE. They are keen to make contact with as many as […]
There are currently vacancies for permanent District Representatives in Region 12 to cover District 122 (Norfolk) and District 123 (Essex South). If you would be interested in representing the RSGB and supporting local amateurs in that area, please contact the Region 12 Representative: David De La Haye, M0MBD 01234 481412 rr12@rsgb.org.uk
As part of the RSGB and NHS campaign ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ the NHS amateur radio station GB1NHS will be on the air on Sunday 20 December and Wednesday 30 December. It will be hosted at the RSGB’s National Radio Centre (NRC) so make a note to listen out for it on those […]
