I write this email to you today having just seen your “Get on the air to care” campaign which you have launched. As I represent 50 registered volunteers consisting of radio amateurs and no amateurs I would like to congratulate you on what you intend to accomplish with this campaign and wanted to share this […]
The ARRL reports: “As another facet of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) “Get on the air to care” campaign, the May edition of RadCom magazine is being made available to radio amateurs around the world online as a sample edition”
ICQ Podcast reports: “The General Manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain Steve Thomas M1ACB and Paul Devlin G1SMP of the NHS were interviewed on BBC Three Counties Radio about Get On The Air To Care (GOTA2C)”
ICQ Podcast reports: “The Radio Society of Great Britain, working in partnership with the NHS, has launched a new campaign called “Get on the air to care” to support the emotional health and wellbeing of 75,000 licensed UK radio amateurs – just some of the 3,000,000 worldwide.”
We’re delighted that amateur radio and our ‘Get on the air to care’ campaign with the NHS is featured prominently in the BBC news today. The RSGB worked with the journalist to provide facts and contacts; thank you to Vanessa Pearce and everyone who spoke to her. #GOTA2C
The Guernsey Amateur Radio Society (GARS) is holding a weekly “virtual club night” every Friday on 145.525MHz from 7.30pm (1830UTC). We also have an online forum where we can plan things, arrange help, discuss ideas etc. This is proving to be very popular, and we plan to keep it running after the lockdown. Phil Cooper, […]
Peter Valentine, a 96-year-old radio amateur from Eastbourne, is celebrating his birthday by aiming to contact 96 amateurs over the airwaves and walk 96 miles over the coming weeks. As a thanks to the NHS which has given him good care recently, he is using the special call sign GB0EDH to represent Eastbourne District General […]
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Radio Society, 94th Radio Shack and Waveney Radio will be operating special call-in stations on 2m and 80m, on Friday 8 May. Four special call signs will be on air: GB0RTM and G2TO for the Bury Club; MX0MFR for 94th Radio Shack; and MX0WRR for Waveney Radio. The three groups will […]
Following the AGM, the Nominations Committee met and John Rogers, M0JAV, John Spurgeon, G4LKD and Philip Willis, M0PHI were co-opted to join the Board of Directors until the 2021 AGM. The Board welcomes these experienced members and looks forward to working with them. The newly-defined areas of responsibility for all Board members will be on […]
RSGB Club Insurance and Beacon and Repeater Insurance has now been renewed for the year to April 2021. Club Insurance Certificates can be downloaded from the RSGB website; please use your Membership Services login to obtain a copy of your certificate. To ensure that your beacon and repeater is covered under our insurance we require […]
