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 […]
Following the announcements made during the AGM on 25 April, I should like to record the Board’s sincere thanks to Steve Hartley, G0FUW who is stepping down as Legacy Committee Chair. Steve is a previous Board Member, Board Chair and the driving force behind the RSGB Strategy 2022. He assumed responsibility for chairing the Legacy […]
As another part of the RSGB Get on the Air to Care campaign, the May 2020 edition of RadCom has been made available to radio amateurs around the world to read online as a sample edition. A number of IARU national societies have taken a similar step and the RSGB is happy to join those societies […]
Beyond Exams (BE) is a group of resources brought together by the RSGB Learning Team with the aim of encouraging participation and highlighting the diversity of amateur radio. It includes awards and schemes designed to help amateur radio licence holders and clubs get the most from the hobby. Whether you are new to amateur radio, […]
Kamal was co-opted to the RSGB Board in June 2020. He made an immediate impression with his innovative thinking and refreshing approach to problem solving. Kamal had a great deal of international experience in advising governments and large corporations in the application of new and innovative technologies and he brought a wealth of business experience […]
