To commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day and VJ Day, the RSGB has organised the VE/VJ Day amateur radio marathon on the HF bands and 6m using SSB, CW and digital modes. Three special UK call signs GB75PEACE, GB1945PE, GB1945PJ will be on the air from 1-31 May 2020 and 1-31 August 2020. The […]
As a result of voting by the Society’s members, Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX was endorsed as a Nominated Director. Andy Mace, M0MUX and Len Paget, GM0ONX were elected as Board Directors. During the first meeting of the new Board, Ian Shepherd, G4EVK was elected as the Board Chair until the AGM in 2021.
There were Regional Representative vacancies for six regions (Regions 2, 5, 7, 11, 12 and 13). The following have been elected unopposed and their appointment begins now, after the AGM. There were no valid nominations for Regions 2 and 12. Region 5: Vinny Hopkins, M0TAV Region 7: Glyn Jones, GW0ANA Region 11: Dean Brice, G0UIL […]
Great to see our “Get on the air to care” campaign being shared on the ARRL website.
The 93rd Annual General Meeting of the Radio Society of Great Britain to be held on Saturday 25 April 2020 was cancelled because of government restrictions on travel and public meetings due to the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. The Board convened a meeting today to receive the results of the votes submitted by the Society’s members on the […]
Steve G0PQB and I started our Monday to Friday 2m Net on 16 March (3pm call-in by G3ASR/A on 145.500 then QSY). The net is still going strong and gives all of us an opportunity to chat for about an hour. We would welcome anyone to join us for a chat. Bill G0STR and Steve […]
Harwell ARS has around 70 members of varying ages, spread out over South Oxfordshire and beyond. The Committee’s aim, since the lock down started, has been to keep our members informed on and engaged with all things amateur radio as well as offering more day-to-day practical help if needed. To those ends, we have started […]
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 […]
Thanks to Roberto Perrone on the BBC Three Counties Radio afternoon show on 22 April for publicising the GB1NHS event and amateur radio generally. The interview with Paul Devlin (NHS England Emergency Care Improvement Support Team and RSGB District Representative) and Steve Thomas, RSGB General Manager can be found on the BBC website. The interview […]
We’re delighted that the NHS amateur radio station GB1NHS will be on the air tomorrow as part of our “Get on the air to care” campaign. It will start at 10am on 80m with the provisional frequency 3.730Mhz. However, it will move across the bands during the day including using the QO100 satellite at some […]
