This year’s World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is taking place in East Anglia in the UK between 8 and 13 July 2026. The RSGB is an official partner to the event and representatives from the Society have been on-site throughout the week. The team has been supporting various activities, including media liaison, to raise awareness […]
The IARU Region 1 Conference is held every three years. The next one is in September 2026 and will be hosted by the Austrian member society ÖVSV, which is also celebrating its centenary. Reports and proposals on a wide range of amateur radio topics are available from the conference website. The scope includes the more […]
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RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB visited the RSGB National Radio Centre earlier this month. Steve was on site to deliver two awards to volunteers including the Norman Keith Adams prize and another for outstanding services to the Centre. The RSGB National Radio Centre Coordinator Martyn Baker, G0GMB is currently looking for friendly and enthusiastic […]
Sandringham School amateur radio club in Hertfordshire was invited to the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) headquarters in Wyboston Lakes on Wednesday 8 July. The prestigious event is taking part in East Anglia this week – the first time the event has been held in the UK. As part of the week-long activities, the pupils […]
RSGB representatives attended the Ham Radio exhibition in Friedrichshafen last week. They used the opportunity to talk to the wider amateur radio community, liaise with international colleagues and raise awareness and support for the Society and amateur radio in the UK. The team was delighted by the positive response to the RSGB app and international […]
The RSGB Board would like to thank Andy Talbot, G4JNT for serving as the Chair of the RSGB Technical Forum for 14 years. Andy has recently stepped down from that role and the post will be advertised through RSGB communications channels shortly. The RSGB is pleased that Andy will continue to contribute to the work […]
The RSGB Monitoring System—more popularly known as Intruder Watch—is a service that monitors the primary amateur service allocations. The team reports any unauthorised transmissions to the IARU Intruder Watch team and, where appropriate, Ofcom. The RSGB Intruder Watch Coordinator Ian Suart, GM4AUP is looking for volunteers to assist the team with this important service. You […]
Did you know that a solar eclipse will be visible from the UK this summer? There will be a total eclipse for areas west of the UK, and at its maximum there will be about 90 percent totality. This lends itself to unique opportunities for HF propagation experiments, and you can get involved! In a […]
Are you up to date on the latest developments in the microwave community? Or perhaps you’d like to learn about low Earth orbiting satellites? Maybe you’d like to improve your knowledge on the pioneering women of British amateur radio? Or are you interested in understanding your SDR through IQ visualisation? These are all topics we’re […]
