Strategy update – what are others doing? Back at the end of January I attended FOSDEM 2025; primarily to gain an insight into what other societies/countries were doing to promote amateur radio to the younger generation and also to a growing potential audience in the software development community. FOSDEM is marketed as follows: “FOSDEM is […]
Strategy update – what are others doing? Back at the end of January I attended FOSDEM 2025; primarily to gain an insight into what other societies/countries were doing to promote amateur radio to the younger generation and also to a growing potential audience in the software development community. FOSDEM is marketed as follows: “FOSDEM is […]
The RSGB EMC leaflets on mains wiring and earthing requirements have been updated by the EMC Committee to reflect the latest version of Part P of the Building Regulations for England and Wales. Part P deals with electrical safety in domestic homes. There are two leaflets available to download from the RSGB website; a basic […]
Time is running out to apply and be part of the RSGB team going to France for this year’s Youngsters On The Air Summer Camp. The camp takes place between 18 and 25 of August 2025 near Paris, and is a chance of a lifetime for young RSGB members to represent their country and their […]
The RSGB is celebrating International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June. The day celebrates the amazing work of women engineers across the globe. We know that amateur radio is a great foundation for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. This year, the Society would love to share stories of how amateur radio has helped […]
On Monday 12 May, Dr Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF and RSGB Propagation Studies Committee member Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL will be delivering a Tonight@8 webinar on “Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation: Space Weather We Can Do Together”. Since the 2017 Solar Eclipse QSO Party, HamSCI has been bringing together amateur radio operators and professional space scientists. They […]
In the latest RSGB 2024 Convention video to be released by the Society, Graham Murchie, G4FSG presents “Radar – the eyes of the few”. In the talk Graham gives a brief history of early radar, events leading up to the development of a viable system and the establishment of the world’s first operational radar station […]
The RSGB Contest Club has recently exceeded one million QSOs. These have been made by RSGB members activating historic RSGB call signs and special event call signs, either in contests or in radio marathon activations. The QSOs have all been uploaded to Logbook of the World. The most prolific call sign has been G6XX with […]
RSGB club insurance, and beacon and repeater insurance have now been renewed for the year to April 2026. Club insurance certificates can be downloaded via the RSGB website. You will need to log in to obtain your certificate. Beacon and repeater insurance certificates are available for an admin fee of £15 from the RSGB shop. […]
Celebrations for the 70th Anniversary of GB2RS are well underway. To find out how you can get involved with special event stations and awards go to the GB70RS web page. The RSGB has recently updated the web page to add a selection of newsreader stories, which you can access by clicking ‘GB2RS Newsreader Stories’ from the […]
