World Amateur Radio Day is on Friday, 18 April 2025. On the same day in 1925 the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris. To celebrate this the RSGB has shared a T & R Bulletin from 1925 that details the original announcement about the IARU’s formation. This unique document has been made publicly available […]
Professor Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL is a well-known member of the RSGB Propagation Studies Committee, as well as someone involved with Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, also known as HamSCI. In celebration of Citizen Science Month during April, we’ve shared Gwyn’s HamSCI presentation from the RSGB 2024 Convention on our YouTube channel. In the talk, Gwyn […]
The RSGB website has a wealth of information available to you, and the search function is a useful tool to find what you are looking for. However, to make things as straightforward as possible, we’ve updated the contacts page on our website. If you need to get in touch about something specific, you’ll be able […]
If you are aged between 16 and 25 and are passionate about amateur radio, then this news is for you. This year’s Youngsters on the Air Summer Camp will take place 18-25 August at the historical Château de Jambville near Paris in France. The event is being organised by the French national amateur radio society, […]
The RSGB is looking to recruit volunteers from the exam tutor community to help pre-screen documentation prior to public release as part of the process of improving the quality of documents issued by the Exam and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG). The Exam Tutors Review Panel is intended to be an informal group of approximately six […]
The RSGB 2025 AGM is taking place tomorrow, Saturday 12 April. If you are not able to join the live event, you’ll be able to catch-up with the full livestream on the Society’s YouTube channel. As well as the formal AGM business, the Board will answer questions from RSGB members on a wide range of […]
Do not forget that as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union, the RSGB will be activating the call sign GB0IARU throughout this month. A Commemorative QSL Card is available for QSOs made during the period 1-30 April 2025. Find full details of the special event station, how to […]
Peter Valentine, G0NQZ, is a GB2RS Newsreader from Eastbourne. Having reached his 100th birthday in 2024 he decided it was the right time to retire from the newsreading service. Peter remains an active radio amateur who still operates daily on the air and enjoys taking part in regular nets such as ISWL and RAOTA. Peter […]
Annick Morris, M0HDE began reading the news for GB2RS in July 2004 on 2m and 70cm. To listeners, her weekly broadcasts may sound the same as any other newsreader, however there is one fundamental difference. This is because she is a ‘white stick operator’ and uses a Braille computer to enable her to read the […]
Toby, MM0TSS is a GB2RS newsreader who broadcasts on 2m from Whitecraigs in Southwest Glasgow. One of his favourite things to tell people about GB2RS is the unusual call-ins that they occasionally receive. One was from Graham, MM0GHM, a radio amateur from Galston in Ayrshire, who works on the railways. During the summer season he […]
