It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Colin Thomas, G3PSM. Colin died on Tuesday 17 February 2026 surrounded by family after a short illness. Colin worked tirelessly for the RSGB and was President in 2008/9. Colin made a great contribution to the acquisition and defence of radio spectrum. In particular, within […]
It is with sadness that we report the passing of David Quigley, G3PRI. Dave was first licensed as G3PRI in 1961 while serving in the Army in Germany and also gained the German callsign DL2PB. Further service in the Middle East resulted Dave gaining MP4TBK and VS9ADQ callsigns. On his return to the UK, Dave […]
With the greatest sadness we have to announce that Bert, PA3GIO, suddenly passed away on 5 December 2025. Bert was a prolific traveller and DXpeditioner, operating many DXpeditions solo with his XYL from 1993 to 2007. He received the IOTA Merit Award in 2002 for his excellent contribution to the IOTA community as wel as […]
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Dr Bob Whelan, G3PJT on 4th December 2025. Bob’s contribution to amateur radio in the UK and beyond was enormous. He played a highly significant role in RSGB, firstly as a member of the HF and Management Committees and then for two […]
How about giving back to the amateur radio community in 2026 by becoming an RSGB Board Director? The RSGB has two Elected Board Director vacancies and wants to ensure that the voices around the table understand and reflect the community it serves. You’ll need leadership experience and be keen to play an active part in […]
Sparkford Radio Rally is due to take place on Sunday 28 December at Davis Hall, Howell Hill, West Camel, near Yeovil, BA22 7QX. The doors will be open from 9.30am and admission will cost £2. Refreshments and free parking will be available on site. For more details contact Luke on 07870 168 197 or email […]
Special callsign 4T95O is active to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Peruano Radio Club, OA4O in Peru. Look for activity throughout December on the 40 to 10m bands, as well as on the 6m, 2m and 70cm bands using CW, FT8, FM, RTTY and SSB. Jose, HP2AT is active as H82AT until 31 December […]
Roland, F8EN is active as TR8CR from Gabon until the end of December. He is operating using CW only. QSL via F6AJA.
The ARRL 10m Contest started at 0000UTC yesterday, 13 December, and ends at 2359UTC today, 14 December. Using CW and phone on the 10m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. American and Canadian stations also send their state or province code. Tomorrow, Monday 15 December, the RSGB FT4 Contest runs from 2000 […]
We had a bit of everything last week including increased Kp indices, a high solar flux, an X-class solar flare and coronal mass ejections. The solar flux index hit a maximum of 220 on Thursday 4 December. This brought good HF conditions until Sunday 7 December. The index declined to 169 on Thursday 11 December, […]
