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Events mentioned here may be affected by fluctuating pandemic precautions. Please continue to observe all national or local restrictions that are in place. Today’s news has been compiled from information sent to radcom@rsgb.org.uk. If your club or event is not mentioned, please make sure you send details in good time for the 10am Thursday deadline. […]

Events mentioned here may be affected by fluctuating pandemic precautions. Please continue to observe all national or local restrictions that are in place. Braintree and District Amateur Radio Society has its net on Sundays from 8pm on 145.375MHz. For programme details see badars.co.uk. South Essex Amateur Radio Society has a daily net at 4pm on […]

Ofcom received 400 responses to their EMF consultation, 255 of which were from radio amateurs. Ofcom has addressed some respondent’s concerns, revised their proposals, and requested feedback. The RSGB will reply to Ofcom’s revised proposals and keep you updated on rsgb.org/emf. Ofcom intends to add a condition to all licences that allow more than 10W […]

Following on from the online RSGB Convention for 2020 taking place on Saturday, 10 October 2020, the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2020 will be online on Sunday, the 11th. There will be a lecture stream from 11am to 4pm—you can find out more at amsat-uk.org/colloquium. You may be interested to know that the two live streams from […]

Jamboree On The Air (JOTA), the world’s largest and radio Scout event promoting friendship and global citizenship takes place over the weekend of 16 to 18 October 2020. There are of course a few difficulties this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the event is going ahead—often with creative ways of operating. Please listen […]

The IARU Region 1 General Conference, originally scheduled to take place in Serbia, is taking place online, starting this Sunday, the 11th. Taking advantage of online access, well over 200 delegates and observers have registered from nearly 50 national societies. Nearly 90 papers are scheduled for discussion, several from the RSGB. The conference will be […]

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Since the change of regulations applying to special event stations in the UK, many activations are now able to go ahead. UK amateurs would like to thank Ofcom for their help in making this happen. PJ4TEN will be active during October to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Bonaire becoming a Special Municipality of the Netherlands […]

Jerry, F4HJO will be active as F4HJO/p from Brehat Island, IOTA reference EU-074, between 17 and 24 October. He will operate mainly SSB on the 80, 40, 20 and 17m bands. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, Logbook of The World or via his home call, either direct or via the bureau. Take, JG8NQJ will be […]