Category: RSGB

The CQ World Wide 160m DX Contest started at 2200UTC on Friday, 23 January and runs until 2200UTC today, 25 January. Using CW on the 160m band, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. American stations also send their state and Canadian stations send their province. The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group Sprint started at […]

Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The club meets at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars. Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 868 221 for more information. On Mondays […]

The OPS-2m-NW Net is a regular VHF simplex net for licensed amateur radio operators across North West England, organised and run by the M0KKN Club. The net is technical and experimental in nature, focusing on antenna testing, real-world simplex coverage, local propagation analysis, and mapping who hears who on the 2m band. The net takes […]

Time is running out to submit your candidate forms and nominations to become an RSGB Board Director or Regional Representative in the upcoming RSGB 2026 Elections. Both roles offer the chance to use your skills, experience, energy and enthusiasm to help shape the future of the RSGB and its activities as it fulfills its strategic […]

The RSGB EMC Committee (EMCC) has recently published a leaflet Guide for Reporting Harmful Interference to Ofcom (PDF). It contains some do’s and don’ts on the style and content of the report that has to be submitted, and also provides some examples on the wording that can be used. This is the 18th leaflet the […]

Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 7.30pm in the Marquis Hall, Abbey Street, Bangor, BT20 4JE. For more information, visit the Society’s Facebook page or email gi6fzi@yahoo.com For details of Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club events and activities, visit bushvalleyarc.org  or email bushvalleyarc@gmail.com Carrickfergus Amateur Radio Club meets […]

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 […]

We cannot do this without you The RSGB Board is deeply committed to its strategy which has been focused on the growth of amateur radio but is now seeking to expand this focus to include membership growth. There will be more details about this later this year. However, the Board cannot deliver its strategy entirely […]

UPDATE 12:53 20/01/2026 We can now report that internet service has been fully restored to RSGB HQ. Thank you for your patience. Our internet service provider is experiencing a serious infrastructure issue this afternoon, which has interrupted internet service to RSGB HQ. Until the issue is resolved RSGB HQ will be unable to take phone […]