Contest News – 1 September 2024

The UK and Ireland Contest Club DX SSB Contest starts at 1200UTC on Saturday, 31 August and runs until 1200UTC on Sunday, 1 September. Using SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. UK and Ireland stations also send their district code. The Worked […]

Propagation News – 1 September 2024

We had a good week for HF propagation, at least until we had a Kp index of 5.67 on Wednesday, the 28th. This was caused by the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field moving into a south-pointing position. Luckily, it didn’t last long and geomagnetic conditions were back to normal by Thursday. The solar […]

RSGB National Radio Centre one-day closure

The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park (NRC) will be closed for one day on Monday 16 September to allow time for some minor decorating and cleaning. Don’t forget that RSGB members can gain free entry to Bletchley Park and the NRC by downloading a voucher from the RSGB website

Opt into online events emails

RSGB Members can ensure that they are the first to hear about the RSGB online webinars and events by registering to receive updates by email. Simply log into the RSGB members’ portal, select the ‘Manage Preferences’ tab and click the online events option. By selecting this preference you’ll be kept up to date on events […]

British Science Week Kickstart grants

The British Science Association has announced that applications for kick start grants will open on 17 September 2024. The grants are provided to help schools in challenging circumstances to deliver events and activities as part of British Science Week. To find out more, visit the Kickstart grant page on the British Science Week website. If you need […]

New activities for National Coding Week

The RSGB is getting ready for National Coding Week which begins on 16 September 2024. This national event is in its 11th year and encourages people of all ages to try coding, or programming as it is also called. During the next few days, the RSGB’s Outreach Team will release two new coding activities for […]

Tonight @ 8 autumn 2024 programme

The RSGB autumn Tonight @ 8 programme starts Monday, 2 September 2024 when Brian Coleman, G4NNS gives an update on the Meteor Beacon Project, which is a cooperation between the worlds of amateur radio and astronomy. The first phase of this project was completed in May 2022 when the UK meteor beacon GB3MBA went on […]

RSGB announces special ISS contact

We are delighted to announce that the Radio Society of Great Britain and ARISS, in conjunction with Girlguiding Surrey West and Brooklands Museum including the Innovation Academy, have been collaborating on a special event due to take place on Saturday, 5 October 2024. Girlguiding President, HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh will attend a planned contact […]

Provisional Results July Subregional Contest

The provisional results of the July Subregional Contest are available on the IARU R1 VHF Contest Robot. You can also take a look at your UBNs here ! We evaluated 2.687 different logs coming from 28 different countries, for a total of …

Question grouping document published

The Exams Team is pleased to publish the question grouping document, which shows which syllabus items link to questions in the exams. This may be of use to tutors who wish to generate their own practice papers. You can find the document in the exam advice and training materials page on the RSGB website

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