Following the successful rollout of our new membership database last year, we have updated the Club Finder service on our website. The information Club Finder contains now matches the data published in the RSGB 2023 Yearbook. If you have told us about any changes since the Yearbook was published, that new information will be shown […]
Eric’s presentation Almost every ham radio station can benefit from a separate receiving antenna (or several!) While reciprocity applies to both receiving and transmitting antennas, the priorities are different. Effective receiving antennas are optimized for best signal to noise ratio, not necessarily the greatest gain. There are countless interesting means of building high signal to noise ratio receiving antennas and we will explore some of […]
Our Tonight@8 live webinar series continues on Monday 3 April with a presentation called “Sheep Worrier: A High Altitude Balloon Flight & Recovery System” by Heather Nickalls, M0HMO. Heather will cover an introduction to flying HABs (High Altitude Balloons), the radio systems involved, some science experiments she did on her flights, the recovery system developed […]
We have received the following message from the Directors of National Hamfest (Lincoln) Ltd: It is with a sad heart that we unfortunately have to advise that the National Hamfest team will reluctantly have to cancel the 2023 National Hamfest event. Unfortunately we have been hit with several curved balls this year. Firstly our temporary […]
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The annual Saint Patrick’s Day Award event takes place over a 48 hour period from 1200UTC on 16 March 2023 to 1200UTC on 18 March 2023 to allow worldwide participation in all time zones. The Saint Patrick’s Day Award is 48 hours of non-competitive fun. Everyone can participate in the event, whether they are licensed […]
GB3ORK, the Orkney Islands 5MHz beacon has closed down following the expiry of its Notice of Variation. It was the last of a chain of three beacons that once provided a wealth of data for the “5MHz Experiment” prior to the band being formally allocated. The RSGB thanks its keeper for the time and dedication […]
The British Vintage Wireless Society Meet is taking place in Biggleswade today, Sunday 12 March. The venue will be the Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8JH. The event will feature traders selling vintage radios and TVs, and components including valves and test gear. There will be a large bring and buy area and […]
It was business as usual last week with the solar flux index in the 180s, numerous C-class flares and, at the time of writing, 13 M-class flares over the past seven days. The Kp index has been mostly settled for this part of the cycle, averaging two to three all week. But this doesn’t mean […]
The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 7.30pm every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Go to the website for the meeting link. Ham Radio Network has a talk on the theme of An Evening with… on Monday. See the website for […]
