The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park welcomes thousands of people through its doors each month and in 2025 it was recognised in Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards. Much of this success can be attributed to the amazing team of volunteers. They share a strong sense of pride, enthusiasm and have a wonderful team spirit, […]
The RSGB wants to make its Convention as accessible to as many people as possible. That’s why it has frozen ticket prices, and you can buy this year’s ticket at last year’s price! This means you can make the most of the early-bird pricing and buy your weekend ticket for just £49. On top of […]
The presentation On 12 August there will be a solar eclipse visible in the UK. It will be a total eclipse for areas west of the UK and at its maximum there will be about 90% totality in the UK. This lends itself to some HF propagation experiments and the Propagation Studies Committee (PSC) are […]
Growing our membership, shaping our future Following our recent virtual AGM, I felt it would be useful to reflect on our future direction. Membership sits at the very heart of the Society. Without it, there is no collective voice, no effective defence of spectrum, and no structured support for amateur radio across the UK. This […]
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Today, 17 May, is the last day of Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s campaign looks at taking action to support good mental health. The RSGB highlights some of the small actions that radio amateurs can do that can have a big impact. This includes showing kindness to one another, listening to each other […]
Today, 17 May, Dunstable Downs Radio Rally is taking place at Stockwood Park in Luton. The boot sale is open to traders from 7.30am and to visitors from 9am. The entrance fee, which includes car parking, is £4 per vehicle. Find out more at dunstabledownsradioclub.org/bootsale Durham and District Amateur Radio Society Radio Rally will take […]
The Cornish Radio Amateur Club is active from Pendennis Point in Cornwall until the end of May with special event callsign GB1SOS in support of SOS Radio month. Look out for activity each Sunday on the 40 and 20m bands using SSB. Special event station SP100CVO is active to mark the 100th anniversary of the […]
Harald, DF2WO is active as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso until Tuesday, 19 May. He operates using CW, SSB and FT modes on various HF bands and via the QO-100 satellite. QSL via OQRS. Pascal, F8NQV is active as CN2NQV from Morocco until 11 July. The station has been spotted recently on the 20, 17 […]
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 14 May We hate to start the report on a negative note but we are about to experience unsettled geomagnetic conditions over the next few days. The culprit is a large coronal hole on the Sun, which rotated into an Earth-facing position on Thursday, 14 May. This large […]
