IARU is saddened to announce that IARU Region 1 Vice President Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, died on the 2nd of July 2021 following a prolonged period of hospitalisation with COVID. Faisal had been Region 1 Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic and active supporter of amateur radio in the Arab world and globally. He was also […]
IARU is saddened to announce that IARU Region 1 Vice President Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, died today following a prolonged period of hospitalisation with COVID.
Faisal had been Region 1 Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic …
Andrew has been licenced since 1993 and an RSGB member since 1993. He first became interested in amateur radio as a youngster through his Dad, who bought him an FT690 Mk2 when he gained his licence. That rig gave him the DX’ing bug on 6 metres and he says that he is still a 6-metre […]
Keith is an amateur who has been there and bought the t-shirt in terms of all the various aspects of the hobby. He has tinkered with the integration of radio and computers since the early days of the Acorn Atom and BBC computer, playing with packet radio nodes. His involvement with digimodes goes back to […]
Austin, M0MNE has a very appropriate call sign for a mariner (Merchant Navy Engineer)! Austin first became interested in radio through hearing short wave broadcast stations. Even as a young teenager he was exhibiting the experimenter’s curiosity of a radio amateur, stringing up different lengths of wire in the garden to improve reception. Teenage and […]
Following the update from Ofcom to its guidance “What you need to know as an Amateur Radio user” we have updated the RSGB calculator to version rsgb10a. You can find this on the EMF pages of the website Please treat this as a beta release and report any problems to m0jav@rsgb.org.uk Changes The main changes […]
Radio amateur Victoria Stamps from Sark has given a fascinating interview to Claire Cathcart on BBC Radio Guernsey. Victoria talked about amateur radio today, in the past and why it still appeals to millions of people across the world. The interview starts at 03:17:34
Terry Robinson, GM3WUX recently recorded a podcast with Forth Valley Sensory Centre. He talks about his love of amateur radio, how being blind hasn’t prevented him getting fully involved and how CW has become his main mode of communication on the bands.
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 27 June 2021 (16-page/414KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.
Covid restrictions are extending into July and this means that VHF NFD is taking place with more controls in place than the organisers were hoping for. It is still viable to run the contest on the 3rd and 4th of July, but it will require some additional precautions and control to be exercised by entrants. […]
