It is the final week of activation for GB21YOTA for Youngsters on the air. Today, the 26th, and again on the 28th, M0YTE will supervise M7FED using the callsign. On the 27th and 29th, Hilderstone Radio Society will be on the air. Then, on the 30th M0BOY will supervise M7OMY operating the YOTA callsign. Finally, […]
Smudge Lunderguard, G3GJW passed away peacefully at the age of 94 two weeks before Christmas 2021. He was a RSGB Council member for some time, including Executive Vice President in 1995. He was the first to start pushing for Council members to have a fixed term of office so that new blood would be appointed […]
Dave Hannan, G1JVF, passed away in November 2021, following a mercifully short illness with cancer. He had been a radio amateur since the early 1980s, starting out on Citizen’s Band (known as ‘Mountainman’), before gaining his ham licence. Dave was a mechanical engineer and electrician, spending most of his working life at British Airways, as […]
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 19 December 2021 (14-page/425KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link
It was decided at the recent EC meeting that we cancel the April interim meeting in Vienna. The pandemic situation look increasingly difficult and travel plus a physical meeting in April will most likely not be safe.
At the same …
Next Sunday, the 26th, will see the final GB2RS script for 2021. The deadline for news is being brought forward to 10am on Tuesday 21 December, instead of the usual Thursday. The news reading on the 26th is optional, as the RSGB appreciates that not all newsreaders will be available, but the script will be […]
We would like to remind Members that the RSGB is looking for volunteers for roles in the Regional Team and on the Board. The deadline for completed nominations is 23:59 on 31 January 2022. There are eight vacancies for Regional Representatives and one for an elected Board Director. You can see further details about the […]
The Comoros Islands DXpedition that was to take place sometime between mid-to-end January in 2022 has been postponed. The Covid situation makes it safer for the team not to travel now. It should take place later in 2022.
Having listened to feedback, the RSGB is delighted to announce that from the January 2022 issue onwards, it has been making RadCom available online for Members to read in the same week that the hard copy arrives through the letterbox. The January 2022 RadCom is now on the website. Have you ever thought of becoming […]
Now is the perfect time to let us know your group’s rally or event plans for 2022. Email radcom@rsgb.org.uk with details and we’ll publicise your event for free in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. There are already over twenty rallies in the calendar for 2022.
