Category: RSGB

RSGB R11 Regional Representative Dean Brice, G0UIL had a chat about amateur radio with Mel Everett on BBC Radio Somerset on 31 May. The interview starts at 1:37

Warrington Amateur Radio Club has been featured in the “Warrington Worldwide” online news where they talked about how amateur radio is helping people during lockdown and profiled one of their young members.

RSGB Board Director Mike Bruce, M0ITI was interviewed on talkRadio on 31 May – go to their show’s website  and click on the 02:30 – 3:00 section. The interview begins at the start of that half-hour section and lasts for about 14 minutes.

A huge thanks to everyone watching the first YOTA online session on Thursday, 28.05.2020. The successful session gathered more than 600 unique viewers from all continents except Oceania and Antarctica, as far as we could track. Considering this we can …

The ITV Wales programme “Wonders of the Coast Path” with Sean Fletcher on Monday 1 June at 8:30pm features Barry Amateur Radio Society re-enacting Marconi making his first CW transmission across the Bristol Channel.   The programme was filmed before lockdown began. It will be broadcast nationally later in year but you can catch up […]

Andy Henley from Chippenham and District Amateur Radio Club chatted to Graham Seaman on the BBC Radio Wiltshire afternoon show on 23 May. Andy talks about how radio amateurs are using the hobby to combat loneliness, talk to people across the world and how the club has seen an increase in people getting on the […]

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 31 May 2020 (11-page/181KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.

There’s not much time left to respond to the Ofcom EMF consultation, which is required by 12 June 2020. The RSGB recommends you acknowledge the need for ICNIRP guidelines but to state that the proposals from Ofcom are not proportionate for amateur licensees. More details on the consultation and the guide to help you with […]

The RSGB would like to thank all those who read the news, in whatever medium, for their dedication to the radio amateur community. Their service is even more appreciated during these extraordinary times. All on-air GB2RS newsreaders should check the validity date on their NoV and reapply for a renewal at rsgb.org/nov if necessary.

Pete Gordon, NHS Head of Emergency Care Improvement in the Emergency Care Improvement Support Team (ECIST) explains in a video clip how delighted the NHS is to be partnering with the Radio Society of Great Britain in the successful ‘Get on the air to care’ campaign. Take a look!