Mr Stanley (Stan) Alston, G4VSR, of Wingerworth passed away peacefully at home on May 12, 2021 aged 95. Stanley was a resident of Wingerworth for the last 52 years where he served as Clerk to Wingerworth Parish Council for 30 years. A loving and devoted husband to Joan who predeceased Stan in 2017. Doting father to […]
The RSGB ran an amateur radio survey in May as part of its input to an IARU workshop Over 1,000 people responded and gave their views of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for amateur radio both currently and in the future. A summary of the responses has been published in the August RadCom. You […]
The call sign GB4RS is issued to the President of the Radio Society of Great Britain for the term of his/her office. Stewart Bryant, G4YSX is the current RSGB President and intends to use this call sign as often as possible. Why not listen out for him on the air and log this special call […]
Sydney Hunt, G3YYQ, passed away at the age of 108. His callsign was issued in 1938 and he remained active on the air until 2020 (with, of course, an enforced break during WWII). A lifelong radio amateur and electronics enthusiast, he built the first television in his home town of Grimsby and worked on RDF/radar […]
Tommy Knight, G2FYY passed away on Monday 5 July 2021 at the age of 100. He was featured in the April 2021 RadCom (p14) celebrating his centenary (see photo), when he received a card from Her Majesty. He became interested in amateur radio when he left school because his friend was a radio amateur. Instead […]
The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter June 2021 is now available.Click on the link to read it! …
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 11 July 2021 (16-page/344KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.
Press Releaseby International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 – Youth Working Group
Erding, Germany – Friday, 09.07.2021
The first YOTA Contest has already taken place in May and was a big success. Over 100 YOTA logs, where operators have to …
Despite hoping to meet face-to-face again this year, the RSGB Convention in October will again be online. This major indoor event takes many months to plan and, due to continuing Covid-19 uncertainty, the Society has to make the safety of attendees, volunteers and staff a priority. We are putting together another programme of excellent presentations […]
The Youngsters On The Air Contest is open to all radio amateurs and comprises three 12-hour sessions with the aim to boost on-the-air activity by younger radio amateurs and to support Youngsters On The Air. The second leg is on the 18th of July from 1000 to 2159UTC. In the first leg more than 100 […]
