Peter Valentine, a 96-year-old radio amateur from Eastbourne, is celebrating his birthday by aiming to contact 96 amateurs over the airwaves and walk 96 miles over the coming weeks. As a thanks to the NHS which has given him good care recently, he is using the special call sign GB0EDH to represent Eastbourne District General […]
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Radio Society, 94th Radio Shack and Waveney Radio will be operating special call-in stations on 2m and 80m, on Friday 8 May. Four special call signs will be on air: GB0RTM and G2TO for the Bury Club; MX0MFR for 94th Radio Shack; and MX0WRR for Waveney Radio. The three groups will […]
Following the AGM, the Nominations Committee met and John Rogers, M0JAV, John Spurgeon, G4LKD and Philip Willis, M0PHI were co-opted to join the Board of Directors until the 2021 AGM. The Board welcomes these experienced members and looks forward to working with them. The newly-defined areas of responsibility for all Board members will be on […]
Jerzy Jakubowski, SP7CBG was a past President of the Polish national society. He was a very active radio amateur for more than fifty years. For a long time, he served for our community as President of the Regional Division OT-15 of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK), as Vice-President and President of the Presiding Committee […]
The RSGB is delighted with the support from radio amateurs and clubs for its Get on the Air to Care campaign with the NHS. You can find out more at rsgb.org/gota2c. On these pages we will also be highlighting stories and photos from clubs and individuals. If you have a story to tell about how […]
The latest figures for the RSGB’s remote invigilation of amateur radio exams shows that 116 exams have been run as of Friday, 1 May 2020. Of these, 109 candidates have passed and a total of 997 different questions have been asked. There are currently 80 exams booked and ready to be taken up until 8 […]
RSGB Club Insurance and Beacon and Repeater Insurance has now been renewed for the year to April 2021. Club Insurance Certificates can be downloaded from the RSGB website; please use your Membership Services login to obtain a copy of your certificate. To ensure that your beacon and repeater is covered under our insurance we require […]
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Since the change of regulations applying to special event stations in the UK, many activations are now able to go ahead. UK amateurs would like to thank Ofcom for their help in making this happen. Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club will be activating GB1VE on 8, 9 and 10 May from six different members’ homes. […]
Following the announcements made during the AGM on 25 April, I should like to record the Board’s sincere thanks to Steve Hartley, G0FUW who is stepping down as Legacy Committee Chair. Steve is a previous Board Member, Board Chair and the driving force behind the RSGB Strategy 2022. He assumed responsibility for chairing the Legacy […]
