Get on the air to care – RSGB launches national campaign in partnership with the NHS
The Radio Society of Great Britain, working in partnership with the NHS, has launched a new campaign called “Get on the air to care” to support the emotional health and wellbeing of 75,000 licensed UK radio amateurs – just some of the 3,000,000 worldwide. Paul Devlin, NHS England Emergency Care Improvement Support Team and RSGB […]
RadCom Basics April 2020, No. 16
We are pleased to announce a new edition of RadCom Basics is available In this edition— Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor The NCDXF International Beacon Project Home construction – why bother? Getting on the Air – an easy way To read this edition, go to rsgb.org/radcom-basics. RadCom Basics is […]
RadCom Basics February 2020, No. 15
RadCom Basics is a bi-monthly digital publication that explores key aspects of amateur radio in a straightforward and accessible way In this edition… Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor In this edition, having fun with the hobby—tea and 1kV don’t mix—and are you making full use of the RSGB? I […]
Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, 7th March 2020
Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, became a silent key on 7 March 2020. Walter was a true Old Timer, whose professional and hobby involvement with radio extended over many decades – indeed, a whole working life, and then on into retirement. Walter was an RAF navigator from 1948 to 1957, mainly on transport aircraft in the UK, but also […]
The RSGB Relaxes Rules For Practical Assessments
Please note that the RSGB has relaxed the rules for practical assessments as a prerequisite for amateur radio licence examinations. These assessments have been suspended for the
foreseeable future during the COVID-19 crisis. Foundation candidates can now sit their exam entirely on line. At present arrangements for Intermediate and Full examinations are currently under review. For further information go to www.rsgb.org/exam-faq
For those of our listeners who want to buff up before taking the foundation exam then Billy MacFarlane of the Stirling Club has produced an on-line training programme with 43 lessons and this is available to use free of charge at https://gm6dx.thinkific.com/
Marc Litchman, G0TOC, 29 March 2020
Marc Litchman, G0TOC passed away on the evening of Sunday 29 March 2020. Marc had been in poor health for several months and didn’t recover from a major operation after a lengthy period in Intensive Care at St Bart’s Hospital, London. Joining Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) in 1995, Marc had many […]
Denby Dale ARC
When the Denby Dale amateur radio club was faced with having to cancel our regular meetings our immediate response was to organise a club net on 2m. This was well attended. I proposed that we should try to organise meetings online (as well as our regular radio nets) so that we could invite speakers to […]
Spalding DARS
The decision to temporarily suspended actual meetings made us evaluate how we stay in touch with the membership during a period of lockdown and social distancing. Our club meets every week and it is important and morally right that we consider not only each other’s safety, but also their mental wellbeing. To this end we […]
Two technical videos added to RSGB website
We’ve just added two new videos to the technical pages of our website, focusing on amateur television and microwave operations. They are a very basic introduction which, seen in conjunction with the explanatory information on the web pages, should give people an overview of these topics. They have also been added to a new ‘Technical […]