Category: RSGB

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This Sunday, the 13th, is the final day of the RSGB 2019 Convention at Kent’s Hill Park training and conference centre, Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ—see rsgb.org/convention. This Sunday, the 13th, the Hornsea Amateur Radio Rally will be held in the Floral Hall, Hornsea HU18 1NQ. Doors open at 10am. Admission is £2, with under 14s […]

Members of the CAN-AM DXpedition Group will be active as TX7T from the Marquesas Islands, IOTA reference OC-027, until 17 November. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 in Fox and Hound mode on the 160 to 6m bands. QSL via M0URX’s OQRS and Logbook of The World. Rene, DL2JRM will be active as […]

Hartlepool ARC will be running Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) special event station GB0TVS on behalf of Tees Valley Scouts on 19 and 20 October. The station will operate from the Hartlepool Scout Centre, Brierton Lane, just off the A689. Activity will be on HF, VHF and UHF, and all visitors will be welcome. GB1NHS […]

The Oceania DX CW contest ends its 24 hour run at 0800UTC this Sunday, the 13th. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. This Sunday, the 13th, the IRTS 40m Counties Contest runs from 1200 to 1400UTC using CW and SSB, the exchange is signal report and […]

We had a mixed bag of HF propagation over the last seven days, although Monday saw maximum usable frequencies over a 3,000km path climb above 21MHz. Conditions were less good on Thursday morning, mainly due to an elevated Kp index, which reached four thanks to an enhanced solar wind with a south-facing Bz component. There […]

As a result of RSGB Members’ concerns, a letter requesting a meeting was sent to Ofcom by Prof. Philip Willis, M0PHI (Director responsible for Spectrum), Ian Shepherd, G4EVK (RSGB Board Chair) and Dave Wilson, M0OBW (RSGB President). Subsequently, Dave Wilson, Philip Willis, Dr Martin Sach, G8KDF (RSGB EMC Committee Chair), Dr John Rogers, M0JAV (previous […]

It is with regret that we announce that Mark Jones, G0MGX has decided to stand down from the Board of the RSGB. Prior to joining the Board Mark spent many years volunteering as the AROS Coordinator and has since been a proactive and valued Board Director. Mark published clear, measurable goals for the RSGB’s Strategy […]

This book is aimed at those seeking more information about the amateur radio examinations in the UK. Set out with simple revision style introductions and exam questions for all three levels of the amateur radio licence, this book also includes answers to the questions with a brief explanation of why this is the correct answer. […]

Membership Services will be offline for essential maintenance work between 22.00 on 10 October and 08.00 on 11 October 2019. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused. If you are planning to visit Bletchley Park on 11 October 2019 using the Members’ free admission voucher, please make sure you download your voucher before 22.00 on 10 […]