Gilwell Park also hosts GB2GP and has been getting Scouts on the air for over 50 years. To celebrate Scouting’s 100 years, GB100GP this Sunday, the 14th of July, when Gilwell Park is open to Explorer Scouts and Ranger Guides. Leicester Radio Society will be hosting GB5EHL for Eagle Has Landed throughout the whole of […]
The IARU HF Championship 24 hour run ends at 1200UTC this Sunday, the 14th. Using SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and ITU zone, which for the UK is 27. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal […]
Last week saw poor geomagnetic conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the Kp index hitting five. This was due to a weak coronal mass ejection followed by the onset of a solar wind stream from a coronal hole. A solar wind speed above 650km/s, coupled with a strongly south-pointing Bz field, led to geomagnetic unrest […]
We are looking for a new Chair for the RSGB Convention Organising Committee. The current post holder, Graham Murchie, G4FSG will be standing down after the 2019 event in October after six highly successful years in the role. Ideally Graham’s successor will work with him on concluding arrangements for 2019’s Convention and to start planning […]
After due consideration, and as reported in GB2RS news on Friday, 5 July 2019, RSGB President Dave Wilson, M0OBW wrote to Ofcom strongly expressing the RSGB’s concerns about the proposed WRC-23 aeronautical Agenda Item that includes 144-146 MHz. The President’s letter started by stating that the RSGB “shares the concerns of the global amateur community […]
Follow the link below to read the minutes of this meeting. Propogation Studies Committee meeting, 4 May 2019 (11-page/1.8MB PDF)
In our next step in an ongoing effort to protect the 144MHz band, the RSGB President has written to Ofcom regarding the recent World Radio Conference WRC-23 aeronautical proposal. Our input summarises the basis for our deep concerns, but also includes an appendix highlighting the multi-faceted nature of amateur radio activity and innovation in this […]
The RSGB invites young people, and an accompanying adult if the child is under 16 years, to join them at the National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park on 6 August 2019 for a fun and hands-on workshop where they can learn more about radio and electronics. The workshop offers a short introduction to wireless […]
This week IARU expert and RSGB Microwave Manager Barry Lewis, G4SJH presented a key address to a panel session Keeping the Spectrum Clean at the 24th Annual Spectrum Summit in Germany that attracted 200 delegates from 34 countries. He said— The amateur radio community struggles with an ever-growing level of electro-magnetic pollution that is crowding […]
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 7 July 2019 (11-page/181KB Microsoft Word document)
