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The RSGB is delighted to announce two new volunteer youth team roles as it continues to grow and strengthen its support for young radio amateurs across the UK. Leon Shaw, M0VUF will be the Youth Vice Chair, working closely with the Youth Chair Chris Aitken, MM0WIC to help guide and develop the expanding Youth Team. […]

The RSGB National Radio Centre will be closed to visitors on Monday, 27 April and Tuesday 28, April for essential maintenance work taking place. RSGB volunteers look forward to welcoming you on an alternative day. Don’t forget that if you are a RSGB member you can receive free entry to Bletchley Park, which includes the […]

Cambridge Repeater Group Rally is taking place today, 19 April, at Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Foxton CB22 6RN. Traders can gain access from 7.30am and the doors open to visitors at 9.30am. Entry costs £4 but there will be a discount for multi-occupancy vehicles. For more information email rally2026@cambridgerepeaters.net and visit cambridgerepeaters.net The Broadcast Engineering […]

The Ramsbury Amateur Radio DX Group will be active as GB80RY on Saturday, 25 April and Sunday, 26 April. The station will be on the air to commemorate 80 years since the decommissioning of RAF Ramsbury in Wiltshire. Operators will be using CW, FT8 and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands. Special event station […]

Phill, FK1TS is active again as C21TS from Nauru , OC-031, until July. He mainly operates using FT8 but may also try some SSB contacts. QSL via Logbook of the World or OQRS. QSOs are live streamed on Club Log. Tom, VK2TBC will be active as VK0TBC from Casey Station in Antarctica until December.  He […]

On Tuesday, 21 April, the RSGB 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday, 22 April, the RSGB 80m Club Championship runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using SSB on the 80m band, the exchange is signal […]

Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 16 April, 2026 Last week was characterised by a low Kp index and an equally low solar flux index. The Kp index was predominately below 2 all week thanks to a lack of Earth-directed CMEs, or coronal holes. Unfortunately, that is about to change. The solar index has […]

Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The club meets at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 868 221 for more information. On Mondays […]

The OPS-2m-NW Net is a regular VHF simplex net for licensed amateur radio operators across North West England, organised and run by the M0KKN Club. The net takes place fortnightly on 145.500MHz at 7.30pm. Operators are asked to QSY as directed by the net controller. All licence levels are welcome to join in. Barnsley and […]