It is with a very heavy heart, that I break the sad news of the passing of my great friend and radio mentor, Graham Furlonger, M0KTY on 29 July 2026. He was a member of RSGB and local clubs near his home address, with such enthusiasm for radio and electronics, among many other interests , […]
Time really does fly by! Today marked our last full day of the YOTA Summer Camp in Austria. The excitement continued right until the end with a wide variety of activities taking us around Wagrain, into space, and even into the world of Morse code with a brand-new piece of kit! The day started with Amateur […]
RSGB Board Director and Board liaison for the Youth Committee Nathan Nuttall, MM9OCC has announced that the RSGB Youth Chair Chris Aitken, MM0WIC has stepped down from his role as Chair. Chris, who is a teacher at Wick High School, has secured an ARISS contact for his school and will be using his time to […]
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The RSGB is preparing to launch a new Training and Development Lead pilot role to help rebuild structured engagement with trainers, support new licensees, and strengthen the wider training environment. This 12 month pilot will focus on listening, mapping, evidence gathering and supporting the training community. Some initial information was outlined in the August 2026 […]
Today, 2 August, Part 1 of the British Amateur Television Club Convention 2026 is taking place at Midland Air Museum, Rowley Road, Coventry, CV3 4FR. The event is running from 10am to 4pm and includes show-and-tell, test-and-fix-it and bring-and-buy elements. There are comprehensive test facilities available for all bands from 144MHz to 24GHz. Non-members are […]
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the Croatian Flora and Fauna Amateur Radio Club is active as 9A44FF until 31 December. For information about an award that is available for working the station, visit QRZ.com Special callsign LZ75HSC is active to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Radio Telegraphy Highspeed Club. The club was founded in 1951 […]
Rafal, SQ4O is a member of the 50th Polish Antarctic Expedition to the Henryk Arctowski Station on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, AN-010. He will be working there until October. In his spare time, he will be operating as HF0PAS on the HF bands using CW and SSB. Rafal is also active on the […]
Today, 2 August, the RSGB 432MHz Low Power Contest runs from 0800 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and your two-letter postcode. The UK Six Metre Group Summer Marathon started on 2 May and ends today, 2 August. Using all modes on the 6m band, the […]
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 30 July, 2026 We’ve had quite a reasonable period of HF propagation over the past seven days. The solar flux index remained quite high and conditions have been quite stable, apart from a geomagnetic disturbance on Thursda, 23 July that saw the Kp index rise to 5.33. The […]
