The Examinations Standards Committee (ESC) has published its annual report, relating to activities in 2023. Key messages arising from the report: Whilst in 2023 there were fewer candidates across all licence levels, the number of people taking exams so far in 2024 has increased significantly Preparations are being made to release the bank of questions […]
We are looking forward to the IARU HF Championship contest on 13-14 July 2024, and there is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a different way this year. During the contest, Headquarters Stations represent their countries and the RSGB’s station GR2HQ will be run by a network of about a dozen stations […]
The presentation Overview of the QMX+ transceiver and the path taken to get here High level technical description of QMX+ and its SDR architecture Detailed design discussion of several unusual, unique or innovative sections of QMX+ Future planned developments for QMX+ About Hans Hans graduated with a physics BSc in 1993. He left his 22 year career […]
The presentation The first phase of this project was completed in May 2022 when the UK meteor beacon GB3MBA went on the air from the Sherwood Observatory of the Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society, enabling studies of meteor events over the UK using simple equipment and making possible a range of STEM projects featuring radio […]
The presentation Aircraft scatter is about bouncing our VHF/UHF radio signals off high-flying aircraft; hitching a ride with someone else’s plane to extend our everyday working range out to 700-800km. This sounds rather technical, but aircraft scatter is actually very easy; here in north-west Europe there are so many planes in the sky that aircraft […]
IARU will again be present at HAM RADIO 2024 in Friedrichshafen from June 28 to June 30, 2024.
This is the 47th exhibition and you can visit the Messe Friedrichshafen website by the link HAM RADIO Friedrichshafen.
In addition to the …
IARU will again be present at HAMRADIO 2024 in Friedrichshafen.
Following the positive feedback from HAMRADIO 2023 with the “IARU demo booth”, and the decision at the IARU-R1 General Conference 2023, we hereby announce the IARU Open Innovation Zone. The …
Nigel (ex-G3TJD) was a keen CW DXer, as both G3TJD and , for most of his life. While working as a lab’ assistant in Stafford in 1965, he established a radio club in the local Grammar School which enabled a few of us to get our licences. He had been a radio operator in the […]
Bob passed away on 10 May 2024 at home after being poorly for a number of years. When we moved to Whitsbury, he had so many plans for his new Shack but unfortunately his health would not allow him to fulfil the challenges of transmitting from such a low spot. Bob was quietly proud of […]
UPDATE 10:26 24/06/2024 Our service provider is continuing to investigate the issue affecting the RSGB HQ phone system. It is a system-wide issue with the provider and not limited to the RSGB. This post will be updated when there are any further developments. All RSGB HQ departments can still be reached by email, which is […]
