The QSL Bureau sub-manager for the G4T to Z group is retiring and a replacement volunteer to distribute cards to this active sub-group is urgently needed. If you are an RSGB Member, have time, a little space and some basic computer skills, the bureau would like to hear from you. You can find out more […]
Before travelling to any rally or event, please check the event’s website as there may be alterations or cancellations due to the current restrictions. Finningley ARS Car Boot will be outdoor only with doors opening at 10am on the 25th of July. It is located near M18 junction 2, Doncaster. Admission is £3. The Wiltshire […]
John, MM0CCC, Gordon, MM0GPZ, Keith, GM4YXI and Chris, GM3WOJ will be active as GM7V during next weekend’s IOTA contest. They will operate as a Multi-2 station from Benbecula, which is EU-010. QSL via N3SL. Look for C6AHA to be active from the Bimini Islands, NA-048, in the Bahamas until the 21st of July. A large […]
Mr Frederick Malcolm Hollis, G4LNG, of Brampton, Chesterfield, passed away at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, aged 76. A lifelong Chesterfield resident, Frederick was a field engineer for Gilbarco Veeder-Root, until his retirement in 2010. His interests included amateur radio, gardening, walking around Linacre, cricket, cycling and his dog. Frederick leaves his sons Andrew and Michael, grandchildren […]
Mr Stanley (Stan) Alston, G4VSR, of Wingerworth passed away peacefully at home on May 12, 2021 aged 95. Stanley was a resident of Wingerworth for the last 52 years where he served as Clerk to Wingerworth Parish Council for 30 years. A loving and devoted husband to Joan who predeceased Stan in 2017. Doting father to […]
The RSGB ran an amateur radio survey in May as part of its input to an IARU workshop Over 1,000 people responded and gave their views of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for amateur radio both currently and in the future. A summary of the responses has been published in the August RadCom. You […]
The call sign GB4RS is issued to the President of the Radio Society of Great Britain for the term of his/her office. Stewart Bryant, G4YSX is the current RSGB President and intends to use this call sign as often as possible. Why not listen out for him on the air and log this special call […]
Sydney Hunt, G3YYQ, passed away at the age of 108. His callsign was issued in 1938 and he remained active on the air until 2020 (with, of course, an enforced break during WWII). A lifelong radio amateur and electronics enthusiast, he built the first television in his home town of Grimsby and worked on RDF/radar […]
Tommy Knight, G2FYY passed away on Monday 5 July 2021 at the age of 100. He was featured in the April 2021 RadCom (p14) celebrating his centenary (see photo), when he received a card from Her Majesty. He became interested in amateur radio when he left school because his friend was a radio amateur. Instead […]
The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter June 2021 is now available.Click on the link to read it! …
