The Callington ARS Rally takes place on the 27th of March. It will be held in Callington Town Hall. A date for your diary next. The National Hamfest will take place on the 14th and 15th of October at the Newark Showground NG24 2NY. Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible […]
Gianpi, IK1TTD will be active as 3A/IK1TTD from Monaco between the 25th and 27th of March. Main activity will be during the CQ WorldWide WPX SSB Contest. QSL via his home call, direct or via the bureau. Helmut, DF7EE will be active again as CT9/DF7EE from Madeira, AF- 014, from the 22nd of March until […]
This weekend the BARTG HF RTTY Contest ends its 48-hour run at 0159UTC on the 21st. Using the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is serial number and time in UTC. The all-mode SHF UK Activity Contest takes place on Tuesday between 1930 and 2230UTC. Using the 1.2 […]
Celebrating twenty years of the Summits on the Air programme, GB20SOTA will be active from a Welsh SOTA summit until the 26th of March. QSL via the bureau, or direct to M1EYP. Frans, PC2F will be active as PF01MAX until the 20th of November, over the twenty-two Grand Prix weekends of this year’s FIA Formula […]
Well, what a mixed week of solar activity we have just had. Last week, we forecast that we could expect unsettled geomagnetic conditions over the last weekend, but we didn’t expect to see the Kp index hit six. Sunday the 13th saw ground-based magnetometers hit hard with at least 15 hours of unsettled conditions, when […]
DMX-40 Morse code transceiver – CW contacts without the need for additional hardware or computer To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 84 Around Your Region – Events roundup 88 New products 14 News 12 RSGB AGM Board Election Result 10 RSGB AGM […]
The RSGB is offering a wide variety of amateur radio activities to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. From special event stations to an innovation competition, a radio tournament and an operating award, the Society hopes there is something for everyone. You can read an outline of each of the activities now and further […]
The RSGB Legacy Fund, thanks to the generosity of donors, has significant financial resources available to encourage and develop amateur radio. The Legacy Committee (a subcommittee of the RSGB Board) considers proposals for grants to be given to projects from the RSGB Legacy Fund. The criteria for the award of grants was established some years […]
Unfortunately it will be necessary to close the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) for a week, starting on Monday 21 March 2022. A number of NRC volunteers have COVID and we don’t have enough available volunteers to welcome the hundreds of people who visit each week. We hope to re-open the Centre on Monday, 28 […]
The 4th meeting of the CEPT project team (CPG PTC) tasked with developing the CEPT Brief for WRC23 agenda item 9.1b on 23cm band amateur service and RNSS coexistence took place during March 2022. The IARU R1 was present and …