The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 0730UTC every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Visit the website for information. At a meeting held on the 12th of May, members of Wrexham ARS and Marches ARS voted to merge the clubs to […]
Paul Riley has proudly donated a 1970s’ era Yaesu FT101 transceiver to the RSGB National Radio Centre. It belonged to his late father Ken Riley, G3JAS. It will form part of the ‘Time-Line’ display which illustrates the development of wireless communication from the earliest days through to modern equipment. Paul and his wife made the […]
The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham later this summer. It will see around 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories, compete in 19 sports across 14 competition venues. The RSGB has just published news of the various activities it is planning to link with the Games. You can get involved in one of […]
It isn’t long now until the RSGB’s Platinum Jubilee activities kick off. There is a wide range of things to be part of, from using the /70 suffix to creating something for the Innovation 70 competition or having a go at the WSPR 70 fun challenge. There is also still time to activate one of […]
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Trans World Radio, Swaziland
Date of recording: 11/2/1996
Starting time: 0358
Frequency: 4.750 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Here is the interval signal of Trans World Radio in Swaziland as received here in Ontario, Canada on November 2, 1996. If you could hear this station well, it was likely a good time to try for other more difficult catches.
Despite the restrictions implemented in the UK to respond to the changing landscape of Covid, the RSGB continued to support radio amateurs in the UK. In line with the Society’s strategic goal to have an active and thriving radio amateur community, the RSGB provided high-quality information and resources to help people to get started in, or […]
It is with great regret I announce that Nancy Bone, G7UUR, the co-founder and long-time secretary of the Angel of the North ARC became Silent Key on Thursday the 5th of May 2022. Nancy, a stalwart lady, had trained as a solicitor and dedicated her life to help the neglected, the abused and the underprivileged. […]
John owned one of the last surplus electronics shops at 25 The Strait, Lincoln called simply J Birkett. Opened in 1960, John supplied generations of radio amateurs with hard to get radio components. If you visited the shop you could find a vast range of new and secondhand equipment, including vintage/military/commercial/amateur radios, wireless and test […]
There have been very long delays on the RSGB IT Helpdesk recently due to an unprecendented number of tickets in the system – this has of course been exacerbated by the rollout of our upgraded Membership Services login system. The situation is now improving, but there are still long wait times. To help the system […]
At the Regional Forum meeting on 16 May, the Regional Representatives elected David De La Haye, M0MBD as Chair of the Regional Forum and Neil Yorke, M0NKE as its Secretary. The Board would like to thank Mark Burrows, 2E0SBM and Tony Miles, MM0TMZ for their service in previous years as Regional Forum Chair and Secretary […]
