It is with deep sadness and regret to inform that Our Friend Wojciech Nietyksza SP5FM has passed away on 6th November 2020, at the age of 87. We lost a great radio amateur…
Wojciech was a Honorary Member of the …
The RSGB has prepared a draft response to Ofcom’s second EMF consultation. You can find the draft on our special web page. The deadline for responses to the consultation is Monday 16 November so please read the RSGB draft and send any feedback to emc.chairman@rsgb.org.uk within the next few days. We also encourage all […]
Charles Clifford “Cliff” Kayhart, W4KKP, of White Rock, South Carolina, died on October 26, a few days past his 109th birthday. An ARRL member, he was the oldest known US radio amateur and possibly the oldest ham in the world.
Last November, Roanoke Division Director Bud Hippisley, W2RU; Vice Director Bill Morine, N2COP,……………..READ MORE .
Newsletter 87 is out, with important information about the results of the Virtual General Conference held from 11 to 16 October 2020. …
The news headlines:
- RSGB preps reply to 2nd EMF consultation
- Convention: Learn More About… stream on YouTube
- ARRL opposes new $50 licence fee
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CLUB NEWS (No significant difference from the previous Sunday – 1st Nov)
Details of all known nets in Scotland are collated by RSGB Regional Representative Tony, MM0TMZ in association with Jack GM4COX and the West of Scotland ARS, and they are published at wosars.club/radio-nets.
New Newsreader Gordon Wilson, 2M0PIJ from Clydebank will now be providing fill-in to the broadcasts in the west of Scotland and re-broadcasting the west of Scotland Sunday GB2RS broadcasts at 10am on DMR talk group 23559.
In the absence of club meetings, West of Scotland ARS has a daily net from 11am on 145.425MHz. There’s an experimental SSTV net at noon this Sunday on 144.500MHz FM. Wednesday sees a net from 8pm on 433.425MHz and on Friday there’s an open net on 145.425MHz, also from 8pm. More details are at wosars.club
And again for further information as to individual club nets checkout the link above.
The RSGB is currently working on detailed comments and suggested amendments to the second Ofcom EMF consultation. The Society is also preparing guidance to help all UK radio amateurs to assess compliance and keep the necessary records. Go to rsgb.org/emf and click on the link for the latest update.
The keynote lecture and the presentations from the Learn More About stream at the RSGB’s 2020 Convention Online are now on the Society’s YouTube channel. Catch up on what you missed, or watch again.
US amateurs have been exempted from application fees for several years. The ARRL will file comments in firm opposition to an FCC proposal to impose a $50 fee on amateur radio licence and application fees. Under the proposal, amateur radio licensees would pay a $50 fee for each amateur radio application. This would apply for […]
The RSGB is taking part in December 2020 YOTA Month but the COVID-19 restrictions will make the event very different this year. If you are a parent with a newly-licensed youngster in your family, you can apply to host the call sign GB20YOTA safely from your own home. You must be a Full licence holder […]
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