The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) opened in Egypt on 28 October 2019. Daily reports of proceedings can be found on the RSGB’s social media and special focus page at rsgb.org/wrc-19. These reports are prepared by the RSGB volunteers attending the conference. WRC-19 has a wide-ranging agenda, of which the amateur issues are but a […]
Advance notice that Hilderstone Radio Society will host an RSGB Train the Trainers event on Saturday, 11 July 2020. This free event takes place in Margate and is open to all amateurs interested in helping new amateurs acquire or progress to a higher licence. It is essential you pre-book. For more information, or to register […]
The 2019 YOTA winter camp is taking place in the Netherlands from 12 to 15 December 2019—see the YOTA Netherlands 2019 page to meet the RSGB team who will be taking part. The RAIBC has an audio library that includes manuals for all three licence levels. Updated versions for Syllabus 2019 are available on audio […]
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 10 November 2019 (11-page/166KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.
The Rochdale and District ARS Winter Rally takes place on Saturday, 16 November at St Vincent de Paul’s, Caldershaw Road, off Edenfield Road, Norden, Rochdale, OL12 7QR. Doors open to the public at 10.15am, with disabled visitors gaining access 15 minutes earlier. Admission is £2.50, with those under 12 free. Pitches are £5 if you […]
Alan, G3XAQ and Don, G3XTT will be active from The Gambia from 12 to 26 November as C56XA and C56DF respectively. Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX CW Contest, with casual operating outside the contest. QSL C56XA via LoTW or G3SWH’s OQRS, QSL C56DF via LoTW, Club Log’s OQRS, or via G3XTT. […]
Coventry Amateur Radio Society is putting GB1BNF on the air this Sunday and on Monday in Bedworth for Remembrance Sunday. The Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society (RAFARS) has announced that its permanent special event call sign GB2RAF will be off the air until May 2020. This is due to the winter recess at the […]
The WAE DX RTTY contest runs for 48 hours this weekend, ending at 2359UTC on the 10th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is just your signal report and serial number. On Monday the 80m Autumn Series Data contest takes place from 2000 to 2130UTC. Using data modes only on the 3.5MHz […]
We had a more settled week, geomagnetically speaking. The Sun was a lot calmer, with a lack of coronal holes and fast solar wind to disrupt the ionosphere. We also had a sign again that Solar Cycle 25 is on its way. A tiny sunspot, numbered 2750 and belonging to Cycle 25, appeared in the […]
Meet the team of young RSGB Members who will be heading out to the Netherlands (from 12 to 15 December) for the 2019 YOTA Winter camp.
