Chair, Amateur Radio Development (ARD)
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Chair, Electromagnetic Compatibility Committee (EMC)
The EMC Committee helps and advises RSGB members who have EMC problems, lobbies regulators and guides standards to protect the spectrum. The Committee also investigates emerging EMC threats and updates members on these and other EMC matters. The EMC Chair has a committee of volunteers who are expected to play an active role in addressing these […]
Some Membership Services now back online
The Membership Services resources login has now been restored on the website, which means you can now access the digital edition of RadCom, RadCom Basics and RadCom Plus, our video library and all Members-only publications and documents. We are now working on restoring the full Membership Services portal at rsgb.org/members—this will be available later this […]
Work now underway to restore Membership Services
Work is now underway to restore RSGB Membership Services. Please accept our sincere apologies for the technical issues this week, and any inconvenience this has caused. We are hoping to get most of the services back online by this afternoon, and will let you know as soon as they are available again.
Radio room at NRC closed on Friday 29 Nov
Due to essential maintenance work, the radio room at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will be closed for a few hours on Friday 29 November. The NRC itself will remain open to visitors, but with the radio room temporarily closed, visiting radio amateurs will not be able to operate the station GB3RS. […]
Need a Bletchley Park voucher?
In view of the continuing technical issue with RSGB Membership Services login we are offering a service to email the Bletchley Park visitors vouchers to Members. Please only use this service if you have an imminent planned visit to Bletchley Park and need the voucher urgently! To obtain your Bletchley Visitors voucher by email, send […]
Membership Services login issue
UPDATE 16.20 – 26.11.2019 Work by our service provider on the affected server is now progressing and will be continuing overnight. We appreciate the long duration of this issue and the inconvenience to Members it causes, and we will update you first thing tomorrow morning on the current situation. If you urgently need the Bletchley […]
Bartek – MM7AJI Wins WoSARS Construction Competition
Friday the 22nd November saw the annual Construction Competition take place, and it was gratifying to see so many good ‘technical’ entries:
- BARTEK – MM7AJI – Homebrew High Capacity, used Li-Po, Power and Management Pack – 1st with 167 Points
- CONG . SWL – Homebrew Capacitor Health Checker – 2nd with 155 Points
- STUART – MM1ESW – Homebrew Remote HF Loop – 3rd with 146 Points
- PAT – 2M1CKE – Homebrew Portable Desktop Stand
- JACK – GM4COX – Homebrew 13cms 24 Element Yagi
- JACK – GM4COX – Homwbrew 8GHz RF Probe
With a new Club member, Bartek the overall winner.
Well done Bartek !
This year the Scoring regime slightly changed – HERE. Although the Categories remained the same, the Points awarded to each was changed to give a possible maximum of 100 Points/Judge.
And to this end, our two Judges on the night were ERNIE – GM0EZP and JOHN – GM0XFK. Thanks ‘lads’!
The Top Three – Cong, Bartek & Stuart
This year’s standard of construction was high, but as has been said on other Construction related POSTS , it’s not the most technically complex, beautifully built gizzo that will win, as you can see other factors are taken into consideration. So next year please have a go.
Also, there are some more pictures within our PROGRAMME FORUM’s, the CONSTRUCTION COMPETITION Photo Folder.
Finally, it was good to see Paul – MM7AJE (through the generous help of Bartek popping out to Paul’s QTH) able to attend the meeting following his recent ACCIDENT with a Police van. Well done Paul (and Bartek).
Jack(;>J
Snips – News For Scotland – 24th November
The news headlines:
- Big news for 6m band
- RSGB Board responsibilities change
- Five Train the Trainers courses next year
GB2RS – Script – HERE :
NEWS:
Edinburgh and District Amateur Radio Club has its net on Monday. Contact Norman, GM1CNH, on 0774 094 6192.
On Tuesday Dundee Amateur Radio Club is having a club night with training. Contact Martin, 2M0KAU, on 0776 370 8933.
On Tuesday Kilmarnock and Loudoun Amateur Radio Club is having a club night. Contact Len, GM0ONX, via email to klarcinfo@gmail.com.
On Tuesday Livingston and District Amateur Radio Society has a training evening. Details from Cathie, 2M0DIB, on 01506 433 846.
On Wednesday Glenrothes and District Radio Club is closed.
On Wednesday Inverness and District Amateur Radio Society is having a club night with speaker. Contact John, GM0OTI, via email to InvernessRadioSociety@gmail.com.
On Wednesday Lothians Radio Society is discussing the uBITX radio. Details from Andy, MM0FMF, via email to secretary@lothiansradiosociety.com.
West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society has a Solder Group meeting on Wednesday. Friday sees a talk on aerial modelling by Jack, GM4COX. For details, see wosars.club.
On Thursday Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society has a construction and on the air evening. Contact Fred, GM3ALZ, on 01975 651 365.
On Thursday Lomond Radio Club is having a club night. Details from Barrie, GM4HEL, via email to gm0kzx@googlemail.com.
Stirling and District Radio Society is open on Thursday from 7pm, and on Sunday from 10am. All are welcome. For details contact Jess, MM3RCR.
Wigtownshire Amateur Radio Club is having a club night on Thursday. Next Sunday sees the Christmas lunch. Details from Clive, GM4FZH, via email to info@GM4RIV.org.
On Friday Mid-Lanarkshire Amateur Radio Society is having a club night with tuition and radio operations. For details, see mlars.co.uk.
Big news for 6m band
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) has concluded in Egypt. The 3,300 delegates considered many aspects of radio including several that will affect our hobby. Perhaps the biggest news is that the conference has approved an allocation in the 50MHz band for amateurs in Region 1. The Amateur Service now has a baseline Secondary allocation […]