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RSGB website: downtime for essential maintenance
UPDATE 11:30 27/01/2025 Our web development team have updated us on possible downtime and other possible user issues on the RSGB website later today. The site may be offline during DNS updates for up to 20 minutes, and the downtime event could occur at any time between 16.00 this afternoon and 12.00 tomorrow. The site’s […]
Assistant Editor Vacancy
The RSGB is looking for an Assistant Editor to join the team that produces its suite of RadCom publications. The successful candidate will be involved in everything from magazine production and sub-editing, to writing articles and planning content. You will be a core part of the editorial team, working closely with (and being managed by) […]
Be inspired by the RSGB National Radio Centre
The RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) receives thousands of visitors through its doors each week. For some it may only be a passing visit, but for others it’s an insight into a world they knew nothing about, and they leave wanting to know more. A family day out When Jake, aged 12, visited the NRC […]
My amateur radio inspiration by Gerry Gee, 2E0FVC
My experience with radio first came during my work in the Police. One of my Sergeants, David Jelley who is now Silent Key, was a radio amateur and invited me to visit his home shack. Following sick leave from a work injury I was then placed in the local control room operating the radios, although it […]
My amateur radio inspiration by Carl, G8UGJ/G0TQM
A number of childhood experiences have stuck with me and inspired me to take up the hobby. I have a memory of rummaging through a box of Morse keys in a tent with my Dad, which I think may have been at a Drayton Manor Park Radio Rally. I also used to watch The Forest […]
XERH (Radio Tricolor Mexico City, Mexico): Circa 1970
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
XERH Radio Tricolor Mexico City, Mexico 1970 on 11,880 kHz
This station was often heard with a good signal in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in Spanish with the jingle "La RH, La RH Radio Tricolor"
RSGB website: downtime for essential maintenance
A major infrastructure upgrade is taking place on the RSGB website between 16.00 on Monday, 27 January 2025 and 12.00 on Tuesday, 28 January 2025. The website may go offline for short periods during this essential work. More details of any scheduled downtime will be available shortly. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience. This […]
GB2RS News Script for 26 January 2025
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 26 January 2025 (MS Word document)
Also in GB2RS this week…
On Sunday, 26 January 2025, the 2m band is full of transmissions from operators taking part in 145 Alive. The event is running from 12pm to 3pm and there are nets operating in most Maidenhead Squares across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. To take part, all you need to do is call in and make […]