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The RSGB website has a wealth of information available to you, and the search function is a useful tool to find what you are looking for. However, to make things as straightforward as possible, the Society has updated the contacts page on its website. If you need to get in touch about something specific, you’ll be able to find the correct contact details at a glance. Each HQ department is listed with the range of services they offer. For example, you’ll see that the Sales Team can also help with club insurance, Membership Services will help with any issues logging into its online membership portal, and that GB2RS news items should be sent to the RadCom team. Whatever your query, the team is there to help. If you need more local help, please contact your Regional Team representatives. Head over to rsgb.org/contact to find out how to get in touch.
Professor Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL is a well-known member of the RSGB Propagation Studies Committee, as well as someone involved with Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI). In celebration of Citizen Science Month during April 2025, the RSGB has shared Gwyn’s HamSCI presentation from the RSGB 2024 Convention on its YouTube channel. In the talk, Gwyn outlines the organisation’s activities, particularly during the 2023 and 2024 eclipses. Go to youtube.com/theRSGB to watch the talk now. If you’d like to find out more, join the RSGB for May’s Tonight@8 webinar when HamSCI lead Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF presents Space Weather We Can Do Together. Both Gwyn and Nathaniel recently won awards in the RSGB 2025 AGM trophy presentation. You can also get involved with HamSCI’s preparations for a series of meteor scatter experiments in August and December 2025. You can find further details at hamsci.org/msqp.
Have you ever wondered about the origins of the smart doorbell? Although a modern phenomenon, it has a history dating back over 100 years. During the latest series of The Secret Genius of Modern Life, Hannah Fry explores its early origins with a device created by Leon Theremin. During the episode radio amateur Neil, G4DBN, re-creates Leon’s device. The episode will air on BBC2 at 20.00 on Wednesday, 23 April 2025. Many of you will know Neil from Season One, Episode One, of the series when he re-created the Great Seal Bug. Both episodes are available to watch now on BBC iPlayer.
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