Archive for October, 2014
Julian Moss, G4ILO, 24 October 2014
My friend Julian Moss, G4ILO, sadly lost a long and bravely fought battle on Friday, October 24, 2014, at the age of only 60, and amateur radio lost one of its most ardent contributors. Rather than give an account of Julian’s battle I refer readers to his well-supported blog “One Foot in the Grave“, which takes […]
Donald J Munro, GM3TCM, 20 September 2014
Donald J Munro, GM3TCM passed away on 20 Sept 2014. He had suffered bravely the effects of Parkinson’s Disease, which caused quite some disability over the past 18 months. I first met Donnie in 1957 and the common link was amateur radio; in these times amateurs routinely built or modified equipment to create ham stations […]
RadCom Editor helps produce science video
RadCom Editor Elaine Richards, G4FLM, has helped to produce an informative video about early radio technology for the Science Museum. You can watch the video and find out more by following the links below. Information Age: the radio transmitter that changed our world (The Guardian) Information Age (Science Museum)
Towards a new RAYNET
For 60 years, RAYNET groups have been offering the community a unique service — emergency communications independent of infrastructure which is vulnerable to disruption by natural causes or technological failure. The leadership of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) and the Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network (RAEN) believe there are considerable benefits to there being one RAYNET organisation. This […]
Last GB2RS for propagation stalwart
This week, the RSGB says thank you and farewell to one of the stalwart members of the GB2RS team. Neil, G0CAS has been preparing the solar report for the weekly GB2RS scripts for 20 years and this week is his final report. The RSGB would like to thank Neil, and Martin, G3USF who fills in […]
Ofcom amateur licence review closes
Ofcom’s consultation on proposed changes to the amateur radio licence concluded last Monday, 20 October. Many thanks to the 2,000-plus people who responded. Ofcom will be publishing the responses in due course, and a statement about the changes to be introduced is expected at the end of November. The response submitted by the RSGB is […]
