Archive for 2015
Stan Shackleford, G2HAX, 5th April 2015
Stan Shackleford, G2HAX died on 5 April 2015 aged 96 and was the last surviving pre-war member of the Reading & District Amateur Radio Club (RADARC) and was the last of the early members of the Club in its founding year of 1934. He lived all his life in the same small semi-detached house in […]
Gerald (Gerry) Openshaw, G2BTO, 6th September 2015
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Gerald (Gerry) Openshaw, G2BTO, on the 6th September 2015, aged 96. Born in 1919, Gerald was a life long radio enthusiast. His skills and enthusiasm where put to good use serving with many others at Bletchley Park during WW2. Gerald was a long standing […]
Exam management changes
Changes are being made to the overall management of the UK amateur radio exams, although this will have no impact on day-to-day operations. In a move approved by Ofcom, the responsibility for overall management is being transferred from the Radio Communications Foundation to the RSGB. The same people will be doing the same things; they […]
Intruders found on amateur bands
Russian military traffic continues to be a problem on the 40m and 20m bands, says the latest IARU Monitoring System newsletter. There have also been many other intrusions from various other nationalities, including over-the-horizon radar on 10MHz, Spanish-language fishery traffic on 1.810MHz and North Korean diplomatic transmissions on 20m from their Moscow embassy. The full […]
New Robin Hood award launched
The Robin Hood Award has recently been launched by the Phoenix Amateur Radio Club, based around Nottingham. It is for making contact with fixed or portable radio stations at the many places associated with the legendary character, not just around Nottingham. There are categories for both activators and chasers. Details of the self-regulated free award […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
Ofcom is looking for an engineering specialist to develop and enhance their software and systems used in radio monitoring systems throughout the UK and Northern Ireland. These consist of radio receivers, RF sensors, direction finders and so forth, predominantly from 20MHz to 3GHz. These are hosted on a mixture of permanent, transportable and mobile sites. […]
