Archive for 2017
Clubs, Groups, Teams….
Spice up your club life Recently, amateurs have found many new ways of getting together to share their hobby – and ways of spicing up very traditional clubs with innovative ways of doing things. RSGB President Nick Henwood, G3RWF, has got Board support to highlight some of the best things which are going on. Whether […]
An urgent message from the RSGB President
This is an exciting time for the RSGB, the Board and all the membership as we reshape our strategy. We all want an active and thriving amateur radio community with the RSGB as a strong and influential national society; now is the time to make and implement plans to build on our current strengths and […]
Apply now for YOTA Camp
The RSGB’s Youth Committee have already received some great applications from young members to be part of the UK team at this year’s YOTA summer camp, which will be held at Gilwell Park. Around 100 young radio amateurs will be attending representing over 20 countries, including the UK. If you are between 14 and 25 […]
Call for RSGB election candidates
The RSGB is calling for volunteers to step forward for election at the RSGB AGM. In 2017 the RSGB will be looking to appoint one elected Board Director, one nominated Board Director and five Regional Managers. Regions 2, 5, 7, 10 and 12 are open for volunteers, whether the current Regional Manager is seeking re-election […]
New Cubesats in orbit
Several CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were placed into orbit on 16 January from the International Space Station. Satellites carrying amateur radio payloads included ITF-2, with a downlink of 437.525MHz, Waseda-Sat-3, with downlinks of CW and FM telemetry on 437.29MHz, AOBA-Velox-3, with downlinks of GMSK telemetry on 437.225MHz and TuPOD that will transmit AFSK on […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
You can help the RSGB to make YOTA 2017 a great success by becoming a financial supporter—any one who donates more than £15 receives a supporters’ pin. A meeting has taken place in the past week in CEPT, which included agenda items considering matters of interest to amateur radio at WRC19. The discussions made progress […]
