Archive for 2018

Happy New Year to all

| January 5, 2018

The news team and all the staff at RSGB HQ would like to wish our newsreaders, listeners and online readers a very Happy New Year. We would like to remind every one that the deadline for news items is 10am on Thursday mornings and we welcome your news every week by email to radcom@rsgb.org.uk. The […]

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Jeff Smith, MI0AEX awarded MBE

| January 5, 2018

Congratulations to RSGB Past-President Jeff Smith, MI0AEX, who was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to health, for founding Ards Peninsula First Responders. The Ards Peninsula First Responders is a volunteer group who responds to life-threatening emergency calls, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, serving the BT22 area.

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Volunteer now for RSGB positions

| January 5, 2018

This is the time of year when we call for volunteers to step forward for election at the AGM that will take place at Jurys Inn in Birmingham on 21 April 2018. In 2018 the RSGB will be looking to appoint a President, two elected Board Directors, two nominated Board Directors and two Regional Managers. […]

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Also in GB2RS this week…

| January 5, 2018

In 2017, a team led by Noel, G8GTZ and Brian, G4NNS made several visits to Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall to use the 32m GHY6 dish for 3.4GHz and 5.6GHz EME operation. During one of the visits, Michael Portillo and the Great British Railway Journeys team visited and filmed a sequence including EME operation. The […]

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EME to feature on BBC2 show

| January 5, 2018

In 2017, a team led by Noel, G8GTZ and Brian, G4NNS made several visits to Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall to use the 32m GHY6 dish for 3.4GHz and 5.6GHz EME operation. During one of the visits, Michael Portillo and the Great British Railway Journeys team visited and filmed a sequence including EME operation. The […]

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HF DXpedition Fund trustee wanted

| January 5, 2018

The RSGB assists HF DXpeditions to the rarer countries through a fund that is supported each year from proceeds of the raffle, which is held at the annual RSGB Convention, as well as income from legacies and donations. The Society is looking to appoint a fifth trustee for the HF DXpedition Fund who, given the […]

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