Archive for March, 2019
Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ, 4 March 2019
It is with great sadness that I inform everyone that Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ, RSGB Regional Representative for Region 13, passed away in hospital on 4th March 2019. He had been in hospital in Nottingham for some days with a breathing problem and seemed to be recovering well after recently undergoing an operation. The news came […]
Commonwealth Contest next weekend
The Commonwealth Contest, RSGB’s longest-running contest, takes place for 24 hours over the weekend of 9 and 10 March 2019. As mentioned in Propagation News, you should not expect much propagation on the upper HF bands, but some hardy travellers will undoubtedly activate countries that don’t appear on the air every day, so make the […]
Suggest talks for RSGB 2019 Convention
Planning has begun for the RSGB 2019 Convention, which will take place from Friday, the 11th, to Sunday, 13 October 2019, at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, Milton Keynes. The organising committee would like to encourage suggestions for this year’s lectures. Please email convention@rsgb.org.uk, in particular, if you are able to suggest a […]
Ham radio artwork returns to Tate Gallery
The artwork Ten Minute Transmission, featuring the Kenwood TS-2000 transceiver and the International Space Station is again on display at the Tate Gallery in London. Made of wire and attached to the TS-2000, this sculpture receives radio signals from the ISS and transmits them into the gallery space. The title of this work, Ten Minute […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
Two new videos of 2018 RSGB Convention lectures are now on the RSGB website. Sam Jewell, G4DDK speaks about the Iceni, a high performance 70cm transverter for the constructor, and James Patterson, M1DST gives an introduction to 3D printing for the radio amateur. Go to rsgb.org/videos to watch these two very interesting talks—and many others […]
New 2018 Convention videos now online
Two new videos of 2018 RSGB Convention lectures are now on the RSGB website. Sam Jewell, G4DDK speaks about the Iceni, a high performance 70cm transverter for the constructor, and James Patterson, M1DST gives an introduction to 3D printing for the radio amateur. Go to rsgb.org/videos to watch these two very interesting talks—and many others […]
