Archive for June, 2020

News for Wales – 7 June 2020

| June 5, 2020

Blackwood and District Amateur Radio Society has an open net on Sundays from noon around 3.703MHz. Friday sees an open net from 7pm on 144.575MHz FM. Live streams of both are at www.mw0mwz.co.uk/liveshack.php. Details from Rob, MW0CVT, via email to mw0cvt@sky.com. Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has its 80m SSB net every Sunday from 2.30pm. There […]

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RSGB submits response to Ofcom EMF consultation

| June 5, 2020

The RSGB has submitted its response to the Ofcom Consultation on Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, or EMF, ahead of the 12 June deadline. You can read the response on our EMF web page. In summary, the RSGB appreciates the need for the ICNIRP guidelines but cannot support the proposals from Ofcom that are onerous. It […]

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Thank you to all RSGB volunteers

| June 4, 2020

To mark National Volunteers’ Week, RSGB Board Director Philip Willis, M0PHI has recorded a short video clip to thank all RSGB volunteers for the great work that they are doing to support the amateur radio community during these difficult times. He also highlights just some examples of the ‘Get on the air to care’ activities […]

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RESOLVED. Major power outage affecting RSGB HQ

| June 4, 2020

We have now restored our major systems to normal operation, but monitoring and testing continue in case of any unidentified issues. Please let us know if you encounter unexpected issues using any RSGB IT service by posting a ticket to rsgb.org/helpdesk and we will investigate.   A major local power outage is affecting RSGB HQ […]

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RESOLVED. RSGB email service down

| June 4, 2020

The RSGB email system has been restored following the power outage at HQ. Please note that any email you were sent during the outage will be delivered as the queue clears. RSGB volunteer mailboxes are now available again as normal.

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New regional appointments

| June 2, 2020

We’re delighted to announce new appointments to the Regional Forum: Mark Burrows, 2E0SBM Regional Representative for Region 13, has been elected unopposed as the Regional Forum Chair Liz Cabban, GW0ETU has been co-opted as the Regional Representative for Region 6 David De La Haye, M0MBD has been co-opted as the Regional Representative for Region 12 […]

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