Archive for June, 2020

News for Wales – 21 June 2020

| June 19, 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 Company Secretary

| June 19, 2020

Following the election of Len Paget, GM0ONX as a Board Director at the recent AGM, the RSGB Board has asked the General Manager, Steve Thomas, M1ACB to take on the additional role of Company Secretary. The Board would like to records its thanks to Len for the time he has given as Company Secretary over […]

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Peter T Pitts, G3GYE, 12th May 2020

| June 17, 2020
Peter T Pitts, G3GYE, 12th May 2020

Peter T Pitts, G3GYE died on 12 May 2020 aged 92. Peter started building radios at around the age of 10, joining the RSGB circa 1942 and remaining a member for the ensuing 77 years until his death. One of Peter’s main interests was aerials and signal propagation. In 1968 Peter spent a year in […]

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15 June 2020 – Raspberry Pi by Mike Richards, G4WNC

| June 15, 2020
15 June 2020 – Raspberry Pi by Mike Richards, G4WNC

Mike’s presentation The Raspberry Pi series of low-cost single-board computers were developed to promote teaching of basic computer science in schools. However, they have become extremely popular and are selling well outside the original target market including in amateur radio. Well-known expert Mike Richards, G4WNC sets out to provide the basics of the Raspberry Pi, […]

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First Tonight @ 8 webinar streamed

| June 15, 2020

Our first live webinar in the Tonight @ 8 series, Raspberry Pi by Mike Richards G4WNC, was streamed between 20.00 and 21.10 on 15 June 2020. A recording of Mike’s webinar with additional information is now available on the RSGB website Or, you can watch it on YouTube Find out about upcoming Tonight @ 8 […]

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Join Tonight @ 8 on Monday

| June 12, 2020

The RSGB’s new series of webinars begins on Monday, 15 June 2020. The first Tonight @ 8 features a presentation on the Raspberry Pi by Mike Richards, G4WNC. You can watch the live stream on the RSGB YouTube channel or you can watch and ask questions via the special Tonight @ 8 channel on the […]

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