Archive for October, 2020

RSGB seeks records of complaints about on-air behaviour

| October 26, 2020

The RSGB receives complaints from time to time regarding incidences of deliberate jamming and foul or inappropriate language on the air. The Operating Advisory Service provides advice on the RSGB website about how to deal with these problems. The Society has been trying to quantify the size of the problem and recently made a Freedom […]

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RSGB Radio Communication Handbook

| October 26, 2020
RSGB Radio Communication Handbook

14th Edition Edited by Mike Browne, G3DIH This new edition of the RSGB Radio Communication Handbook has as always been updated and re-written so that it remains one of the best guides in the world to amateur radio technology and practice. In 26 chapters, two appendices, 600,000 words on 832 A4 pages it covers the […]

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RadCom November 2020, Vol. 96, No. 11

| October 26, 2020
RadCom November 2020, Vol. 96, No. 11

CQ Senhaix! Dual band handhelds from a relatively new name To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports News and Reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 85 Around Your Region – Events roundup 89 New products 14 News 12 RSGB Matters 6 Special Interest Groups News 16 Regulars Advertisers’ […]

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Back to GMT this Sunday

| October 23, 2020

Don’t forget, in the UK, the clocks go back one hour at 2am on Sunday 25 October 2020. We will then we back to Greenwich Mean Time, or UTC, until the clocks change again in March 2021.

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New Zealand loses 5MHz

| October 23, 2020

The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) reports that, unfortunately, the New Zealand Defence Force has advised they are not willing to approve another renewal of their 5MHz trial allocation and licence. As a result, all use by New Zealand amateurs of the two trial frequencies, 5353 and 5362kHz, cease from midnight on Saturday, […]

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New RSGB Convention talks on YouTube

| October 23, 2020

The individual presentations from the Introduction To… stream at the successful RSGB 2020 Convention Online are now available on the Society’s YouTube channel. You can catch up on ones you missed, or take the opportunity to watch again the ones you enjoyed most. The keynote presentation and the individual talks in the Learn More About… […]

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