Archive for 2020

‘Get on the air to care’ campaign featured on the BBC

| May 13, 2020

We’re delighted that amateur radio and our ‘Get on the air to care’ campaign with the NHS is featured prominently in the BBC news today. The RSGB worked with the journalist to provide facts and contacts; thank you to Vanessa Pearce and everyone who spoke to her. #GOTA2C

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NHS nurse and Queen’s Award winner supports GOTA2C and International Nurses Day

| May 12, 2020

Many thanks to Nicki Pointer for recording a short video message promoting International Nurses Day (IND) and our ‘Get on the air to care’ campaign with the NHS. Nicki is a Queen’s Award winner, the Crowborough Community First Responders’ Team Leader as well as a Ward Manager/Senior Sister at Tunbridge Wells Hospital. We are very […]

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June 2020 HF power meter with optional loop controller

| May 12, 2020

This page contains a link to download a 115kB .zip containing the PCB Gerber files, a spreadsheet with the bill of materials, and the Arduino sketch required for the HF power meter with optional magnetic loop controller by Kevin Ayriss, G8MXV, published in the June 2020 edition of RadCom. Please refer any enquiries about these […]

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Worksop ARS

| May 12, 2020

Worksop ARS is running nets on two frequencies: 145.225 for those requiring help 145.450 for companionship and wellbeing Several club members are monitoring 145.225 around the clock and many regularly check in on the frequency, especially self-isolators.

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Dragon Amateur Radio Club and North Wales Radio Society running SES GB0GIG

| May 8, 2020

Dragon Amateur Radio Club and North Wales Radio Society are collaborating to run the special event station GB0GIG (Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol), which is Welsh for National Health Service. The aim of the station is to thank all the NHS workers in Wales for their strength and hard work in tackling the Covid–19 pandemic and also […]

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RSGB Board Director Stewart Bryant, G3YSX supports GOTA2C

| May 8, 2020

Board Director Stewart Bryant, G3YSX leads the RSGB Operating Team. In this video he explains how that team is supporting ‘Get on the air to care’ through the various activities it has launched. Take a look and find out more…

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