Archive for April, 2022

RSGB announces Commonwealth Games SES

| April 15, 2022

As part of the Commonwealth Games activities, RSGB Special Event Stations will be activated from the four UK Home Nations and three Crown Dependencies. The call signs will take the format of GB22G followed by the Regional Locator, for example GB22GE, GB22GI or GB22GD. RSGB affiliated clubs and individual RSGB Members who are Full licensees […]

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Transatlantic Tests video released

| April 14, 2022
Transatlantic Tests video released

The Radio Society of Great Britain and the ARRL have been celebrating the centenary of the Transatlantic Tests. The RSGB has just released a video that highlights the fantastic exhibition put on by the National Heritage Centre in Saltcoats, the 1921 message re-enactment by the Kilmarnock and Loudoun Amateur Radio Club and also the 160m […]

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GB2RS News Script for 17 April 2022

| April 14, 2022

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 17 April 2022 (19-page/441KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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RSGB AGM to be livestreamed

| April 14, 2022

The RSGB AGM is being livestreamed on Saturday, 23 April 2022 at 12 noon. You can still submit a question for the RSGB Board to answer during the event, but you will need to do so before 9am on Wednesday, 20 April. Voting in the elections closes at 09.00 on Thursday, 21 April—the Society encourages […]

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Pop-up YOTA net on Easter Sunday

| April 14, 2022

A special pop-up Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) net will be on the air Easter Sunday at 1400UTC. This pop-up net is aimed exclusively at youngsters under the age of 25 and encourages them to call in and have a QSO with fellow youngsters on the air. The net controller for the first hour will […]

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EMF video published

| April 14, 2022

We’ve just published a very short video outlining the new EMF regulations and the help/tools the RSGB provides for radio amateurs. There is a wealth of information and help on the RSGB website and we hope this video will point people towards that in a new way.

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