Archive for November, 2022
Examinations Standards Committee Report 2022
Follow the link below to read this report which relates to activities during 2021 Examinations Standards Committee Report 2022 (PDF)
John Bazley, G3HCT – Silent Key
The RSGB was saddened to learn that John Bazley, G3HCT passed away on 11 November in a nursing home in Queensland, Australia. John was President of the RSGB in 1979 and was a Life Member. In 1995 he was made a Life Vice President. He was also the IARU Region 1 representative to the CEPT Working […]
Transatlantic Centenary Tests
The RSGB is hosting the Transatlantic Centenary Tests 2022 on the HF bands for the month of December 2022. Unlike those of the 1920s, which consisted of one-way communication, this event will encourage worldwide two-way communication with UK and Crown Dependency stations. There will be a series of awards available for making QSOs with those […]
A Signal Across Space
The Wales Millennium Centre is hosting a 360 degree virtual reality experience inspired by the wireless signals Marconi and Kemp exchanged between Flat Holm Island and Lavernock Point in 1897. Called A Signal Across Space, the experience takes the audience on a multi-layered journey that includes the history, mythology, language and nature of the area […]
RSGB Convention videos
The RSGB has just released two videos that feature a wide range of interesting interviews that took place at its recent Convention. In the first, you can hear from three amateur radio presidents, RSGB Board members and other volunteers, as well as representatives of the European Space Agency and AMSAT-UK. The RadCom team introduce themselves, […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The Bath-based Distance Learning team has helped over 1,000 students to pass UK amateur radio exams with pass rates consistently above the national average. Their next course will be for Intermediate level and it will run from January to May 2023. The deadline for applications is 7 December 2022. There will be no charge for […]
