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Tommy Knight, G2FUU celebrates his 100th birthday!
Tommy Knight, G2FUU celebrated his 100th birthday this month. He became interested in amateur radio when he left school because a friend was a radio amateur. Instead of waiting to be called up for WWII he decided to volunteer for the RAF and spent the war fitting radar into Spitfires. After the war, he took […]
Direct Entry to Full Licence: RSGB Consultation
The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee (ESC) is launching a consultation today to ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new, Direct to Full licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system. The background to this consultation and a link to the proposed syllabus can be found on […]
GOTA2C construction competition winners
The RSGB’s Get on the air to care construction competition was for projects made during the Autumn 2020 lockdown, the Christmas and New Year holiday period or the early 2021 lockdown. The Society was delighted to receive 27 entries from 15 entrants and the standard was very high. To reflect this, the judges awarded four […]
RSGB election candidates
The nomination period closed at 2359 on 31 January and we are pleased to report that the following candidates were duly nominated: President Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX Simone Wilson, M0BOX Elected Board Director John Louis Spurgeon, G4LKD Rob Wilkes, 2W0HQD Dave Wilson, M0OBW Simone Wilson, M0BOX Christopher Wood, GD6TWF As there are more candidates than […]
RSGB Planning Advisory Committee updates
The RSGB’s Planning Advisory Committee assists RSGB Members with planning applications, enforcement notices and planning appeals. Recently it appointed Leandro Rotondi, M0XPO and Colin Walker, GW1KGW to its Planning Panel. The general information on the Committee’s web pages has been updated and a new short video has been added to help explain the Committee’s services.
1 March 2021 – Using propagation prediction tools by RSGB PSC Chair Steve Nichols, G0KYA
Steve’s presentation Steve, G0KYA looks at the new tools available like Predtest, Proppy and Propquest and how we can use these. He also covers how they assist in preparing the propagation reports in RadCom and general. About Steve Steve Nichols, G0KYA is the Chair of the RSGB’s Propagation Studies Committee. He has been licensed since […]
