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Volunteers’ Week – Jon Matthews, G6ASK

| June 5, 2024
Volunteers’ Week – Jon Matthews, G6ASK

Each week over 100 volunteers join together to deliver the GB2RS news broadcast. In August 2021, Jon Matthews, G6ASK joined this team. He began by reading the news each week on VHF, and then in July 2022 he joined the HF Team and does every third Sunday in rotation with two other volunteers. In the […]

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Volunteers’ Week – Andrew Jenner, G7KNA

| June 5, 2024
Volunteers’ Week – Andrew Jenner, G7KNA

For Andrew Jenner, G7KNA the best thing about volunteering as part of the RSGB Regional Team is the grassroots interaction with members and other radio amateurs, whether at rallies, club visits, or over emails. He says it is great to be able to help someone with a particular query, or perhaps put them in touch […]

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3 June 2024 – Making amateur radio accessible

| June 4, 2024

The presentation In this webinar we’ll be looking at how amateur radio can be accessible and enjoyable, even if you have sight, hearing or mobility difficulties. We’ve invited three radio amateurs to explain how they have adapted their equipment, written software or used extra support from the RSGB or other radio amateurs to enable them […]

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Volunteers’ Week – Mark Jones, G0MGX

| June 4, 2024
Volunteers’ Week – Mark Jones, G0MGX

Mark Jones, G0MGX joined the RSGB Board as a Director in February 2024. He is the Board member responsible for Morse Certification, Strategy, GB2CW and Intruder Watch (IW), as well as the RSGB Construction Competition. He says that since becoming a volunteer, he has enjoyed gaining a better understanding of all the diverse activities, groups […]

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Volunteers’ Week profile – Lindsay Pennell, GI3KME

| June 3, 2024
Volunteers’ Week profile – Lindsay Pennell, GI3KME

The RSGB QSL Bureau processes more than 1.5 million cards each year, both incoming and outgoing, making it one of the busiest QSL sorting facilities in the world. Lindsay Pennell, GI3KME is one the volunteers who is part of this process, and is the QSL Bureau sub-manager for the G1, G2 and G3G-L groups of […]

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13 May 2024 – KiCAD PCB design software by Mike Willis, G0MJW

| May 31, 2024

The presentation The aim of this talk is an introduction to designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) using the popular open source KiCAD package. Printed circuit boards are the basis of many amateur radio projects and this talk should demonstrate that anyone can design one and give some tips on how to ensure the board works […]

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