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Not available for the RSGB 2025 AGM? Catch up on YouTube

| April 11, 2025

The RSGB 2025 AGM is taking place tomorrow, Saturday 12 April. If you are not able to join the live event, you’ll be able to catch-up with the full livestream on the Society’s YouTube channel. As well as the formal AGM business, the Board will answer questions from RSGB members on a wide range of […]

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GB0IARU active for IARU centenary celebrations

| April 11, 2025

Do not forget that as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union, the RSGB will be activating the call sign GB0IARU throughout this month. A Commemorative QSL Card is available for QSOs made during the period 1-30 April 2025. Find full details of the special event station, how to […]

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GB2RS newsreader retires at 101

| April 9, 2025
GB2RS newsreader retires at 101

Peter Valentine, G0NQZ, is a GB2RS Newsreader from Eastbourne. Having reached his 100th birthday in 2024 he decided it was the right time to retire from the newsreading service. Peter remains an active radio amateur who still operates daily on the air and enjoys taking part in regular nets such as ISWL and RAOTA. Peter […]

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Reading the GB2RS news with a difference: Annick Morris, M0HDE

| April 9, 2025
Reading the GB2RS news with a difference: Annick Morris, M0HDE

Annick Morris, M0HDE began reading the news for GB2RS in July 2004 on 2m and 70cm. To listeners, her weekly broadcasts may sound the same as any other newsreader, however there is one fundamental difference. This is because she is a ‘white stick operator’ and uses a Braille computer to enable her to read the […]

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A rather extraordinary call-in with Toby, MM0TSS

| April 9, 2025
A rather extraordinary call-in with Toby, MM0TSS

Toby, MM0TSS is a GB2RS newsreader who broadcasts on 2m from Whitecraigs in Southwest Glasgow. One of his favourite things to tell people about GB2RS is the unusual call-ins that they occasionally receive. One was from Graham, MM0GHM, a radio amateur from Galston in Ayrshire, who works on the railways. During the summer season he […]

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RSGB AGM: last chance to submit Board questions

| April 4, 2025

The RSGB 2025 AGM is taking place at 10am next Saturday, 12 April. The Society is encouraging RSGB members to take the time to vote for the two resolutions that need your approval. During the AGM, Board members will be answering your questions. Whether your question is about the RSGB, the Board, any of the […]

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