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Celebrating BBC broadcasting in Scotland
At 7pm on 6 March 1923, BBC broadcasting in Scotland officially began. The studio was housed in a small attic apartment at Rex House in Bath Street, Glasgow, and the transmitter at Port Dundas. Using 1.5kW on 722kHz, the station was allocated the callsign 5SC. This year, 100 years to the day, the BBC Amateur […]
Tonight @ 8 – 6 March 2023
The next RSGB Tonight @ 8 live webinar takes place on Monday, 6 March when RSGB Microwave Manager Barry Lewis, G4SJH will talk about contesting in the microwave and millimetre wave bands at 23cm and above. He’ll cover the frequency bands, contest activity sessions, special rules and equipment needed. Although similar to VHF and UHF […]
RSGB Board Chair and Company Secretary
It is with regret that I report that Richard Horton, G4AOJ has tendered his resignation as an RSGB Board Director and the Board Chair, and Stan Lee, G4XXI has tendered his resignation as RSGB Company Secretary. The resignations are independent of each other and for personal reasons. I would like to thank Richard and Stan […]
RSGB elections unopposed nomination results
Presidential Election There was only one nomination received, so John McCullagh MBE, GI4BWM is elected unopposed for a two-year term. Regional Elections There were Regional Representative vacancies for five Regions (Regions 3, 7, 8, 11 and 13). The only candidate for Region 8 was Michael Na bPiob, MI0HOZ so he is duly elected unopposed for […]
Saint Patrick's Day Award
There are just over three weeks left to register to participate in the annual Saint Patrick’s Day Award. The event takes place over a 48 hour period from 1200UTC on the 16 March 2023 to 1200UTC on the 18 March 2023 to allow worldwide participation in all time zones. The Saint Patrick’s Day Award is […]
RadCom March 2023, Vol. 99, No. 3
YOTA Month Reports To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 76 Around Your Region – Events roundup 80 New products 14 News 11 RSGB Matters 6 Special Interest Groups News 15 YOTA month December 2022 68 Regulars Advertisers’ index 85 Antennas, Matthew Smith, […]
