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M0RWX activates all G summits in one year

| January 13, 2023

Robert, M0RWX from Malmesbury, Wiltshire activated every single SOTA summit in England, within the calendar year of 2022. This is an unprecedented achievement, but it doesn’t end there. During 2022, Robert also activated extensively in France, Scotland and Wales and a little in Benelux, recording a total of 326 activations, and a mammoth 1,476 activator […]

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Direct to Full exam booking and mock paper

| January 13, 2023

Booking for the Direct to Full exam is now open. The exam can only be taken online but can be booked by individuals or clubs. Go to our exam booking page and follow the process for an individual or club booking. We have also published a mock paper and answers for the Direct to Full […]

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New display at RSGB National Radio Centre

| January 13, 2023

After several months in restoration and development, a Wheatstone Tape Perforator and Wheatstone High Speed Morse Transmitter have gone on display in the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park. Used extensively from the 1940s until at least the late 1960s, such systems enabled the transmission of Morse signals either via telegraph or by wireless […]

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Photos of your radio shack wanted

| January 13, 2023

The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park is looking to create a new wall display, illustrating some simple radio set-ups, to inspire newcomers to get started in amateur radio. If you would like to have a photo of your radio shack on display, please send in a good quality image, showing you operating your […]

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The RSGB wishes you all a Happy New Year!

| January 6, 2023

The GB2RS news team and all the staff at RSGB HQ would like to wish our newsreaders, listeners and online readers a very Happy New Year. We would like to remind everyone that we always welcome your news—by email—to radcom@rsgb.org.uk, and the deadline is 10.00 sharp on Thursday mornings. The GB2RS script is normally uploaded […]

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Marconi international amateur radio award

| January 6, 2023

Marconi Was Here! is an international amateur radio award organised by ARI Fidenza Radio Club. The main objective of the award is to commemorate historically some of the most important and significant Italian cities where Marconi performed scientific experiments in radio engineering, long distance communications, radio direction-finding and others; experiments that, in the following periods, […]

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