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Canadians mark transatlantic first
CF3BP will be operating from the York region near Toronto until 12 December 2021. It will mark the anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur radio transmission from Canada by Edward Rogers Senior using the call 3BP. He was one of the few amateurs to successfully transmit across the Atlantic in an ARRL-sponsored test and the […]
Newsreader Jon Island Jon goes SK
The RSGB has learned, with sadness, that Jon Hague, GM3JIJ, has become a Silent Key. Jon was a member of the Society for 72 years. Affectionately known as “Jon Island Jon” to his many on-air friends, he delivered the GB2RS News from his QTH at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis for 26 years, his […]
RSGB 2021 Convention: Unwrapped
The RSGB held its second online Convention on Saturday 9 October. This new video – RSGB 2021 Convention: Unwrapped – gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how we created the event. It includes quotes from viewers and presenters, as well as some statistics to show just how many thousands of people engaged with it during […]
RSGB co-opts Director
The RSGB Board is pleased to announce that Richard Horton, G4AOJ has been co-opted as a Board Director until the 2022 AGM. He has served as the RSGB Honorary Treasurer since 2011 and the RSGB Board is advertising for Richard’s successor. Applications from financially-qualified candidates are invited and should be emailed in the first instance […]
Intermediate level distance learning course open
The next Bath-Based Distance Learning (BBDL) course will be for Intermediate level running from January to May 2022. The closing date is 15 December 2021. All applicants must complete some pre-course work using BBDL systems. A Full licence course will run from August to December 2022. More information is available from g0fuw@tiscali.co.uk.
New RSGB Convention videos published
The RSGB has just published the individual presentations in the Learn more about… stream from its online Convention. This means that you can now see all 15 presentations in the RSGB’s web video archive, or in the RSGB Convention 2021 playlist on the RSGB’s YouTube channel. The presentations are getting some great feedback so do […]
