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SOS Radio Week to go ahead
SOS Radio Week will go ahead, with all participants able to operate from home using either a special event call sign issued by Ofcom, a club call sign, or an individual’s own personal call sign. The event starts at 0000UTC on 1 May 2020 and concludes at 2359UTC on the 31 May 2020. During that […]
RadCom Basics April 2020, No. 16
We are pleased to announce a new edition of RadCom Basics is available In this edition— Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor The NCDXF International Beacon Project Home construction – why bother? Getting on the Air – an easy way To read this edition, go to rsgb.org/radcom-basics. RadCom Basics is […]
VDSL reporting – we need your help
In many areas of the UK, all of the HF amateur bands up to and including 20m are being blighted by interference from VDSL. This is the most widespread means of providing residential broadband internet services in the UK. Ofcom, which is responsible for investigating radio interference, says that it receives, on average, only six […]
IARU turns 95
Saturday, 18 April 2020 is World Amateur Radio Day, this year marking the 95th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Around the world, amateur radio special event stations will mark the event on the air, starting on the 18th at 0000UTC and continuing until the 19th at 2359. The theme this year is […]
EMC help is on hand
Looking for help with an EMC problem? The RSGB’s EMC web pages at rsgb.org/emc have a range of resources that will help, including guidance on several EMC issues and helpful leaflets to download. The RSGB’s YouTube channel also has the RFI Clinic 2019 Convention lecture by the EMC Committee’s John Rogers, M0JAV and David Lauder, […]
Commonwealth War Graves Commission at NRC
A few weeks ago, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission visited the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park to make a film about the B2 Mk III spy set on display in the foyer. The video features RSGB member John Ellerton, G3NCN and can be viewed on YouTube.
