GB2RS
RSGB helps pupils celebrate the birth of global radio communications
Pupils at Mill Hill School in London are taking to the airwaves this week to mark the 90th anniversary of the historic contact between Cecil Goyder, a former pupil at Mill Hill School, and Frank Bell, a New Zealand sheep farmer. The radio station (2SZ) is being run by RSGB volunteers and throughout the week […]
RadCom Plus
The RSGB is preparing to launch a new online quarterly newsletter with a specific focus on technical topics. Named RadCom Plus, this new online publication will be free to all RSGB Members. The aim is to bring RSGB Members the very best in technical articles covering a wide range of topics—not only to bring you […]
Full licensees to get bigger 2m band
We start with a Stop Press item. On Friday morning Ofcom published a statement (20-page/142KB PDF) that included an intention to release 1MHz of additional spectrum to radio amateurs on the 2m band on a temporary basis. The frequencies, from 146 to 147MHz, will be available via a Notice of Variation to Full licence holders […]
JOTA founder passes away
With JOTA 2014 a little more than a week away comes the news that its founding father, Les Mitchell, G3BHK, died on 6 October. Les started JOTA in 1958, after launching the idea a year earlier at the World Scout Jamboree. That was the first year the Jamboree had an amateur radio station on site, […]
Ofcom licence consultation deadline soon
All radio amateurs are reminded that the closing date for responses to the Ofcom consultation paper Updating the Amateur Radio Licence (35-page/264KB PDF) is 20 October 2014. It is vital that anyone with an opinion on the proposals takes the time to put their views in writing, either by filling in the online response form […]
Also in GB2RS this week
The RSGB would like to extend their congratulations to Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, who has been awarded the IARU Region 1 Roy Stevens, G2BVN Memorial Trophy for his meritorious service to amateur radio over many years. Gaston was the chairman of the Eurocom Working Group and then the chairman of the Amateur Radio Space Exploration Working […]
