News
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 […]
Rallies and Events News – 12 October 2014
The Mayo Radio Rally takes place today, 12 October, at Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Doors open at 11am and admission is €5. Details at www.ei7mre.org. The 2014 Annual General Meeting of the UK Six Metre Group takes place today, 12 October, at 12.30pm at the Kent’s Hill Conference Centre, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ […]
Special Events News – 12 October 2014
Today, 12 October, from 10.30am to 4pm, Cray Valley RS will be at Crossness Museum, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2 9AQ with the GB2CM exhibition stand. It will feature how to get started in amateur radio and the support offered by Cray Valley in providing licence training courses and guidance for newcomers. As the […]
