News
NoV available for Jubilee celebrations
We have just published the Notice of Variation that will enable radio amateurs licensed by Ofcom to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen by using the special RSL ‘Q’. This NoV is available for use throughout June 2022 but you can apply for it now.
New volunteers in the Regional Team
We welcome new District Representatives in three regions: In Region 1 Harry Mcdonald, GM1VFR will cover District 12 (Glasgow, Central and Lanarkshire) In Region 3 Iain Nicholson, M0MZR will cover District 32 (Lancashire), Keith Sale, M0JYP will cover District 33 (Greater Manchester) and Les Brown, M0LPB will cover District 34 (Cheshire) In Region 11, Callum […]
Tonight @ 8 streamed live
In the second Tonight @ 8 of 2022 we joined Keith Snyder, KI6BDR for his fascinating talk The Russian Woodpecker Over the Horizon Radar – A Blast From the Past If you missed Keith’s talk or would like to hear it again, it is now available on the RSGB website and on our YouTube channel. […]
Volunteer changes
The RSGB would like to thank Rob Evered, G2RE and Emily Groves, M7MLE for their volunteering on behalf of the Society. Rob volunteered as the Youth Champion and Emily was Chair of the Legacy Committee. She has stood down due to her greatly increased personal workload associated with her charitable activities.
Suffix /70 permitted for Platinum Jubilee
Following a request by the RSGB, Ofcom has indicated that stations wishing to retain their usual Regional Secondary Locator to identify their DXCC entity may use the suffix /70 to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We are proposing its use throughout June for those who would like to do so. It is also permitted to […]
RadCom Plus – January 2022 edition
The RSGB has released the latest RadCom Plus edition this week. We’d like to thank all of the contributors: High loss RF sampler taps Thomas Alldread, VA7TA Operating on the 30THz band – Part 1 Barry Chambers, G8AGN Long delay echoes A.K. Goodacre, VE3HX Experiments with DIY remote operations Bob Cowdery, G3UKB
