News
Bob ‘Noz’ King, G3ASE, 5th April 2020
It is with great sadness that we learned that Bob ‘Noz’ King, G3ASE, became a Silent Key on Sunday the 5th of April, 2020. In 1941 Bob was recruited as a Voluntary Interceptor at the age of 16, followed by four and half years in the Radio Security Service stationed at Box 25, Arkley View, […]
Colchester Radio Amateurs
Colchester Radio Amateurs have doubled their nets since the start of lockdown. See their website for details if you wish to join.
Get on the air to care – RSGB launches national campaign in partnership with the NHS
The Radio Society of Great Britain, working in partnership with the NHS, has launched a new campaign called “Get on the air to care” to support the emotional health and wellbeing of 75,000 licensed UK radio amateurs – just some of the 3,000,000 worldwide. Paul Devlin, NHS England Emergency Care Improvement Support Team and RSGB […]
Cast your RSGB election vote
Are you an RSGB Member? Have you used your vote yet? Don’t forget that voting for the RSGB elections is still open—it closes at 9am on Thursday, 23 April 2020. This is your opportunity to choose who you want to be part of the RSGB Board and help lead the Society over the next few […]
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 […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
In many areas of the UK, all 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 complaints […]