RSSNews

Buy your ticket for Surfing the (radio) waves

| February 27, 2025

On Saturday 29 March, the RSGB National Radio Centre Coordinator, Martyn Baker, G0GMB, together with Andy Webster, G7UHN from the Radio Communications Foundation, will be delivering a talk in the Fellowship Auditorium at Bletchley Park. It will introduce people to the radio spectrum and how to get to grips with the fundamentals of radio transmission. The […]

Continue Reading

The Commonwealth Contest

| February 27, 2025

The Commonwealth Contest is a unique annual event which has run every year since 1931. Held over the weekend nearest to Commonwealth Day, it is loved by many RSGB members and radio amateurs throughout the Commonwealth. In 2024 over 240 individual entrants and 15 Commonwealth Headquarters stations representing national societies were active. The Commonwealth Contest […]

Continue Reading

GB2RS News Script for 23 February 2025

| February 21, 2025

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 23 February 2025 (MS Word document)

Continue Reading

ISS contact attended by HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh – new videos released

| February 21, 2025

Girlguiding groups will be celebrating World Thinking Day on the Air this weekend so listen out for them and encourage the young operators. To highlight the opportunities for young people to get involved in amateur radio activities, this week the RSGB has published two new videos that celebrate the fantastic ISS contact and STEM day […]

Continue Reading

RSGB elections: unopposed candidates

| February 21, 2025

Nominations in the RSGB elections have closed. For some roles a single nomination was received, and the candidate is therefore elected unopposed and will take up their role at the end of the RSGB AGM in April 2025. These include the roles of President and also Regional Representatives in Regions 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, […]

Continue Reading

2025 Band Plans

| February 21, 2025

The 2025 Band Plans can be found in the March edition of RadCom. These incorporate further VHF and UHF changes in response to the increased demand that has been prompted by the new Ofcom Amateur Licence; and a few from the 2023 IARU Region-1 General Conference. The band plans are also available on the RSGB […]

Continue Reading