RSSRSGB Notices

Tony Hadley video message to support #GOTA2C

| April 22, 2020

A big thank you to Tony Hadley and to BBC Three Counties Radio for supporting the Get on the Air to Care campaign we launched last week in partnership with the NHS. We’re trying to ease social isolation amongst the amateur radio community during these challenging times and we love your video message of support! […]

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GB1NHS on the air as part of #GOTA2C campaign

| April 21, 2020

We’re delighted that the NHS amateur radio station GB1NHS will be on the air tomorrow as part of our “Get on the air to care” campaign. It will start at 10am on 80m with the provisional frequency 3.730Mhz. However, it will move across the bands during the day including using the QO100 satellite at some […]

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Get on the air to care – RSGB launches national campaign in partnership with the NHS

| April 17, 2020

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 […]

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VDSL reporting – we need your help

| April 15, 2020

In many areas of the UK, all of 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 […]

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) video filmed at the NRC

| April 9, 2020

A few weeks ago, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) visited the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park to make a film about the B2 MkIII Spy set displayed in the foyer. The video features RSGB member John Ellerton, G3NCN and can viewed on the CWGC YouTube channel. This video is one part of […]

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RSGB 2020 HF contest survey findings

| April 8, 2020

The RSGB HF Contest Committee (HFCC) has just completed a survey, which was open to all, to help determine its strategy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Questions focused on two issues: How best to proceed with its ‘flagship’ IOTA Contest in 2020 Is there a mandate for introducing a temporary HF contest series to provide some […]

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