RSGB Notices
Amateur Radio Development (ARD) Chair announced
Tony Jones, G7ETW has been appointed as Amateur Radio Development (ARD) Chair. Tony was licensed in 1989 and was a RAYNET operator and group controller for some years. For the last ten years he has been heavily involved in training, managing education programmes for two radio clubs. He was a member of the new Syllabus […]
Announcement regarding randomised answers in exam papers
Given that online exams are fully-randomised, we decided in August 2019 to enable the randomisation of the answers for each question in paper exams from 1 September 2019, when Syllabus 2019 was introduced. This ensures that there is no relative advantage or disadvantage between online and paper exams. With hindsight, Exam Secretaries should have been […]
2019 – a year in numbers
2019 was another busy year in the life of the Society. The infographic (click to enlarge) features some of the highlights from last year whilst this page contains more details and a range of fun facts. The April 2020 RadCom will show in detail the work of the committees and other specialist volunteers, but here […]
Ofcom EMF consultation: RSGB publishes briefing for radio amateurs
On the 21st February 2020 Ofcom launched a Consultation on EM Field exposure — Proposed Measures to Require Compliance with International Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields. The RSGB has released a briefing paper for all UK amateurs which you can download from the link below. Proposed Measures to Require Compliance with International Guidelines […]
Exam forms update
We have updated exam handouts EX307 and EX308 used for Foundation and Intermediate exams to address a typo that occurred in earlier versions of the HF and VHF bandplans. The forms are now available for download from the exam forms page on our website. In order to be certain that tutors and candidates are using […]
Greg Fenton, M0ODZ joins the ESRG
The RSGB’s Examinations and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) is delighted to announce the appointment of Greg Fenton, M0ODZ to the group. Greg has had a life-long interest in amateur radio and in more recent years he also became involved with Makerspace in Newcastle. After gaining his Full licence he started to take part in amateur […]
