RSGB Notices
RSGB Convention 2017
The RSGB Convention this year will be held on 13-15 October at Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes. We are starting to identify speakers for the Convention and would particularly like to develop the HF and DXpedition content further. If you have suggestions for any topics or speakers you would like to hear, please send […]
Note from our patron, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT
The RSGB Commonwealth Contest (formerly known as the British Empire Radio Union – BERU) is one of the longest-running contests in the HF contesting world. It promotes contacts between stations in the UK&CD, Commonwealth and Mandated Territories. The 80th Commonwealth Contest will take place on 11 – 12 March 2017 between 1000 – 1000 UTC. […]
VDSL interference
The RSGB’s Electromagnetic Compatibility Committee (EMCC) has worked with BT Technology Services and Operations and also Openreach to design a new process to improve the way multiple line checks are done. This can only be used where the EMCC has received reports from amateurs that it checks and believes are caused by VDSL RFI. In these cases, lines in the near vicinity of […]
RSGB Awards Manager
The Board has appointed Chris Burbanks, G3SJJ to the position of RSGB Awards Manager. He will be working with a small team to review the RSGB Awards Programme and making recommendations to improve the processes for claiming and fulfillment of the awards. Active on all HF bands with a Worked DXCC total of 327 countries, […]
HQ opening Christmas and New Year
The Society’s offices will be closed from 12.00 on Friday, 23 December until 08.30 on Tuesday, 3 January. Please remember the Exam Department will not be processing any exam results during the festive period. Ensure you allow the full 10 working days after the exam date before contacting the department if you have not received […]
Administrative error in RSGB Yearbook 2017
Each year Ofcom, on request, provides callsign information to the RSGB for the Yearbook. This year a small minority of users’ main station addresses were provided to the RSGB instead of their mailing addresses. As a result, this has been published in the RSGB Yearbook 2017. Only radio amateurs who have given consent to have […]
