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Volunteers’ Week – Andrew Jenner, G7KNA

| June 5, 2024
Volunteers’ Week – Andrew Jenner, G7KNA

For Andrew Jenner, G7KNA the best thing about volunteering as part of the RSGB Regional Team is the grassroots interaction with members and other radio amateurs, whether at rallies, club visits, or over emails. He says it is great to be able to help someone with a particular query, or perhaps put them in touch […]

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Volunteers’ Week – Mark Jones, G0MGX

| June 4, 2024
Volunteers’ Week – Mark Jones, G0MGX

Mark Jones, G0MGX joined the RSGB Board as a Director in February 2024. He is the Board member responsible for Morse Certification, Strategy, GB2CW and Intruder Watch (IW), as well as the RSGB Construction Competition. He says that since becoming a volunteer, he has enjoyed gaining a better understanding of all the diverse activities, groups […]

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Volunteers’ Week profile – Lindsay Pennell, GI3KME

| June 3, 2024
Volunteers’ Week profile – Lindsay Pennell, GI3KME

The RSGB QSL Bureau processes more than 1.5 million cards each year, both incoming and outgoing, making it one of the busiest QSL sorting facilities in the world. Lindsay Pennell, GI3KME is one the volunteers who is part of this process, and is the QSL Bureau sub-manager for the G1, G2 and G3G-L groups of […]

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Contesting: Stephen Kopetsch, M0RTI / M0X

| April 25, 2024
Contesting: Stephen Kopetsch, M0RTI / M0X

If you aren’t familiar with the contesting element of amateur radio, it can be described as a competition to see who can contact the most stations in a set period of time on certain bands and within specific rules. It is highly addictive and can draw in amateurs from around the world. Each week the […]

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Tony, G0KXW – helped by RSGB Planning Advisory Committee

| April 19, 2024
Tony, G0KXW – helped by RSGB Planning Advisory Committee

In May 2021, Tony, G0KXW contacted the RSGB Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) for advice regarding a written letter of complaint he had received from Warrington Borough Council. The letter concerned an antenna he had erected in his garden two months prior, which was a hustler 6btv ground mounted antenna. It had an end fed onto the gable […]

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Jack Joyce, M7OFM – RSGB Youth (Bronze) Award

| April 11, 2024
Jack Joyce, M7OFM – RSGB Youth (Bronze) Award

Jack Joyce, M7OFM, known as JJ, is 17 years old and is a third-generation radio amateur following in the footsteps of his parents and Grandad. Recently JJ, who has complex additional needs, decided he wanted to have a go at achieving the RSGB Youth (Bronze) Award. JJ had been busy making contacts on FT8, and […]

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