Your stories
Meet international member – Chuck, WS1L
Meet Chuck, WS1L (USA) How long have you been licensed? Since March 1983. And how long have you been a member of the RSGB? I joined the RSGB in May 2022. I was at the Dayton Hamvention and got chatting with someone at the RSGB booth and signed up on the spot. What would you […]
Meet international member – Ian, W6TCP
Meet Ian, W6TCP (USA) How long have you been licensed? Since 1981 in the UK (as G4YUZ) and since 2001 in the USA, where I have been living since 1999. And how long have you been a member of the RSGB? I joined the RSGB in 1978 when I was a SWL. What would you […]
Meet international member – Günter, DJ2XB
Meet Günter, DJ2XB / M0DXM (Germany) How long have you been licensed? I received my licence in 1955, I was 19 years old then. It was a difficult time just ten years after WWII and the only way to take part in amateur radio was DIY. And how long have you been a member of […]
The RSGB’s Planning Advisory Committee helps member to appeal planning refusal
The RSGB is pleased to report that RSGB Member John Grieve, GM0OTI has successfully appealed Perth and Kinross’s decision to refuse planning permission for a proposed 15m tilt- over-lattice type telescopic mast at his home at Inchture. Despite receiving no objections from neighbours and letters of support from one neighbour and the RSGB, the Perth […]
RSGB DMR Youth Net a great success!
The fortnightly DMR Youth Net, organised by the RSGB Outreach Team, was launched in the Autumn and has been a huge success. Young operators have joined the net from across Europe and has included teenager Sam, MI7WHD. He says: “I have really enjoyed being part of the net. It has been great fun talking to […]
Young radio amateur aspires to make Moonbounce contact
Amateur radio is a family affair for Martin de Heaver, G4WSW and his son Oliver, M7ITL. Oliver first became interested in amateur radio when he and his dad set up an antenna on the Pewsey Downs Hills and listened to an ARISS contact. The contact, last October, was between the International Space Station (ISS) and […]
