News
Special Events News – 23 March 2025
There is still time to work special callsign GB1KBR. Radio amateurs in Scotland are on the air until the end of March to celebrate the start of the official handover of the Commonwealth Games Kings Baton by His Majesty King Charles at Buckingham Palace for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Activity is on HF, SSB, […]
DX News – 23 March 2025
Heath, VK3TWO is active from Fiji as 3D2TWO until the 27 March. The station will be active on the 40 to 10m bands using SSB and FT8. More information can be found at QRZ.com Bud, AA3B will again be active from Antigua as V26K between the 25 March and the 2 April. He’ll be participating in […]
Contest News – 23 March 2025
On Tuesday, the 25 March, the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1930 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on 2.3 to 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday, the 26 March, the UK and Ireland Contest Club Contest runs from 2000 to 2100UTC. Using CW on the 80m band, […]
Propagation News – 23 March 2025
Last week was pretty unremarkable from an HF perspective. After the disturbed geomagnetic conditions on the 12 to the 14 when the Kp index rose to five, conditions were a little more settled. The solar flux index hit 204 on the 17 March but then declined back to the 180s. Having said that things were […]
April 2025 – Strategic priorities update
Introducing our new digital publications platform We’ve been working on some major changes to the way we make our digital membership publications available, and it’s time to tell you more about them. The RadCom family of publications is a key member’s benefit, and it is respected around the world, so we must take great care […]
2024: a year in numbers
Despite continuing challenges nationally and across the world, the amateur radio community has stayed strong and the RSGB has supported it. In this feature we bring you some great things to celebrate, in which RSGB HQ staff have often led the way. The video below shows the highlights whilst the fuller story and numbers are […]
