News
New field strength licence condition proposed by Ofcom
Ofcom received 400 responses to their EMF consultation, 255 of which were from radio amateurs. Ofcom has addressed some respondent’s concerns, revised their proposals, and requested feedback. The RSGB will reply to Ofcom’s revised proposals and keep you updated on rsgb.org/emf. Ofcom intends to add a condition to all licences that allow more than 10W […]
RSGB Convention catch-up and AMSAT Colloquium
Following on from the online RSGB Convention for 2020 taking place on Saturday, 10 October 2020, the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2020 will be online on Sunday, the 11th. There will be a lecture stream from 11am to 4pm—you can find out more at amsat-uk.org/colloquium. You may be interested to know that the two live streams from […]
Jamboree on the Air to go ahead
Jamboree On The Air (JOTA), the world’s largest and radio Scout event promoting friendship and global citizenship takes place over the weekend of 16 to 18 October 2020. There are of course a few difficulties this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the event is going ahead—often with creative ways of operating. Please listen […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The IARU Region 1 General Conference, originally scheduled to take place in Serbia, is taking place online, starting this Sunday, the 11th. Taking advantage of online access, well over 200 delegates and observers have registered from nearly 50 national societies. Nearly 90 papers are scheduled for discussion, several from the RSGB. The conference will be […]
GB2RS News Script for 11 October 2020
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Special Events News – 11 October 2020
Since the change of regulations applying to special event stations in the UK, many activations are now able to go ahead. UK amateurs would like to thank Ofcom for their help in making this happen. PJ4TEN will be active during October to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Bonaire becoming a Special Municipality of the Netherlands […]