RSGB Construction Competition 2025

The RSGB recognises the importance of construction as a key element of amateur radio, whether that is using traditional construction skills, software or a systems engineering project.

The results of the annual RSGB Construction Competition were announced during the RSGB AGM on 12 April 2025. The winners, runners up and those highly commended are shown below. We plan to feature some of the projects in more detail in future RadCom and RadCom Basics issues.

Antennas category winner – John Matthews, G3WZT for “2m Yagi”

Antennas category runner up – David Littlewood, G6DCT for “HF loop for 20m FT8 operation”

Construction excellence category winner – Pat McAlister, G3YFK for “Off air standard”

Construction excellence category runner up – David Littlewood, G6DCT for “Dual band HF receiver”

Innovation category winner – Russell Tribe, G4SAQ for “50V 30A PSU” (Note: there wasn’t a runner up in this category)

Software category winner – Ian Renton, M0TRT for “Field Spotter” (Note: there wasn’t a runner up in this category)

Highly Commended – Jon Trinder, GM0HYY for “WSPR beacon”

Highly Commended – Alister Watt, G3ZBU for “Simple 40m CW transceiver”

The Pat Hawker G3VA Award – This is presented each year to the overall winner of the 2025 Construction Competition. This year the recipient was Ian Renton, M0TRT for “Field Spotter”

The judges would like to praise all the entrants, including those who were not mentioned, for taking the time to bring their projects to the attention of the RSGB.

In addition, we offered categories for Beginners and for Outreach projects. We didn’t receive any entries, but if you make something over the coming months that would fit into these categories, we would love to hear from you. Please send details to comms@rsgb.org.uk