GB2RS News

Welcome to GB2RS News, the RSGB’s weekly radio broadcast news service relayed by our team of newsreaders to listeners across the UK and beyond every Sunday

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Items for GB2RS News must be sent to radcom@rsgb.org.uk by 10am on the Thursday of the week of broadcast.

In the week leading up to Easter, please send your news by 10am on Wednesday 16 April so we can prepare the script early before the Bank Holiday weekend

Apply to be in the RSGB team for YOTA Camp 2025

April 11, 2025

If you are aged between 16 and 25 and are passionate about amateur radio, then this news is for you. This year’s Youngsters on the Air Summer Camp will take place 18-25 August at the historical Château de Jambville near Paris in France. The event is being organised by the French national amateur radio society, REF, and the IARU. It is a chance of a lifetime for young RSGB members to represent their country and their national society. If...

Be part of the RSGB Exam Tutors Review Panel

April 11, 2025

The RSGB is looking to recruit volunteers from the exam tutor community to help pre-screen documentation prior to public release as part of the process of improving the quality of documents issued by the Exam and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG). The Exam Tutors Review Panel is intended to be an informal group of approximately six tutors who are currently involved in providing training for amateur radio licence exams at any of the three cur...

Not available for the RSGB 2025 AGM? Catch up on YouTube

April 11, 2025

The RSGB 2025 AGM is taking place tomorrow, Saturday 12 April. If you are not able to join the live event, you’ll be able to catch-up with the full livestream on the Society’s YouTube channel. As well as the formal AGM business, the Board will answer questions from RSGB members on a wide range of topics. You’ll also be able to watch the President’s review of 2024, delivered by John McCullagh MBE, GI4BWM, the RSGB President at the time. ...

Also in the weeks GB2RS…

April 11, 2025

Don’t forget that as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union, the RSGB will be activating the callsign GB0IARU throughout this month. A Commemorative QSL Card is available for QSOs made during the period from the 1 April to the 30 April 2025. On qrz.com you can find full details of the special event station, how to apply for your commemorative card, and a spreadsheet showing who is activating t...