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

Could you be the RSGB Youth Champion?

September 13, 2024

We have a fantastic opportunity for the right person! Would you like to become the next RSGB Youth Champion? Do you have what it takes to engage with young people, supporting them on their amateur radio journey? The role The RSGB is looking for the next volunteer Youth Champion. This could be one role or split between people who focus on different aspects of it. The Youth Champion will work closely with RSGB Board Liaison, Ben Lloyd, GW...

RSGB Member in ARDF Championship success

September 13, 2024

The 24th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships in Bulgaria saw an RSGB member on the podium. David Williams, M3WDD took the silver medal position in the M60 category of the 144MHz Classic five-transmitter race at the Championships held at Primorsko, Bulgaria earlier this month. David had come so very close to winning being only 14 seconds behind the winner Jozef Simecek of Slovakia. There were four races altogether. The week of competition s...

Convention 2024 early bird price deadline

September 13, 2024

Don’t forget that the RSGB Convention early bird price ends on Sunday 15 September. There’s a range of great presentations planned, a fantastic microcontroller workshop to take part in, as well as all the fantastic social opportunities to enjoy like the Gala Dinner. Go to the RSGB Convention web pages to find out more and book your tickets.

Also in this weeks GB2RS…

September 13, 2024

Have you ever tried LoRa? Or Node Red? Have you used the Raspberry Pico for coding or played a Morse game with an Arduino? These are just some of the great activities on the RSGB’s website that are available for National Coding Week which begins this Monday, 16 September. Whether you fancy doing something different for a club night or would like to sample something new just for fun, there’s an activity to inspire you! You could even try...