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.

Booking now open for RSGB 2025 Convention

June 13, 2025

The RSGB annual Convention is a fantastic opportunity for radio amateurs to meet, learn and share experiences. Whether you’re newly licensed or have years of experience, there is always more to discover. That’s why the Society is excited to introduce this year’s theme: Discover, Learn, Progress. Whether you want to discover something new, learn more about a particular aspect of amateur radio, or progress and develop your skills, you’l...

The RSGB launches the SES Cookbook

June 13, 2025

Special Event Stations (SES) are popular around the world, and a great source of fun and excitement for organisers and QSO chasers. They can also be a fantastic tool for outreach, allowing you to demonstrate amateur radio and encourage people to find out more. But how do you organise an event to achieve all those objectives? The RSGB has just launched a new web section that focuses on Special Event Stations. For RSGB members and Affilia...

RSGB Operating Advisory Service

June 13, 2025

The RSGB Operating Advisory Service (OAS) provides advice to members on dealing with situations that are not within the spirit of amateur radio. From time to time this activity goes beyond what is classed as acceptable behaviour and requires action to be taken. In these circumstances the OAS recommends reporting the matter directly to Ofcom and to the police in the case of issues which could be classed as harassment, stalking or hate ...

Also in GB2RS this week…

June 13, 2025

The RSGB has submitted responses to a pair of Ofcom consultations. The first considered a series of licence exemption updates, including arrangements for some visiting radio amateurs to the UK. The second concerned filing procedures for the growing number and variety of satellites. Both replies were developed by the RSGB Spectrum Forum, drawing on its members’ wide breadth of expertise. The Spectrum Forum expects that there will be furt...