GB2RS News

Following last week’s launch of an Ofcom Consultation on EM field exposure, the RSGB has released a briefing paper for all UK amateurs. This gives more details as the proposals involve a change to licence conditions for any station operating with greater than 10W EIRP. The Society has formed a team to prepare a considered response to Ofcom’s consultation and will be offering further guidance ahead of the 15 May 2020 deadline. The RSGB b...

A proposal by the FCC in the USA to remove the entire amateur 3.4GHz allocation without compensation has seen strong opposition as ARRL, AMSAT and hundreds of individual amateurs have filed comments in response to a current consultation. The ARRL highlighted decades of active usage and experimentation including mesh networks, amateur television, weak signal long-distance communication, Earth-Moon-Earth or moonbounce communication, propa...

Ofcom has recently updated its website to clarify its policy relating to the issuing of call signs with two-letter suffixes. The notes can be found on the Ofcom website—select “Amateur radio call sign allocation”.

The first lecture as part of the Marconi Centenary 2020 has been announced by the Chelmsford Civic Society. Professor Danielle George has kindly agreed to speak at Anglia Ruskin University, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 1SQ on Tuesday, 31 March at 2pm. The lecture is free to everyone but must be pre-booked. The coronavirus has impacted a couple of DXpeditions due to a requirement to spend 14 days in quarantine in Hawaii or Guam befo...