GB2RS News

Voting in the RSGB elections closes at 09.00 on Thursday, 22 April. Don’t miss your opportunity to decide who you would like to represent you as RSGB President and on the RSGB Board of Directors. You can find voting guidance and read statements from all the candidates on the RSGB website. RSGB Members can submit written questions in advance for Board Directors—please note that the form will only be available until voting ends. The...

UK amateurs continue to create new DX records on the 122GHz millimetre-wave band. On the 7th of April, using barely one milliwatt, a new all-time UK record was set. The contact was between Roger, G8CUB and Chris, G0FDZ, from Danbury Hill in Essex to the Isle of Sheppey, a distance of nearly 36km. This is all the more remarkable given the very low powers and high atmospheric loss due to an oxygen resonance that affects this particular mi...

RSGB Board Director and EMC Chair John Rogers, M0JAV has created a helpful video to demonstrate how to use the RSGB/Ofcom EMF calculator. The calculator itself has also been updated on the RSGB website. You can watch the video direct on the RSGB YouTube channel or via a link on the RSGB’s EMF web pages.

The RSGB’s new Friendship on the Air Award links in with the chosen theme of Home But Never Alone for World Amateur Radio Day today, the 18th of April. It is a chance to get on the air, represent your club and have a proper chat with radio amateurs across the airwaves. There are monthly and annual awards for individuals, clubs and the highest-scoring club in each region. To find out how to take part, click here Belgian individual operat...