{"id":3163,"date":"2013-10-22T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.rsgbtestzone.biz\/wordpress\/?page_id=3163"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:57:43","slug":"rsgb-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"What we do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48458 aligncenter\" title=\"About_Us_01\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/06\/What-we-do-graphic-300x75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/06\/What-we-do-graphic-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/06\/What-we-do-graphic-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/06\/What-we-do-graphic-150x38.png 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/06\/What-we-do-graphic-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/06\/What-we-do-graphic-1536x384.png 1536w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/06\/What-we-do-graphic.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Founded in 1913 and incorporated in 1926, the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is the national membership organisation for amateur radio enthusiasts.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>We are dedicated to:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Advancing the science and practice of radio communication<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Increasing awareness and understanding of amateur radio<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Making the service accessible to everyone<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>As a not-for-profit organisation, we:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Represent members and non-members, including around 500 affiliated clubs, groups and societies<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Provide representation to Ofcom, the UK\u2019s communications regulator<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Work as part of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) to safeguard the valuable section of spectrum granted to radio amateurs<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The elected <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSGB Board<\/a><\/strong> plays an important role in leading the strategic direction of the Society. There is also a team of elected regional representatives, in addition to around 400 other volunteers. The day-to day management of the Society is led by the General Manager and his small team of employees based at the head office in Bedford.<\/h4>\n<h4>RSGB membership is open to anyone with an interest in amateur radio, whether you\u2019re licensed or not.\u00a0We have members in over 50 countries.\u00a0As well as receiving a wide range of benefits, our members are helping the Society <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/spectrum-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protect the spectrum<\/a><\/strong> for today\u2019s and tomorrow\u2019s radio amateurs.<\/h4>\n<h4>To find out more about our membership benefits, including <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/publications-archives\/radcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadCom<\/a><\/strong> magazine, the RSGB app and free entry to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/national-radio-centre-gb3rs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSGB National Radio Centre<\/a><\/strong>, visit our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/join-the-rsgb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join us<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>webpage.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1913 and incorporated in 1926, the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is the national membership organisation for amateur radio enthusiasts. We are dedicated to: Advancing the science and practice of radio communication Increasing awareness and understanding of amateur radio Making the service accessible to everyone As a not-for-profit organisation, we: Represent members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"parent":8,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3163","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3163"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48470,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3163\/revisions\/48470"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}