{"id":534,"date":"2012-07-01T15:05:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.rsgbtestzone.biz\/wordpress\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2023-09-17T22:06:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:06:48","slug":"gb2rs-manager","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/honorary-officers\/gb2rs-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"GB2RS Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The GB2RS Manager is responsible for the organisation of the GB2RS news service and the nationwide and international network of newsreaders<\/h4>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.2.9 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.services\/public\/video\/gb2rs_did_you_know_2.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Postholder<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Steve Richards, G4HPE<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>gb2rs.manager@rsgb.org.uk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Find out more<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/gb2rs\/\"><strong>Visit GB2RS News<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>About GB2RS<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_27278\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27278\" class=\"wp-image-27278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2021\/05\/hicks_arnold.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2021\/05\/hicks_arnold.png 600w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2021\/05\/hicks_arnold-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2021\/05\/hicks_arnold-150x53.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Hicks-Arnold, G6MB makes the first GB2RS broadcast from his station on 25 September 1955<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>After many years of negotiations with the Post Office, the RSGB was authorised to broadcast the first news bulletin at 10.00 on Sunday, 25 September 1955.<\/h4>\n<p>This broadcast was on 3600kHz from the home of Frank Hicks-Arnold, G6MB, in Walton-on-Thames, using the special call sign GB2RS.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the news is broadcast every Sunday on many amateur bands from 160m to microwave frequencies and via the QO-100 amateur satellite.<\/p>\n<p>As well as traditional spoken readings, GB2RS is available via amateur television transmissions and as a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule of GB2RS broadcasts can be downloaded at <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/gb2rsschedule\"><strong>rsgb.org\/gb2rsschedule<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GB2RS carries items of interest to radio amateurs and listeners, together with current contest, special event and propagation information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GB2RS Manager is responsible for the organisation of the GB2RS news service and the nationwide and international network of newsreaders &nbsp; Postholder Steve Richards, G4HPE Contact gb2rs.manager@rsgb.org.uk Find out more Visit GB2RS News &nbsp; About GB2RS After many years of negotiations with the Post Office, the RSGB was authorised to broadcast the first news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":528,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534","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=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}