{"id":22083,"date":"2019-04-05T14:41:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=22083"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:41:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:41:10","slug":"also-in-gb2rs-this-week-203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2019\/04\/05\/also-in-gb2rs-this-week-203\/","title":{"rendered":"Also in GB2RS this week&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visitor numbers to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalradiocentre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RSGB National Radio Centre<\/strong><\/a> (NRC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/bletchleypark.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bletchley Park<\/strong><\/a> continue to be high. On some days around 40 to 50 percent of Bletchley Park visitors visit the NRC. In March, the NRC volunteers welcomed 8,268 visitors, a significant increase on last year\u2019s number\u20142,156\u2014and the second highest monthly number of visitors on record. With the increasing visitor numbers, Nigel Ambridge, G4FRL has joined the NRC volunteer team. If you are interested in becoming an NRC volunteer, contact <strong>martyn.baker@rsgb.org.uk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The GB3LEX 10GHz beacon was reinstalled by G3TQF at the Leicestershire Repeater Group site at IO92IQ on 30 March 2019 at 1200UTC. Two reports from G3UKV in IO82RR and G0API in IO80XS have already been received, but further reports are always welcome via <a href=\"https:\/\/leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconspot.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>beaconspot.uk<\/strong><\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB is looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to perform <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/volunteer-vacancies\/2019\/04\/01\/beyond-exams-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>the role of Beyond Exams Champion<\/strong><\/a>. The post holder will play a key role in supporting the implementation of <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Strategy 2022<\/strong><\/a>, especially in the priorities of <em>Growth, Participation and Diversity<\/em>. Beyond Exams is a suite of initiatives designed to promote engagement, learning and enjoyment in amateur radio for all. As a member of the newly-formed Amateur Radio Development Committee, the Champion is needed to look after the schemes under this banner. To find out more and to apply, please email\u00a0 Mark Jones, G0MGX on <strong>g0mgx@rsgb.org.uk<\/strong>. The closing date is Friday, 3 May 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitor numbers to the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park continue to be high. On some days around 40 to 50 percent of Bletchley Park visitors visit the NRC. In March, the NRC volunteers welcomed 8,268 visitors, a significant increase on last year\u2019s number\u20142,156\u2014and the second highest monthly number of visitors on record. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}