{"id":25611,"date":"2020-08-14T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=25611"},"modified":"2020-08-14T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:02:33","slug":"thanks-for-massive-lockdown-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2020\/08\/14\/thanks-for-massive-lockdown-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for massive lockdown efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this month\u2019s <strong><em>RadCom<\/em><\/strong>, RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB, thanks all the staff and volunteers who have pulled together to cope with the challenges of the last four months.<\/p>\n<p>He highlights the successes we should celebrate\u2014such as helping 1,500 people take their first steps into amateur radio in just four months via remote invigilation Foundation exams\u2014as well as the opportunities we all have to develop amateur radio in the future.\u00a0You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/rsgb-notices\/2020\/08\/11\/sharing-a-success-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>read the editorial online<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioenthusiast.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Practical Wireless<\/em><\/strong><\/a> this month features a look at how the RSGB is supporting new and returning radio amateurs.\u00a0From the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/beyondexams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Beyond Exams<\/strong><\/a> range of resources through to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/webinars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Tonight @ 8<\/em> webinars<\/strong><\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2020\/07\/31\/rsgb-creates-facebook-group-for-new-licensees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>new Facebook group<\/strong><\/a>, there is a lot on offer.\u00a0You can <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/gota2c-newspapers\/2020\/08\/14\/practical-wireless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>read the article<\/strong><\/a> on the RSGB website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this month\u2019s RadCom, RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB, thanks all the staff and volunteers who have pulled together to cope with the challenges of the last four months. He highlights the successes we should celebrate\u2014such as helping 1,500 people take their first steps into amateur radio in just four months via remote invigilation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25611","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=25611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}