{"id":47375,"date":"2026-04-24T15:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=47375"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:45:27","slug":"rsgb-2026-convention-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/04\/24\/rsgb-2026-convention-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB 2026 Convention announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tickets for the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB 2026 Convention<\/strong><\/a> go on sale on Friday, 1 May, and ahead of this the Society has made some exciting announcements.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has it released the first round of <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-convention\/rsgb-2026-convention-speakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>speakers<\/strong><\/a>, including one on a highly anticipated DXpedition, but it has also shared details of <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-convention\/rsgb-2026-convention-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>two new workshops<\/strong><\/a> that will be taking place. Will you choose<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-convention\/rsgb-2026-convention-workshops\/rsgb-2026-convention-nanovna-essentials-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> NanoVNA essentials<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-convention\/rsgb-2026-convention-workshops\/rsgb-2026-convention-workshop-ai-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AI &#8211; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>For those looking to extend the weekend\u2019s activities, the RSGB has confirmed that it has partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnmoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>National Museum of Computing<\/strong><\/a> to offer Convention attendees the opportunity to visit on Friday, 9 October.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB is delighted that this fantastic annual event is being sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamradio.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Martin Lynch &amp; Sons<\/strong><\/a> and that <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AMSAT-UK<\/strong><\/a> will once again be holding its Colloquium during the Convention this year.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB 2026 Convention is taking place between 9-11 October at Kents Hill Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. Find out more by going to the<a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Convention web pages<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tickets for the RSGB 2026 Convention go on sale on Friday, 1 May, and ahead of this the Society has made some exciting announcements. Not only has it released the first round of speakers, including one on a highly anticipated DXpedition, but it has also shared details of two new workshops that will be taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47375","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\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47465,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47375\/revisions\/47465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}