{"id":50506,"date":"2026-09-18T11:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=50506"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:45:09","slug":"visit-the-rsgb-village-at-hamfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/09\/18\/visit-the-rsgb-village-at-hamfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit the RSGB village at Hamfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB will have a large presence at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalhamfest.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>National Hamfest<\/strong> <\/a>at Newark Showground on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to a\u00a0new-look bookstall\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/join-the-rsgb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>membership<\/strong> <\/a>stand, the Society will\u00a0have a great selection of displays and\u00a0practical activities\u00a0to enjoy. These include another opportunity to see<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/technical\/making-use-of-emerging-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> 3D printing<\/strong><\/a> in action and to\u00a0have your <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/morse\/certificate-of-competency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CW skills tested<\/strong><\/a> at a range of speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Across both days the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB Outreach team<\/strong> <\/a>will be running a\u00a0buildathon, with this year\u2019s kit being the Kanga Morse Tutor\u00a0\u2013\u00a0why not go\u00a0along\u00a0and hone your soldering skills?\u00a0All\u00a0activities are free of charge and there is no need to book in advance.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for inspiration for your next construction project, you can hear from the overall winner of the<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/construction-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> RSGB 2026 Construction Competition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and discover a whole host of projects from the popular\u00a0monthly\u00a0RadCom feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/technical\/making-use-of-emerging-technologies\/experimenters-corner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Experimenters\u2019 Corner<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB Board<\/strong><\/a>, staff and representatives from\u00a0the<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/propagation-studies-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Propagation\u00a0Studies\u00a0Committee<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/qsl-bureau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>QSL Bureau<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will also be there and are looking forward to meeting you, answering your questions and offering support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB will have a large presence at the National Hamfest at Newark Showground on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September. In addition to a\u00a0new-look bookstall\u00a0and membership stand, the Society will\u00a0have a great selection of displays and\u00a0practical activities\u00a0to enjoy. These include another opportunity to see 3D printing in action and to\u00a0have your CW skills tested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50506","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=50506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50508,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50506\/revisions\/50508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}