RSGB News

GB2RS News Script for 21 October 2018

Fri, 19/10/2018 16:15

Please click the link below to download this week’s news script GB2RS News Script for 21 October 2018

Call for IARU Region 1 input

Fri, 19/10/2018 16:13

The RSGB has opened a call for inputs as part of its preparation and consultation process for the 2019 IARU Region 1 interim meeting that will be held next April. Topics on HF, VHF/microwave and EMC matters will be considered. Whilst suggestions are welcome at this stage, full draft papers are required by December 2018, […]

Construction Competition winners

Fri, 19/10/2018 16:07

Congratulations to all the category winners in the RSGB Convention Construction Competition 2018, sponsored by Martin Lynch & Sons. Antony Watts, M0IFA won the Innovation section for a series of tools to help people learn to code and understand radio. Andrew Vare, G4XZL was awarded a Technical Merit for his approach to measuring noise. The […]

First of six new IOTA groups announced

Fri, 19/10/2018 16:04

Islands on the Air (IOTA) has announced the first of six new IOTA groups. The new groups cover a Swedish-Finnish joint sovereignty island and groups in North America, Asia, and Oceania. All new groups have provisional numbers. This means they will need to be confirmed by a thousand-plus QSO operation that takes place after 14 […]

Also in GB2RS this week…

Fri, 19/10/2018 15:59

We were saddened to learn that John Crabbe, G3WFM, became a Silent Key in the early hours of Thursday, 18 October 2018. He volunteered for many years as Curator of the RSGB Museum and Library at Potters Bar, and was also the RSGB Shack Manager. A longer tribute can be found on the RSGB website. […]

John Crabbe, G3WFM, SK

Thu, 18/10/2018 15:46

John Crabbe, G3WFM, passed away in the early hours of Thursday, 18 October 2018 at the age of 87, after having been unwell for some time. For many years John volunteered for the RSGB at Potters Bar, working as archivist/historian, RSGB National Amateur Radio Museum curator, and manager of the RSGB shack. A very active […]

John Crabbe, G3WFM, 18th October 2018

Thu, 18/10/2018 15:38

John Crabbe, G3WFM, passed away in the early hours of Thursday 18 October 2018 at the age of 87, after having been unwell for some time. For many years John volunteered for the RSGB at Potters Bar, working as archivist/historian, RSGB National Amateur Radio Museum curator, and manager of the RSGB shack. A very active […]

M7 Foundation Licences

Mon, 15/10/2018 13:15

Ofcom have advised us that its Licensing Portal is now issuing M7 call signs to new applicants for the Foundation licence.

Construction Competition 2018

Sat, 13/10/2018 16:04

The RSGB Convention Construction Competition 2018, sponsored by Martin Lynch and Sons, was judged by Bo OZ2M, Sam G4DDK and Stewart G3YSX. Congratulations to all the category winners: * Innovation – Antony Watts, M0IFA, for a series of tools to help people learn to code and understand radio * Technical Merit – Andrew Vare, G4XZL, […]

RSGB Past President, GI3KYP, SK

Fri, 12/10/2018 14:44

RSGB Past President Alexander Davidson Patterson OBE, FIEE, GI3KYP, died on October 10, 2018, peacefully, at home, surrounded by his family. Better known as Barney, he was RSGB President in 1967. Barney travelled widely during his Presidency and, among many other achievements, oversaw the purchase of 35 Doughty Street, London, as the then-new RSGB HQ. […]

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