RSGB News

60 Antennas – you will want to build!

Mon, 10/12/2018 14:52

Edited by Giles Read, G1MFG Whatever the type of antenna, there is always a genuine sense of achievement when you build one yourself and it provides great results. This book sets out to provide a huge array of designs that the home constructor can attempt and more importantly will want to build. Unlike many other […]

Live ISS contact from UK school

Fri, 07/12/2018 15:04

An amateur radio contact with the International Space Station, facilitated by ARISS, is planned for Friday, 14 December 2018. The contact with Kenilworth school is scheduled for 1255UTC and will be streamed from around noon at live.ariss.org.

Turkey gets 60m and 6m

Fri, 07/12/2018 15:01

Turkey’s telecom regulator, BTK, in a government gazette notice on 29 November 2018, released two new amateur radio allocations. They are the new WRC-15 60m band, at 15W, plus an all mode 6m allocation of 50 to 52MHz, with a power limit of 75W.

RSGB responds to CEPT report

Fri, 07/12/2018 14:57

The RSGB has made a submission to CEPT regarding its Draft Report on Wireless Power Transmission for Electric Vehicles. This is the latest step as part of ongoing work by RSGB and IARU that is preparing for WRC-19 next autumn. A copy of the submission can be found at WRC-19 papers on the RSGB website.

Also in GB2RS this week…

Fri, 07/12/2018 14:50

There will be no GB2RS script for Sunday, 30 December 2018. The last news reading for 2018 will take place on Sunday, 23 December 2018, with normal service resuming on Sunday, 6 January 2019. Individual newsreaders may choose to run a net instead of the news during their slot on the 30th, though this must […]

Christmas and New Year GB2RS

Fri, 07/12/2018 14:40

There will be no GB2RS script for Sunday, 30 December 2018. The last news reading for 2018 will take place on Sunday, 23 December 2018, with normal service resuming on Sunday, 6 January 2019. Individual newsreaders may choose to run a net instead of the news during their slot on the 30th, though this must […]

December 2018 Diode Tester article correction

Thu, 06/12/2018 10:57

In the December 2018 edition of RadCom we published the Multi-Mode Diode Tester article by Dave Ellis, G4AJY. Unfortunately some gremlins crept into the circuit diagram, meaning that it wouldn’t work as intended if built as shown. The main problems were the 1M resistor R4 and the labelling of switch Sw1b.. R4 was incorrectly shown […]

Listen for YOTA stations

Fri, 30/11/2018 15:18

YOTA month has just started. The first club to activate the GB18YOTA call sign was Aberkenfig Radio Club in Bridgend on 1 December 2018. Sandringham School Amateur Radio Club, with help from Verulam ARC, will activate it on Monday, the 3rd. On the 5th, it’s the turn of Swansea Radio Club, then Silcoates School on […]

Introduction to Amateur Radio workshops

Fri, 30/11/2018 15:14

The RSGB is still taking bookings for the An Introduction to Amateur Radio workshops running in association with Bletchley Park on 15 and 16 December 2018. These workshops will give an introductory insight into the world of amateur radio, as well as a chance to see the RSGB’s National Radio Centre. So spread the word […]

High altitude balloon news

Fri, 30/11/2018 15:08

On 6 December 2018, a team from hi-impact on the Wirral will launch another high altitude balloon, in conjunction with pupils from St Bridget’s Primary School in West Kirby. Once again they will launch from Welshpool. They are hoping as many local amateurs and SWLs as possible will assist in feeding the data into HABHUB, […]

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