RSGB News

Geostationary satellite transponder active

Fri, 15/02/2019 15:48

The geostationary amateur radio narrowband transponder on the Es’hail-2/QO-100 was made available for amateur experimental use on the afternoon of Tuesday, 12 February 2019. The 250kHz bandwidth transponder uses the 2.4GHz band for the uplink with the downlink in the 10.45GHz band and should provide communications over a wide portion of the globe. Potentially both […]

ITU emergency comms document update

Fri, 15/02/2019 15:46

The ITU has updated a key recommendation for cross border usage of Emergency Communications Equipment. The new 2019 edition of ITU Recommendation M-1637 is clearer regarding countries facilitating the use of radio equipment that may be physically brought by visiting relief personnel into the territory where there is a disaster or emergency. The recommendation is […]

Could your club host Train the Trainers?

Fri, 15/02/2019 15:43

The RSGB is in the process of organising Train the Trainers courses for this year. If your club would like to host one then please contact tec.chair@rsgb.org.uk. Further details and the list of requirements for hosting the course can be found at rsgb.org/train-the-trainers.

Also in GB2RS this week…

Fri, 15/02/2019 15:40

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), has planned another slow-scan television weekend. Transmissions will run until Sunday, 17 February 2019, at 1725UTC. SSTV images will be transmitted on 145.80MHz using SSTV-mode PD120. These can be received using equipment as simple as a 2m handheld radio, a scanner that covers that band, or even an […]

SOS Radio Week 2019

Fri, 15/02/2019 15:37

SOS Radio Week 2019 will take place between 0000UTC on 1 May 2019 to 2359UTC on 31 May 2019. Individual amateur radio operators and clubs are invited to register as official SOS Radio Week stations and operate during the month. Stations can be run under individual, club, or special event call signs, from home or […]

News for England South-East – 17 February 2019

Fri, 15/02/2019 14:00

A Train the Trainers course is being organised and hosted by Huntingdon Amateur Radio Society for 30 March. It will take place in Buckden, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. If you wish to reserve a place then please contact the organiser, David Howlett, by email to secretary@hunts-hams.co.uk. He will be able to give you further details and […]

News for England South-West – 17 February 2019

Fri, 15/02/2019 13:29

This Sunday and next, Torbay Amateur Radio Society Club has nets on 14.270MHz at 9.30am and 145.575MHz at 12 noon. On Monday the nets move to 3.663MHz at 10.30am, 1.982MHz at 8pm and 50.155MHz at 8.30pm. Wednesday sees nets on 14.270MHz at 9.30am and 3.663MHz at 10.30am. On Friday the club is holding its AGM […]

News for Wales – 17 February 2019

Fri, 15/02/2019 13:23

On Monday Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is having a social evening. Details from Steve Williams, MW6CCG, on 0787 849 4337. On Thursday Newport Amateur Radio Society is having a talk by Phil, GW4REX Tetra and DMR Radio Systems. Details from Margaret, GW4SUE, on 01633 665 289.

New compostable RadCom wrapper

Thu, 14/02/2019 15:59

We are proud to announce that Members, both in the UK and overseas, will now be receiving their copy of RadCom in a compostable wrapper derived from potato starch. As a Society we are committed to reducing reliance on single-use plastic, and by introducing the new wrapper we are preventing over 250,000 plastic wrappers potentially […]

Amateur radio research and development

Thu, 14/02/2019 12:38

Promoting active involvement in research and technical development Research, closely coupled with innovation, is one of the fundamental underpinnings of amateur radio, and has been since its inception when simply making a contact with another station was a cutting-edge achievement. The research contribution that radio amateurs make to the technology and physics of radio communication […]

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