Amateur Radio Provides Communications Support for Boston Marathon
On Monday, April 15, 2024, ham radio operators provided communications for the 128th running of the Boston Marathon. More...
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via HACKADAY: AM Radio Broadcast Uses Phasor To Let Eight Towers Spray One Big Signal
If you’re in the commercial AM radio business, you want to send your signal as…
DXCC Approved. From DXNews.com
Upcoming 3D2CCC Conway Reef DX Pedition accepted for DXCC. LOTW certificate received.
Radio enthusiasts mark Guglielmo Marconi anniversary
Amateur radio enthusiasts gathered on Wednesday to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of…
via HACKADAY: The Hunt for MH370 Goes On With Barnacles As A Lead
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished. The crash site was never found,…
Video review of 2023 by RSGB President
We’ve released the video review of 2023 by RSGB President John McCullagh, GI4BWM. Filmed at the Ofcom Spectrum Management...
MFJ to Cease On-Site Production next Month
The following email was sent from Martin F Jue, K5FLU (Founder and President of MFJ…
Syllabus v1.6 published
The new amateur radio licence has now been in effect for a few weeks. Changes to the licence conditions...
RSGB Regional Forum appointments
At the April Regional Forum meeting, Regional Representative 10, Keith Bird, G4JED was elected as Chair, and Regional Representative...
New RSGB District Representatives
Welcome to Richard Staples, G4HGI and Mark Dutton, G0UOK who have joined the Regional Team recently. Richard takes up...
RSGB ETCC volunteer vacancy
After the sad loss of Bob Wilkinson, G3VVT, the RSGB’s Emerging Technology Co-ordinating Committee (ETCC) is looking for a...
New mock exam papers
The RSGB Exam Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) has published a new set of mock papers covering each of the...
Planning Advisory Committee needs members
The RSGB Planning Advisory Committee would like additional volunteers to join its advisory panel. Volunteers deal with queries from...
RSGB National Radio Centre volunteers
The RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) welcomes thousands of people through its doors each month and we need to...
Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) vacancies
The RSGB is seeking to appoint additional members to the Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG), formerly known as...
via HACKADAY: Measuring An Unknown Velocity Factor
When is the speed of light not the speed of light? Of course, that’s a…
via the RSGB: The Radio Communications Foundation is recruiting new Trustees
The Radio Communications Foundation (RCF) is a small charity dedicated to encouraging people to take up radio…
FO/JI1IKW Bora Bora. From DXNews.com
Hiro, JI1JKW will be active as FO/JI1JKW from Bora Bora Island, IOTA OC – 067, French Polynesia, 26 –...
via HACKADAY: Getting Started with Radio Astronomy
There are many facets to being a radio hobbyist, but if you’ve ever had the…
Global ‘time signals’ subtly shifted as the total solar eclipse reshaped Earth’s upper atmosphere, new data shows
During the historic April 8 total solar eclipse, a government radio station in Colorado started…
RSGB Board appoints Chair
The RSGB Board has met for the first time since the Society’s AGM, where three Directors were endorsed to...
Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club site agreement ends, and an urgent search for a new location is underway (California)
It’s not exactly cutting the cord, but the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will now…
VP6DF Pitcairn. From DXNews.com
Dave, WJ2O will be active as VP6DF from Pitcairn Island, IOTA OC – 044, 30 May – 10 June...
via the RSGB: The new licence conditions – RSGB help and support
Following the introduction in February of the new Ofcom amateur radio licence conditions, the RSGB…
via HACKADAY: Crystal Radio Kit from the 1970s
If you read the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you’d be treated to ’s…