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The RSGB has announced an exciting new volunteer role, which will be tasked with attracting older people to amateur radio. The Honorary Mature Members’ Officer…

Have you bought your ticket for this year’s RSGB Convention yet? The weekend’s draft programme has just been released and details all the inspiring speakers…

Dave, M0OGY, takes an exclusive look at the new President JFK III CB Radio…  Price: Around £279 (Gulp!)

Nella tarda estate o inizio autunno del 1895 (la data non è certa) Guglielmo Marconi riuscì a trasmettere i tre punti della lettera “S” in…

More calls than ever With ever more UK and Northern Ireland callsigns on issue the RSGB Yearbook has grown to include 105,000 callsigns. That doesn’t…

Video PJ1B Bonaire Island CQ WW DX SSB Contest 1990., Video PJ1B CQ WW DX Contest 1990. From DXNews.com, ,

Gerben, PG2M will be active as A52G from Bhutan, 3 – 9 October 2025., A52G Bhutan. From DXNews.com, ,

DJ5MN will be active as SV5/DJ5MN and SV5/DJ5MN/P from Rhodes Island, IOTA EU – 001, 30 August – 6 September 2025., SV5/DJ5MN Rhodes Island. From…

Radiosondes, QO-100 and youth involvement in amateur radio – a joint report by the team Day 4 started with a radiosondes workshop where we were…

Today was our chance to see Paris! Our day began very early and after a series of trains we reached our first stop. We were…

The final sign-off from the RSGB YOTA Paris team Wow, has that gone quickly and we are all so tired now! Sunday was all about…

Eric, F6ICX will be active again as 5R8IC from Sainte Marie Island, IOTA AF – 090, Madagascar, during October – December 2025., 5R8IC Sainte Marie…

  So we have some more information on the new HamGeek 6699-CB Radio, with thanks to user ‘Sierra Tango’ on Facebook (Click images to enlarge)

40-10M antennas in an Antenna Restricted Community, The Beverage on Ground (BOG) antenna, CW keyer with memories, A Possible Precursor to Good Propagation on 160m,…

Rocket launches, Morse and American licences Day three saw us continue with more workshops and activities. In the morning, we built paper rockets that were…

Hans Summers, G0UPL from QRP Labs has been confirmed by the RSGB as the after-dinner speaker at its Convention in October 2025. Following the gala…

The Tonight@8 autumn programme kicks off Monday, 1 September 2025 with a fascinating presentation from Kristen McIntyre, K6WX. During the 45-minute session, Kristen explains Maxwell’s…

The RSGB Youth Team is looking for a proactive, enthusiastic and innovative person to join its team as the Society’s volunteer Youth Activities and Engagement…

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 24 August 2025 (MS Word document)

It is with sadness that we have to report yet another great loss to the Amateur community and especially Raynet in the passing of Robert…

The presentation V73WW was a team DXpedition to the Marshall Islands in February 2025 where the group spent 14 days on island making 103,864 QSOs…

The presentation Maxwell’s Equations are mysterious to many, but they are really a beautiful work of mathematical art that is at the heart of radio….

Getting on the air – written by Leon, 2E0VUF Today was another busy day for the group, with a focus on operating and building. We…

An exciting first day in Paris – written by Sophie, M7IJG Yesterday evening and throughout our first day we met other teams and talked about…

C5Y Team will be active from Gambia, 23 – 29 October 2025., C5Y Gambia. From DXNews.com, ,