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Written by: GB2RS News Team

Published: 09 June 2023

Since 2011, the Bath Based Distance Learning (BBDL) team has helped nearly 1,000 students to obtain their Full licence. Student feedback is always very positive and the pass rate continues to be well over 80 percent, compared with a national average of around 66 percent. The BBDL team is now planning another Full licence level […]

Read more https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2023/06/09/distance-learning-for-full-licence-exam/

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Published: 06 June 2023

As part of the RSGB’s new Club Finder facilities, the Society has launched an online map that shows affiliated contest clubs and groups. If you’d like to get involved in a group, you can use the map to search locally and more widely. Depending on the club entry you will be able to see which […]

Read more https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/rsgb-notices/2023/06/06/new-map-for-rsgb-affiliated-contest-groups/

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Published: 06 June 2023

1-7 June 2023 is Volunteers’ Week. This year we’re highlighting our volunteers and what they do in words, photos and a video! Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Society and we want to thank everyone who gives their time and expertise to support the RSGB, and amateur radio, across such a wide range of roles. […]

Read more https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/rsgb-notices/2023/06/01/celebrating-volunteers-week/

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 26 May 2023

Three weekends have been identified for some RSGB Beaconnect loop experiments: On 3-4 June 2023 there will be some regional loops and nets On the 10-11 June 2023 there will be an England-only loop and net, based round the activators who have registered for Beaconnect callsigns so far, but the Society would welcome new activators […]

Read more https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2023/05/26/rsgb-june-beaconnect-loop-experiments/

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Written by: Phil Taylor

Published: 16 May 2023

Leicester Radio Society are now registered as a 'club' on the popular clublog.org website. Members are encouraged to register on Clublog and associate themselves with "LRS - Leicester Radio Society".

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Written by: Phil Taylor

Published: 15 May 2023

Leicester Radio Society have the great honour of being given access to the GB23C callsign on 22nd May 2023. This callsign has been created to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and is scheduled to be operated throughout May and June 2023 at various clubs and societies throughout the UK.

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 12 May 2023

We know that amateur radio is a great foundation for STEM careers.

With that in mind, why not help us celebrate International Women in Engineering Day this June?

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 12 May 2023

Although the Coronation itself has taken place, our Coronation activities run until the end of June 2023.

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 05 May 2023

The RSGB has released some updates about its planned Coronation activities.

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Written by: John Marriott

Published: 16 April 2023

As Leicester Radio Society will be celebrating our 110th anniversary in 2023. We are planning various events, we have applied for the callsign GB1LRS to use throughout August 2023 with a 'launch' scheduled on 5th August.

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 24 March 2023

As part of our Coronation celebration activities, Ofcom approved R as the optional Coronation regional secondary locator prefix for all radio amateurs to use during May and June 2023.

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 21 October 2022

From 18 November 2022, all UK amateurs are required to have conducted EMF assessments for all the bands they use.

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 18 November 2021

It is now a requirement that all holders of UK amateur radio licenses comply with EMF rules when operating above 110 MHz and keep records of their station performance.

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 25 September 2020

Following on from the success of the remote invigilation exams for the Foundation and Intermediate licence, the RSGB is now expanding that to include Full licence exams.

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Written by: RSGB

Published: 10 July 2020

Following the success of remote invigilation Foundation exams, the RSGB is pleased to expand that to include Intermediate level exams.