RSGB Board changes

The RSGB Board plays an important role in the strategic direction of the Society To ensure that it is able to continue to do this efficiently, it has co-opted two experienced RSGB Members to assist the Board until the AGM in April 2020. This follows recent Board changes when Mark Jones G0MGX, Simone Wilson M0BOX […]

Tuesday, 12th November 2019

The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available

Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list. If you visit the Audio News page on the ARRL website, be sure to take our brief survey! ... [continue]

2020 Cubesat Developers Workshop Issues Call for Abstracts

Russian OTH Radar Now Reported to be “Everywhere”

The latest International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) newsletter reports the Russian “Contayner” over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) has been active in the 7, 10, 14, and 18 MHz amateur radio allocations (amateur radio is primary on 40 and 20 meters). The OTHR transmissions have been 40 sweeps/second, FM on pulse, and 12 kH... [continue]

WRC-19 Update: Week 2

The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November 22, 2019, Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, the RAC Special Advisor at World Radiocommunication Conferences, has provided the following update

SARL establishes an IARU workgroup

In response to motion 3, accepted at the 2019 AGM and in order to achieve maximum benefit from the SARL attendance at the IARU Region 1 General Conference at Novi Sad, Serbia from 10 to 16 October 2020, the Council of the SARL has appointed Deon Coetzee, ZR1DE to establish a workgroup to consider proposals and papers to be submitted to the conferen... [continue]

Keep an eye on the neighborhood with this passive radar

If your neighborhood is anything like ours, walking across the street is like taking your life in your own hands. Drivers are increasingly unconcerned by such trivialities as speed limits or staying under control. Monitoring traffic with this passive radar will not do a thing to slow drivers down, but it’s a pretty cool hack that will at least yi... [continue]

Isle of Wight community arts radio station launches crowdfunder to support latest exciting plans

The team behind the Isle of Wight’s home to experimental radio broadcasting, Wolverton FM, are planning to run a series of Radio Clubs around the Island, where you’ll be able to join in. Find out more and how you can support the plans

The 2020 SARL Blue Book and Diary of Events

Thank you to the Clubs and individuals who responded with information for the 2020 Blue Book and the Diary of Events

Happy 95th birthday to the Durban Amateur Radio Club

The SARL congratulates the Durban Amateur Radio Club on its 95th birthday. The birthday function was held on Saturday 2 November at the Clubhouse

Monday, 11th November 2019

World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 Enters Its Third Week