The RAF Air Cadets are pleased to announce that they are running the ever-popular Blue Ham Radio Communications Exercise in June on the 60m band. The exercise will take place between the 17th and 21st of June. Subject to your licence conditions, the Blue Ham team hopes that you can put some time aside to ... Read more

Mills on the Air Weekend 2024 is coming up on Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of May.The event takes place across the UK every May with more than 300 windmills and watermills usually taking part.For more information, to register, and to view a list of registered stations, visit ddars.net/mills.html

SOS Radio Week is an annual event that takes place throughout the month of May to celebrate the work of the volunteers from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Independent Lifeboats and National Coastwatch Stations around the British Isles. Members of these organisations save many people between them who are in danger along and around the ... Read more

International Marconi Day will take place on Saturday the 27th of April. Once again, the Cornish Radio Amateur Club is organising and running the event. Lots of amateur radio stations will be operating from sites that Marconi operated from or had a personal connection with. For more information, and to view a list of the ... Read more

A small group of Amateur Radio YouTubers have come up with idea of a 10m FM activity period, following in the footsteps of the 145Alive events that have been successful in promoting activity on 2m. Assuming this follows the format of the #145Alive events it is likely that a number of people in various parts ... Read more

Special event station GB0WYT [GOLF-BRAVO-ZERO-WHISKEY-YANKEE-TANGO] will be active from RAF Wyton during the Airfields on the Air event on the weekend of the 13th and 14th of April. This is the 12th year that a special event station has marked the event. The callsign will again be operated by RAF Air Cadet Communication Staff and ... Read more

NEW DATE – SAME VENUE Due to the Radio 1′ Big Weekend being held on the bank holiday weekend on the Stockwood Park site at the end of May, the Dustable Downs group have had to move their event to the 30th June. At the time of writing the RSGB rally calendar was clear but ... Read more

Early in February the RSGB announced that the fees for Foundation, Intermediate and Full level examinations would increase from the 1st of May 2024. You can now use the online booking system to book an exam prior to the 1st of May at the current price or select exam dates from the 1st of May ... Read more

Following Ofcom’s consultation on the amateur radio licence last year, it released a statement in December 2023. The statement outlined its decision to update the amateur radio licensing framework to ensure the policies and licences meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s radio amateurs, while streamlining the licensing process. It also published a General Notice, ... Read more

Ofcom has released its final decisions following its consultation on the amateur radio licensing framework last year. Revised licence conditions became effective on Wednesday the 21st of February 2024. The changes to licence conditions include the optional use of Regional Secondary Locators, increased transmitter power levels and provide greater opportunity to bring newcomers into amateur ... Read more