Call for G5RP Trophy Nominations

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The G5RP Trophy is an annual award to encourage newcomers to HF DXing.

The award is not limited to youngsters or the newly licensed but is open to anyone who has recently discovered and made significant progress in HF DXing.

If you are an established HF DXer and want to recommend someone to be awarded the G5RP Trophy for 2025, now is the time to send in your nomination.

Your nominee should be an up-and-coming HF DXer who has made rapid progress in the last year and has some real achievements to show. For example, they have a good total of new countries worked or some serious HF DXpedition activity.

Please email your nominations to Ian Greenshields, G4FSU via hf.manager@rsgb.org.uk to arrive no later than Friday 12 September.

Celebrating 70 years of GB2RS with New Awards

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The RSGB’s weekly news broadcast, GB2RS, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the Society is inviting you to collect awards for listening and logging GB2RS News broadcasts between Friday 1 August and Tuesday 30 September 2025. There are four categories, including a basic listener award and a regular listener award.

Full details of the programme, the rules and how to apply for your certificate are available by searching GB70RS at http://www.qrz.com 

To read about the awards and wider celebrations that are taking place for the 70th anniversary of GB2RS, go to http://www.rsgb.org/gb70rs